Geothermal Lithium Mining, CTR Project Salton Sea, CA - Dr. Silver Miller

- AUGUST DINNER MEETING - 

Join us for our next SME Tucson Dinner Meeting! Make sure to select your meal when making your reservation. Reservation deadline is Friday, August 8th.

Program: 

Geothermal Lithium Mining, CTR Project in Salton Sea, CA

In 1900, the Lithium industry was practically nonexistent. The US produced 470 metric tons of lithium minerals with less than 10 tons of contained lithium metal. Today global production of Lithium metal is in excess of 240,000 tonnes per annum. Australia now is the world’s largest producer of Lithium, with almost double the production of Chile which is closely followed by China. The US currently reports one operating mine, Albemarle’s Silver Peak operation that produces ~4,000 tonnes Li-carbonate production.

The world lithium industry grew modestly after World War II, until the commercial introduction of Li-ion technology in 1991 slowly began to increase demand. The emergence of Li-rechargeable batteries for the exploding electric vehicle sector has since supercharged Lithium mining; global demand has increased ~17-fold since 2000 alone.

Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technologies are challenging conventional hard rock and salar brine methods of lithium production. DLE lithium production from geothermal brines looks to have advantages that make it an attractive alternative. These are some of the considerations for the US to reestablish domestic production of Lithium as a critical material.

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One spot available! 

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Speaker: Dr. Silver Miller, SRK Consulting

Dr. Silver Miller has 15 years of experience with SRK Consulting in the preparation and due diligence reviews of feasibility studies and technical reports as well as consulting on operational improvements in underground mining in Mexico. Dr. Miller also has over 20 years of experience in the evaluation development, and management of businesses and operations; an international background in business development and operations, and consultancy in business strategy development. 

Agenda:

• 6:00pm - 7:00pm Social Hour
• 7:00pm - 7:45pm Dinner
• 7:45pm - 8:00pm Announcements
• 8:00pm - 8:30pm Program
• 8:30pm - 8:45pm Q&A

Location:
HEXAGON, 40 E Congress St #300, Tucson, AZ 85701. CLICK FOR MAP.

Costs:

• $55 for SME Tucson members
• $65 for non-members
• Free for UA SME Student Chapter members

Payable at the door by cash, credit card, or check payable to SME Tucson.

Cancellations and No Shows:

Please call or email by the registration deadline to cancel.  If you do not cancel your reservation by the deadline, SME is still required to pay for your dinner, and you will in turn be billed. Thank you. 

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