Standard Lithium, Equinor announce Smackover Lithium as new joint venture name
Standard Lithium, Equinor announce Smackover Lithium as new joint venture
name
LEWISVILLE, Ark., Jan. 30, 2025 -- Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium”) (TSXV:SLI) (NYSE:A:SLI), a leading near-
commercial lithium developer, and Equinor, a global energy leader, today announced Smackover Lithium as the new name for
their joint venture developing direct lithium extraction (“DLE”) projects in Southwest Arkansas and East Texas.
Smackover Lithium was announced yesterday at a community meeting in Lewisville, Arkansas, home of a planned field office
and nearby the joint venture’s South West Arkansas (“SWA”) project. The SWA project, located in Lafayette and Columbia
counties, is expected to be one of the world’s first commercial-scale DLE facilities.
“Smackover Lithium is a natural fit for the joint venture given the Smackover formation’s prolific resource and our joint venture’s
commitment to adding to the incredible legacy of American energy production from this region,” said David Park, CEO of
Standard Lithium.
In May 2024, Equinor formed a joint venture with Standard Lithium to advance DLE projects in the Smackover basin, focused
on Southwest Arkansas and East Texas. Smackover Lithium is now the external brand for the joint venture and will continue
building on Standard Lithium’s work with local communities to enhance economic development and grow educational and
workforce opportunities.
“We are excited to be a part of Smackover Lithium, developing critical mineral projects in the Smackover basin and building
the next generation of lithium development,” said Allie Kennedy Thurmond, Vice President of US Lithium at Equinor.
For more information on Smackover Lithium, please visit: www.smackoverlithium.com.
About Standard Lithium Ltd.
Standard Lithium is a leading near-commercial lithium development company focused on the sustainable development of a
portfolio of large, high-grade lithium-brine properties in the United States. The Company prioritizes projects characterized by
the highest quality resources, robust infrastructure, skilled labor, and streamlined permitting. Standard Lithium aims to achieve
sustainable, commercial-scale lithium production via the application of a scalable and fully integrated DLE and purification
process. The Company’s flagship projects are located in the Smackover Formation, a world-class lithium brine asset, focused
in Arkansas and Texas. In partnership with global energy leader Equinor, Standard Lithium is advancing the SWA project, a
greenfield project located in southern Arkansas, and actively exploring promising lithium brine prospects in East Texas.
Additionally, the Company is advancing the Phase 1A project in partnership with LANXESS Corporation, a brownfield
development project located in southern Arkansas. Standard Lithium also holds an interest in certain mineral leases in the
Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California.
Standard Lithium trades on both the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) and the NYSE American under the symbol “SLI”; and
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “S5L”. Please visit the Company’s website at www.standardlithium.com.
About Equinor
Equinor is an international energy company committed to long-term value creation in a low-carbon future. Equinor’s portfolio of
projects encompasses oil and gas, renewables and low-carbon solutions, with an ambition of becoming a net-zero energy
company by 2050. Headquartered in Norway, Equinor is the leading operator on the Norwegian continental shelf and is present
in around 30 countries worldwide. Our partnership with Standard Lithium to mature DLE projects builds on our broad US
energy portfolio of oil and gas, offshore wind, low carbon solutions and battery storage projects.
For more information on Equinor in the US, please visit: Equinor in the US - Equinor
Media Contacts:
Chris Lang
Standard Lithium Ltd.
Ola Morten Aanestad
Equinor
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