E3 Lithium hosts official opening of commercial scale pilot extraction plant

E3 Lithium celebrated the new operation with a ribbon cutting Thursday at the plant about 20 kilometres east of Olds. The plant is designed to test commercial extraction of lithium from oilfield brines found deep underground. The brine is pumped through the company's unique extraction process to remove the lithium before returning the liquid to the Leduc aquifer otherwise intact. The company hopes that this final commercial scale testing will allow it to start producing battery grade lithium for