Element3 Resources

The U.S. imports virtually all of its lithium while sitting on the largest untapped domestic source: over one trillion gallons of oilfield wastewater produced annually. Conventional lithium projects require 7 to 15 years to permit and build, cost $40,000 to $60,000+ per ton of annual capacity, and face mounting regulatory and environmental opposition. Meanwhile, the battery supply chain remains critically dependent on foreign suppliers. Element3 solves this by extracting lithium from feedstock that is already at the surface, already permitted, and already flowing through billions of dollars of existing infrastructure, delivering domestic lithium in months rather than decades.

Only company commercially producing lithium from produced water in North America. 3,000 TPA facility operational in Midland, TX. R&D 100 Award with Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) Gen1 demo: 500 BWPD, 132 days continuous. Gen2: 1,250 BWPD, fully automated

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  Fort Worth company extracts lithium from oil field wastewater

  Dallas News · May 1, 2026

  Element3 is working to expand its operations after proving it can extract critical mineral lithium out of produced water.

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  Critical Minerals Leader Element3 Launches Lithium Carbonate Production in Permian Basin, Marking America’s First New Lithium Mining in More than Half a Century

  Yahoo Finance

  The Honorable Governor Greg Abbott, United States Department of Energy Chief Commercial Officer Anthony Pugliese and Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian Join Element3 CEO Hood Whitson to Celebrate Watershed Moment in Country’s HistoryMIDLAND, Texas, Feb. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Element3, the leading Fort Worth-based critical minerals company, announced today the successful production of lithium carbonate from Permian Basin produced water in their 3,000 ton-per-annum lithium carbonat

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  Critical Minerals Leader Element3 Launches Lithium Carbonate Production in Permian Basin, Marking America’s First New Lithium Mining in More than Half a Century

  GlobeNewswire News Room

  The Honorable Governor Greg Abbott, United States Department of Energy Chief Commercial Officer Anthony Pugliese and Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne...

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  Element3 Closes Series A to Deploy First Commercial Lithium Extraction Plants in the United States

  GlobeNewswire News Room

  Element3 raises Series A to fund commercialization of their direct lithium extraction from oil and gas wastewater...