Lilac Solutions

Great Salt Lake Series – Post 2: Pilot System Fabrication Today, let’s take a closer look at how Lilac’s pilot system is fabricated and delivered to site, and what’s in all those containers. Our pilot system, affectionately known as “Flash,” is designed, engineered, and fabricated at our Oakland, California headquarters and then shipped to site. Our skilled fabrication team starts with bare containers and transforms them into fully equipped units. They handle everything: welding, bracing, insulation, equipment installation, pipe fitting, electrical wiring, painting, and more. Off in a Flash! Once the containers are ready, they’re hoisted onto flatbed trucks using a sideloader and hit the road. Flash’s modular, reusable design allows for rapid site deployment on site. Upon arrival, the Flash containers are unloaded and then interconnected, commissioned, and tested. Inside the Flash Pilot System Flash comprises 7 containerized Lilac IX process units and 1 controls container. The 7 process containers are where the magic happens—they handle brine filtration, reagent preparation, lithium extraction, and water recovery. The process containers are all monitored and controlled from the central controls container. A Versatile Design Fun fact: Flash has a flexible design—it is equipped to go from one project site to the next and can be adapted for different brines. When the Great Salt Lake pilot is complete, Flash will be packed up and ready for the next adventure. ?? ?? Stay tuned for our next post and download our technical white paper for more info: https://bit.ly/4bbb0Cq ?? #greatsaltlake #lithium #lithiumextraction #criticalminerals #batterysupplychain #batterymaterials #electricvehicles

?? Proud to Be Among the Selected! ?? Lilac is proud to have been selected as one of only 8 companies from an initial group of 30 to support ENAMI Empresa Nacional de Minería in testing new methods for lithium extraction at the Salares Altoandinos project in Chile. This opportunity reinforces our belief that Lilac's ion exchange technology for DLE is among the best in the industry. Lilac IX provides a modern approach to lithium production, delivering higher lithium recovery at lower cost and superior product quality, enabling producers to make the most of their resources. We commend ENAMI for exploring new methods of lithium extraction that minimize environmental impact and for helping to advance DLE for the industry. We look forward to demonstrating the capabilities of our technology and contributing to a new chapter in lithium extraction in Chile. We can’t wait to receive our brine tote at headquarters and get to work! Woo! #DLETechnology #EfficientLithium #lithium #LithiumExtraction #criticalminerals https://lnkd.in/e4rFyHWY

?? Join us for a webinar hosted by Darcy Partners on September 10th. Lilac's Keerti Shukla will present data and insights on Lilac's novel ion exchange technology for clean, fast, cheap lithium extraction. A membership with Darcy Partners is required to register for the webinar.?Log onto the Darcy Connect platform to RSVP or grab a free trial membership at darcypartners.com. #lithium #lithiumextraction #criticalminerals #batterymaterials https://lnkd.in/eCR_y3Fj

Michelle Ma’s article in Bloomberg underscores the market headwinds that Lilac and other direct lithium extraction (DLE) companies face. While today’s oversupply has slowed the market, that doesn’t negate the projected shortage looming on the horizon. Investing in projects now will help bring new supply online in 2 to 3 years when the next shortage is expected to hit. For details on Lilac’s lithium recovery, impurity rejection, and cycle life, download our technical white paper now: https://bit.ly/4bbb0Cq ?? #lithium #lithiumextraction #criticalminerals #electricvehicles #cleanenergy https://lnkd.in/gHRQA4nC

Going to the Oilfield Water Connection conference in Pittsburgh this week? Be sure to catch the panel on lithium moderated by Lilac's Matthew Ganser.

The 90’s are making a comeback: scrunchies, crop tops, flannel shirts, overalls…and Lilac’s lithium recovery rates! What does it mean to have lithium recovery rates in the 90s? It means capturing over 90% of the lithium from brine, consistently across diverse brine compositions.?? The table below shows the initial performance of Gen 4 Lilac IX across wide-ranging brine grades and impurity profiles, from 70 mg/L Li to 2,210 mg/L Li, and varying levels of dissolved salts, including sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and boron. While those salts might make a great electrolyte drink, you need to exclude them to produce high-quality lithium concentrate. The goal is to maximize lithium extraction while minimizing other brine salts. The eluate concentration data presented in the table is measured at the output of the Lilac IX system, before any further downstream processing to further reduce impurity levels and increase lithium concentrations. Download our white paper to see more data: https://bit.ly/4bbb0Cq ?? #90s #lithium #lithiumextraction #criticalminerals #batterysupplychain #batterymaterials #electricvehicles

Welcome! Today we kick off our series on building a lithium extraction pilot plant on the iconic Great Salt Lake in Utah. ?? Stay tuned for regular installments in this series covering the pilot build, brine stats, milestones along the way, and more. Great Salt Lake Series – Post 1: First Look and Pilot Purpose And we’re off!?We’re excited to share that we broke ground in June and our pilot plant is under construction on the Great Salt Lake.?The scope of the pilot includes brine pretreatment, direct lithium extraction using our Gen 4 Lilac IX technology, and downstream processing into a high-quality lithium concentrate. This pilot will showcase Lilac’s environmentally-responsible method of extracting lithium from brine resources. Our process does not contaminate the brine and maintains the lake’s water level—we send the same volume of brine back into the lake that we pump out, just minus the lithium. This is because our process does not need evaporation to pre-concentrate the brine—our Lilac IX technology will recover lithium directly from the 70 mg/L raw brine flowing from the lake. For context, 70 mg/L is about 10-30x lower lithium concentration than typical lithium production in South America. Good thing Lilac IX works really well on low-grade brines.?? The Big Picture: This pilot is an important step in the journey towards constructing a commercial-scale lithium production facility on the Great Salt Lake, also known as the Waterleaf Resources project. Lilac is working closely with partners and regulators on a phased approach to ramp up from the pilot plant to commercial production. Phase 1 of the commercial plant is planned for 5,000 tpa LCE and Phase 2 adds an additional 15,000 tpa LCE.?The combined 20,000 tpa would be a new domestic supply of lithium for the U.S. economy and is enough lithium for about 400,000 EVs. Together with our manufacturing facility in Fernley, Nevada, which will produce the IX beads needed to drive the extraction process, the Great Salt Lake project will help create a vertically integrated domestic supply chain of battery-grade lithium for the local EV industry.???? Check out photos from the pilot build including site prep, delivery of Lilac IX pilot containers, and Lilac’s Raef Sully, Mark Mulligan, and Steve Morrey on site. Stay tuned for our next post and download our new technical white paper here: https://bit.ly/4bbb0Cq ?? #lithium #lithiumextraction #criticalminerals #batterysupplychain #batterymaterials #electricvehicles

ICYMI, Lilac recently unveiled its latest Gen 4 technology in a new white paper, setting a new standard for lithium extraction. By further improving performance and reducing cost, we are unlocking new lithium resources and enabling existing resources to achieve unprecedented levels of production. Read more and access the white paper here...

We’re excited to be a part of #BEVSummit24 as a Breakthrough Energy company. Lilac provides novel ion exchange technology to scale lithium extraction for the electric era. If you’re at the conference, look for Raef Sully and David Gelinas and visit our booth.

Exciting News from Lilac Solutions!??? Today marks a significant milestone in our journey at @Lilac Solutions. We have just announced the launch of our latest generation ion exchange (IX) technology for lithium extraction. This groundbreaking technology sets a new standard in the industry, offering an unmatched combination of high lithium recoveries, impurity rejection, long cycle life, and high throughput. Lilac IX expands the?lithium?resource base by working effectively with low-grade, complex brines, and having minimal land and freshwater use.?This opens up large-scale resources in the US and Europe for development for the first time, and will help lithium producers meet the growing demand for electric vehicles. I am incredibly proud of our team's dedication and hard work over the past eight years. Their efforts have culminated in this innovative technology that has the potential to transform the industry. In conjunction with this announcement, we are also releasing a comprehensive white paper detailing the performance of our fourth-generation IX technology. The white paper showcases new data on Lilac IX and our extensive piloting and demonstration plants. This announcement represents a significant leap forward for Lilac Solutions and the lithium extraction industry. I am excited about the future and confident that Lilac IX technology will play a crucial role in advancing the lithium industry. Thank you to our incredible team and partners who have made this achievement possible. #lithium #lithiumextraction #criticalminerals #batterymaterials Learn more about our latest technology and download the white paper here: https://lnkd.in/g7cP9NTG