The company says it has found a way to make lithium batteries from scratch going from “from brine to battery” in less than 48 hours.
“We’ve taken lithium from four continents around the world and have made it into a pure metal electrode,” co-founder and CEO Emilie Bodoin told MINING.com in an interview. “We’re not that particular about the lithium source because our technology and our end product is very different than what everyone else is doing.”
In July, PL won the startup Coup de Coeur Award at the World Materials Forum for its battery-ready lithium metal electrode and received the best new project award at Fast Markets, competing against several more mature companies.
Occidental subsidiary TerraLithium, through its joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway invested $15 million, Bodoin said, adding that Canadian firm E3 Lithium has been supplying the company with concentrate for two years.
