Willcox Energy seek to develop, build and operate lithium facilities that adhere to the highest standards of environmental monitoring, compliance and reporting, while producing future sources of high-quality, low-cost lithium compounds to fuel a global, low-carbon economy.
We have a responsibility to be good stewards of the land, our planet, our environment, and our community. Doing our work in the most sustainable way possible is our number one priority because we understand what we produce is directly related to positively impacting the sustainability of our planet by helping to reduce global carbon emissions for future generations. Power, with tomorrow in mind.
Lithium extracted from Alberta's geothermal brines, will minimize environmental impact compared to traditional producers.
Large physical footprints
Vast amounts of water lost
Brine not returned to aquifer
Long production timeline
Toxic residual waste stream
Ecological problems
Destructive geological results
Large amounts of tailings
Solid in semi-refined form
Long production timeline
Energy intensive operations
Lasting ecological problems
The use of direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies and processes will rapidly and economically extract lithium from geothermal brines in an environmentally-sustainable way, a key criteria for commercial development of lithium today.
• DLE technology will contribute to a more sustainable lithium supply relative to evaporative brine and hard rock mining operations in terms of land use, water use, time to market, and greenhouse gas emissions.
• DLE has a small environmental footprint – no open pit energy intensive mining as in Australia or eastern Canada.
• In DLE, the brine is returned to the aquifer, unlike water lost in evaporation ponds (salars) in South America and southern USA.
• Unlike traditional hard rock mines and salars that have years-long development and production cycles, DLE has short production timelines and can operate year-long in all types of environments.
