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100,000+ tons per year of lithium production under execution across the Americas

Aquatech has built and operated complex process systems at scale for decades. The PEARL ™ technology licensing platform currently underpins over 100,000 tpa of lithium projects under execution across the Americas.

PEARL connects proven technology with treatability, process design, modular execution, and digital optimization into one bankable and accountable flow sheet offering. Our technology is trusted by the world’s foremost lithium producers, including Rio Tinto, Lithium Americas, and Standard Lithium.

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FULL FLOWSHEET

We provide one integrated flowsheet from brine to battery-grade product. A full process design package, no handoffs delivering the lowest operating cost in the industry.

FIT FOR RESOURCE OUTCOMES

TECHNOLOGY

Proprietary Li-Pro DLE media with over 15,000 cycles and three years of continuous operation on real brine, coupled with proven conditioning, refining and purification.

FULL PROCESS WRAP WITH PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES

MODULARIZATION

Modular equipment delivery reduces CAPEX, construction risk and time to market by taking construction risk out of the field.

Standard Lithium - South West Arkansas (Smackover):

North America’s first full-scale direct lithium extraction project.

Standard Lithium South West Arkansas project positions the first commercial US DLE plant, leveraging high-grade Smackover brine, strong partners, and disciplined de-risking milestones toward FID 2026 and production 2029 targets.

Rio Tinto - Hombre Muerto (Argentina):

Modular, water-efficient lithium refining at scale.

Rio Tinto’s Hombre Muerto project emphasizes operating-scale refinement of real salar brine, integrating lithium into a diversified portfolio with disciplined capital allocation and strong ESG stewardship standards.

Lithium Americas - Thacker Pass (Nevada):

North America’s Largest Lithium Processing Facility

Lithium Americas’ Thacker Pass project frames large-scale claystone development as building a secure, resilient North American supply chain, prioritizing domestic processing, downstream execution, and water management to ensure schedule certainty.

Prairie Lithium - Saskatchewan (Canada):

North America’s largest direct lithium extraction commercial unit.

Prairie Lithium’s Saskatchewan project promotes modular, commercial-scale DLE deployment and rapid replication, positioning a high-grade resource as scalable and financeable, while advancing milestone-driven momentum toward a de-risked development blueprint strategy.

White Silver Lithium - Wendover (Utah):

America’s first lithium-from-waste project.

Project White Silver in Utah leverages existing potash infrastructure to produce 5,000 tpa battery-grade lithium carbonate from byproduct brine, enabling a closed-loop, domestic, no-new-mining pathway with strong policy alignment benefits.

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Instilling Value In Every Project

LOWEST TOTAL INSTALLATION COST

PEARL™ improves project economics by lowering complexity, improving efficiency, and supporting capital-efficient development.

COST & SCHEDULE CERTAINTY

PEARL™ accelerates the path from resource to battery-grade lithium product by reducing complexity and supporting faster time to production through a 24-to-36-month project delivery pathway.

PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE

PEARL™ gives investors and offtakers, a reliable pathway for scalable lithium production.

Optimized, Full Flow Sheet Process Delivery

PEARL delivers end-to-end technology capabilities backed by Aquatech's decades of experience solving. Integrating commercially proven direct lithium extraction and advanced conversion and crystallization, PEARL improves project bankability by removing process risk, accelerating project schedules, and reducing the total cost of lithium production.

The Right Module at Every Stage

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Projects Varies between projects depending on impurities present and site condition.

PEARL connects treatability, licensed process design, modular execution, proven media, and digital optimization into one accountable system.

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Together, we can build the next generation of lithium projects.

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In the news

Aquatech's PEARL Technology Platform Enables 20% Reduction in Cost of Lithium Production
June 23, 2026

Aquatech's PEARL Technology Platform Enables 20% Reduction in Cost of Lithium Production

As lithium developers face increasing pressure to reduce capital intensity, bring down operating costs, and deliver projects with greater certainty, Aquatech today announced a step-change for the lithium industry, addressing the structural constraints limiting large-scale lithium deployment.
Aquatech to Deliver North America's Largest Ever Direct Lithium Extraction Unit for Prairie Lithium
June 8, 2026

Aquatech to Deliver North America's Largest Ever Direct Lithium Extraction Unit for Prairie Lithium

Aquatech, a global leader in critical minerals process technology and industrial water reuse, will supply the largest direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit ever deployed in North America for Prairie Lithium's 4.6 MT LCE resource base in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Producing Battery-Grade Lithium From Industrial Brine: White Silver Lithium Project Clears Key Technical Milestone
March 4, 2026

Producing Battery-Grade Lithium From Industrial Brine: White Silver Lithium Project Clears Key Technical Milestone

Publication of an updated Technical Report Summary ("TRS") by Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) has confirmed the long-term viability of the White Silver Lithium Project, which will recover 5,000 tons per year of battery-grade lithium carbonate from an industrial brine by-product stream at Intrepid's Potash facility in Wendover, Utah.