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Tonopah Flats Lithium Project

American Battery Technology Company

Tonopah, NV, USA

-117.2305861, 38.069211

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 14

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Extraction

Product: Lithium


Project Announcement Date: 5/21/2020

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Operating Status: Planned


Target Jobs: 50

Congressional District: Democrat

Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

“Tonopah Flats Lithium Project”, American Battery Technology Company, 24 May 2022. 🔗


“American Battery Technology Company Selected for US DOE Grant for $115M First-of-Kind Commercial-Scale Lithium Manufacturing Facility”, issuerdirect.com, 21 Oct 2022. 🔗


“Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing”, U.S. Department of Energy, 18 Oct 2022. 🔗


“One of the Largest Known Lithium Deposits in US Identified at American Battery Technology Company Tonopah Flats Property - Inferred Resource Estimated through S-K 1300 Compliant Study”, American Battery Technology Company, PR Newswire, 28 Feb 2023. 🔗


“American Battery Technology Company announces initial results of its lithium-bearing Tonopah Flats third exploration drill program”, BatteryIndustry.net, 31 Oct 2023. 🔗


Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

We currently have no related projects tracked for this site.

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