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Lithium Extraction & Refining
Aquatech is a recognized global leader in end-to-end process solutions to produce technical and battery-grade lithium.
Aquatech has built and operated complex process systems for decades. The PEARL™ technology licensing platform currently underpins over 100,000 tpa of lithium projects under execution across the Americas.
We deliver proven, operating technology to get resource owners from brine to battery-grade lithium. As a single accountable partner, we bring process technology, project execution and operation & maintenance into one accountable partnership.
PEARL ™ connects treatability, licensed process design, modular execution, proven media, and digital optimisation into one accountable system.
Aquatech's PEARL™ Technology Platform Enables 20% Reduction in Cost of Lithium Production
Aquatech's PEARL™ technology platform is a proven end-to-end approach to lithium processing, combining full flowsheet optimization, modular delivery, and lifecycle performance management.
PEARL™ enables a >20% reduction in total capital and operating costs relative to conventional pathways, while providing cost and schedule certainty and long-term operational reliability, and replaces fragmented, multi-vendor delivery models with a unified approach. The platform reduces interface risk, improves execution certainty, and establishes a repeatable pathway to scale.
Li-Pro™ Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS)
Aquatech is revolutionizing lithium processing through Li-Pro™ LSS. An adsorbent-based DLE technology, Li-Pro™ LSS brings together upstream and downstream processing to form the world’s only commercial end-to-end solution for lithium extraction, refining, and purification: PEARL. Li-Pro™ LSS technology is already being deployed for groundbreaking projects worldwide. Rooted in unmatched heritage and prowess in process technology, Aquatech is best positioned to meet the world’s growing demand for lithium.
Instilling Value In Every Project
Lowest Total Installation Cost
PEARL™ improves project economics by lowering complexity, improving efficiency, and supporting capital-efficient development.
Cost & Schedule Certainty
PEARL™ accelerates the path from resource to battery-grade lithium product by reducing complexity and supporting faster time to production.
Performance Guarantee
PEARL™ gives investors and offtakers, a reliable pathway for scalable lithium production.
Five PEARL Modules
The PEARL™ technology licensing platform features 5 core services, with each stage building on the last to accelerate progress from brine resource to bankability, through execution and operation.
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Lithium Americas Thacker Pass (Nevada)
The world's largest lithium clay project.
Thacker Pass, one of the largest lithium developments in the world, showcases Aquatech’s mastery in delivering a full process wrap - and at scale. Aquatech’s bedrock of experience is enabling Lithium Americas to enact a system of world-leading purification and chemical production systems, which will produce over 40,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate annually.
Technology
Proprietary Li-Pro™ LSS media with over 15,000 cycles and three years of continuous operation on real brine.
Flowsheet
One integrated flowsheet from brine to battery-grade product. A full process design package, no handoffs.
Modularization
Modular equipment delivery reduces CAPEX, construction, risk, and time to market by taking construction risk out of the field.
Solutions for Lithium Concentration & Processing
White Silver Lithium (Wendover, Utah)
America's first lithium-from-waste project.
Intrepid Potash, Inc., Aquatech, and Adionics announce progress on their lithium development project in Wendover, Utah, with the successful completion of test work to produce a battery-grade lithium carbonate from byproduct brine at Intrepid’s Wendover, Utah potash facility.
Prairie Lithium (Saskatchewan, Canada)
North America’s largest direct lithium extraction project.
Prairie Lithium’s Saskatchewan project promotes modular, commercial-scale DLE deployment and rapid replication, positioning a high-grade resource as scalable and financeable, while advancing milestone-driven momentum toward a de-risked development blueprint strategy.
The Latest News
Aquatech's PEARL Technology Platform Enables 20% Reduction in Cost of Lithium Production
As lithium developers face increasing pressure to reduce capital intensity, bring down operating costs, and deliver projects with greater certainty, Aquatech today announced a step-change for the lithium industry, addressing the structural constraints limiting large-scale lithium deployment.
Aquatech to Deliver North America's Largest Ever Direct Lithium Extraction Unit for Prairie Lithium
Aquatech will supply the largest direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit ever deployed in North America for Prairie Lithium's 4.6 MT LCE resource base in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Delivery of Aquatech's Bicarbonate Reactors for Lithium Americas Corp.'s Lithium Carbonate Crystallization Facility
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Producing Battery-Grade Lithium From Industrial Brine: White Silver Lithium Project Clears Key Technical Milestone
Publication of an updated Technical Report Summary by Intrepid Potash, Inc. has confirmed the long-term viability of the White Silver Lithium Project, which will recover 5,000 tons per year of battery-grade lithium carbonate from an industrial brine by-product stream at Intrepid's Potash facility.
Intrepid, Aquatech, and Adionics Progress in Their Partnership to Develop a Lithium Project in Utah Supporting the Supply of National Critical Minerals
Intrepid (NYSE:IPI), Aquatech and Adionics today announce progress on their lithium development project in Wendover, Utah, with the successful completion of test work to produce a battery-grade lithium carbonate from byprodut brine at Intrepid's Wendover, Utah potash facility.
Aquatech and Momentum Technologies Form Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Domestic Critical Mineral Refining
Aquatech, a global leader in critical mineral processing and industrial water technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Momentum Technologies ("Momentum"), a company revolutionizing critical mineral and metal refining.
Aquatech Acquires Koch's Direct Lithium Extraction Business, Integrating Li-Pro™ DLE into the PEARL™ Technology Platform
Aquatech has acquired Koch Technology Solutions' (KTS) direct lithium extraction (DLE) business, integrating the Li-Pro™ Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS) technology and extensive Li-Pro IP portfolio into the PEARL™ process technology platform.
Aquatech Unveils PEARL™: A Full Flow Sheet Technology Platform for Lithium Extraction, Refining, and Purification
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Aquatech Awarded Contract for Lithium Refining Process at Lithium Americas Thacker Pass Project
Aquatech has commenced work on the Thacker Pass lithium project, which involves multiple process trains incorporating evaporation and crystallization systems for the production of lithium carbonate (Li2CO3).