Empower EIT has completed commissioning of its 17,000-square-foot Dallas Operations & Innovation Center as the company targets first commercial sales in 2027. Leveraging its proprietary direct lithium extraction (DLE) and conversion technology, Empower EIT has processed lithium chloride and converted it into battery-grade lithium carbonate.
The most recent processing involved five campaigns that produced battery-grade lithium carbonate from eluate representing 40,000 gallons of brine each, extending proven capabilities from multiple domestic brine resources in previous trials. All five campaigns were sent for independent third-party testing, which verified that Empower EIT consistently produced battery-grade lithium carbonate at 99.68% to 99.91% purity.
Empower EIT has also expanded its executive leadership team with Jim Chaney joining the company as senior advisor. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, most recently with Hunt Oil.
“With our Dallas Operations & Innovation Center fully commissioned and the addition of Jim Chaney rounding out our leadership team, we’ve achieved two important milestones on our path to commercialization,” said Patrick Dowling, CEO of Empower EIT.
“We are well positioned to meet our goal of first commercial sales in 2027 as we focus on asset acquisition, evaluating and testing additional U.S. mineral assets, strategic capital partnerships and offtake partnerships.”
As Empower EIT continues to progress toward commercialization, Chaney will play a critical role in advancing the company’s reservoir strategy, technical diligence and integration of subsurface expertise across its expanding energy and lithium portfolio.
Third-party testing has validated Empower EIT’s proprietary DLE and conversion technology, demonstrating the company’s ability to execute the complete lithium processing value chain, from the field to the finished product. In addition to processing brine through DLE to battery-grade lithium carbonate, the Dallas Operations & Innovation Center is equipped with an environmental lab to support resource owners in brine testing, resource validation, and the design of lithium recovery systems from bench to field-deployable systems.
Empower EIT said it has shipped battery-grade lithium carbonate to an undisclosed offtake partner for final evaluation.
Source: Empower EIT