re: Diving deeper on Standard Lithium?

This is what caught my eye, "Albemarle is working with the US Department of Energy and scientists at Argonne National Laboratory to devise methods for getting high-purity lithium hydroxide directly from lithium-containing brine. The current multistep process requires the production of lithium carbonate as an intermediate."

I wonder how close they are to perfecting these methods and how close these methods are to what STLHF has developed. I don't know that any of that would matter in regards to STLHF's relationship with Lanxess and I'll continue buying STLHF...just curious.

Looks like Friday is going to hold strong, maybe no end of the week sell off.

Maybe the new home with no news will be 2.85-3.25 for a while?

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They have at least one brine plant in Arkansas. They have another plant near their HQ in North Carolina. They have idled their Li operations in Australia due to lack of demand. You can't just look at what has traditionally been done and rule them out.

I don't mean to be a downer at all, as I'm in really heavy myself. But to dismiss ALB as an old mining company wouldn't be smart.

As mentioned above, perhaps ALB would be prospective buyer of STLHF.

IMHO, they are the competition.

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I've addressed the Albermarle situation before. Their brine leases are not as extensive or as rich as what Lanxess has and STLHF now has rights to the Tetra lease. Albermarle's lithium concentrations not quite as high as Lanxess's nor do they have the brine production or infrastructure Lanxess does. They tried a different group for the direct extraction in 2017 and it didn't make it past experimental phase. STLHF handpicked the Lanxess site because of a multitude of advantages they had over Albermarle or anywhere else currently in existence. Albermarle shite the bed on this one. Doesn't mean they can't develop the tech and produce lithium from their brine, but no way possible can they do it as cheap and efficiently as Lanxess and STLHF or as much without major and very costly expansion. Even if they do, they will be far behind the curve and with projected demands they will be plenty of seats at the table. Most likely, they will be smart and work out a deal and pipeline their tailbrine to the Tetra site for STLHF to extract. Simplest, most cost effective way to do it for them. STLHF is ready to go. No one else is. Albermarle got cocky and got their arse handed to them. Not saying they won't be a player, but they should've sucked it up and conceded to Lanxess' and STLHF's demands if they weren't excessive and they may have even been retracted by Lanxess since Albermarle sat with their thumb up their arse while STLHF has not just met, but exceeded all initial projections. Albermarle will not be buying STLHF unless they buy Lanxess AG as well.

New battery tech could derail us. At least new tech should be far enough away for us to make money off STLHF first.

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To make the new structural battery, the scientists layered a buffer glass “fabric” between a positive and negative electrode, then packed it with a space-age polymer electrolyte and cured it in the oven. What results is a tough, flat battery cell that conducts well and holds up to tensile tests in all directions.

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“The battery has an energy density of 24 Wh/kg, meaning approximately 20 percent capacity compared to comparable lithium-ion batteries currently available. But since the weight of the vehicles can be greatly reduced, less energy will be required to drive an electric car"

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The scientists say the next step is to improve the performance even more, replacing aluminum foil in the electrode with carbon fiber material and thinning out the separator. This could result in a battery that produces 75 Wh/kg of energy and 75 GPa of stiffness, setting more records for massless batteries and also greatly reducing their weight.

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The Battery That Will Finally Unlock Massless Energy Storage

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Structural batteries are still confined to labs and research papers. They will absolutely be revolutionary, but lithium is the right immediate play. I can’t see structural or massless batteries being something actually in use within the next twenty years, at least.

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It's often a very long road from the lab to the market place. The current generation of lithium ion batteries have been making their way from the lab to the market for over 30 years. Early lab results using nanotech processes showed great potential over 30 years ago. Scaling it up to a practical manufacturing process was a difficult road and is still being developed.

Thank goodness for Standard Lithium. It's the only thing keeping me afloat today!

I can't stand Democrats, but you can count on them to close ranks and fall in line when the time comes. I think Biden's infrastructure passage will be passed by reconciliation. Should provide massive tailwinds for STLHF. If you can't beat them, at least make money off of them!

Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Frank Fannon Joins Standard Lithium Advisory Board

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EL DORADO, Ark., April 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SLL) (OTCQX: STLHF) (FRA: S5L), an innovative technology and lithium project development company, today announced that the Honorable Francis R. Fannon has joined the company in the role of Strategic Advisor. Mr. Fannon will bring his deep expertise from both the public and private sector to actively support senior management on strategic issues, enhancing the Company’s overall capital markets profile and accelerating development and commercialization activities.

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I find it interesting that it names the location as Arkansas, not Vancouver. Baby steps.

Yeah at some point if the travel restrictions from Canada don't get lifted, those baws in Vancouver might need to move down to Arkansas!

Just saw a commercial on CNBC on Standard Lithium!!!!!!