Franklin is Smackover Lithium's first defined East Texas project, owned 55% by Standard Lithium and 45% by Equinor. Its July 2026 Indicated and Inferred lithium-brine Resource spans the Upper and Middle Smackover intervals and underpins a September 2026 lithium-only PEA based on production wells, direct lithium extraction, purification and concentration, and lithium conversion. Work toward a 2027 PFS includes further aquifer and brine-chemistry definition, DLE testing and evaluation of bromine and potash opportunities.
- Country
- United States
- Commodity
- Li
- Stage
- PEA