Project Overview

Advancing the Rhyolite Ridge
Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada.

Rhyolite Ridge is one of two advanced lithium projects in the U.S. and is fully funded to a Final Investment Decision. Once operational, Rhyolite Ridge is expected to be a low-cost lithium site, due to the valuable boron co-product and innovative cost saving measures embedded in our sustainably designed operations.

Over the course of its lifetime, modelled on a 26-year production, Rhyolite Ridge will help power upward of 50 million electric vehicles.

Because our operations will be on-site and our materials will not be shipped to a separate processing facility, Ioneer can more quickly and efficiently produce lithium carbonate, critical for the EV battery supply chain.

Rhyolite Ridge Quick Facts

SUPPLYING CRITICAL MINERALS

Rhyolite Ridge produces battery components that will power 50 million EVs and strengthen domestic supply chains

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

Committed to maintain and improve road from Highway 264 to facility

CREATING NEVADA JOBS

400-500 during construction and 250-300 jobs during operations

REDUCING EMISSIONS

Carbon-free energy production and limited greenhouse gas emissions

GENERATING LOCAL AND STATE IMPACT

Project will generate $15-25 million in public revenues during construction, and $13-31.5 million annually once operational

LIMITING OUR FOOTPRINT

No evaporation ponds, no tailing dam.

LOW WATER USAGE

Approximately 4,000 acre-ft/year usage of water, a similar usage to seven irrigation pivots

*Applied Analysis Economic Impact Study, April 2020, Low-High Case Range

Location

The Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, on public land administered by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) situated in the Silver Peak Range, part of the larger geo-physiographic Basin and Range Province of western Nevada.

Rhyolite Ridge is approximately 14 miles northeast from Dyer, Nevada (nearest town). It is 65 miles southwest of Tonopah, Nevada (closest city), 215 miles from Reno (third largest city in Nevada), and 255 miles from Las Vegas (largest city in Nevada).

Surface elevations at the project site range from 5,535 to 6,010 feet (1,687 to 1,832 meters) above sea level.

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