For scale, each of the long, skinny ponds in the center is nearly a kilometer long. Source: NASA Earth Observatory, by Lauren Dauphin Mining lithium brine is quite unlike any of the other methods ...
The DLE process will be able to extract up to 90% of the lithium resource, which compares to roughly 50% recovered through the traditional process of using enormous evaporation surface ponds.
AMBOY, CA - NOVEMBER 30: In an aerial view, salt evaporation ponds are seen on Bristol Dry Lake ... [+] where Standard Lithium Ltd. is preparing to use Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology ...