A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Found in The US
In September 2023, scientists found what could be the largest deposit of lithium in an ancient US supervolcano. Now public researchers have uncovered another untapped reservoir. It’s hiding in wastewater from Pennsylvania’s gas fracking industry.
If scientists can extract even a conservative amount of lithium from fracking wastewater in the state, they calculate it could meet more than 30 percent of the current US demand.