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Tonopah Flats Lithium Project

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

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Mining

SECTOR
Mining

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CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Transparency Projects

Department of the Interior

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Description:

The Tonopah Flats Lithium Project encompasses measured, indicated, and inferred lithium claystone resource deposits. Located in Big Smoky Valley near Tonopah, Nevada, the project includes 517 unpatented lode mining claims covering over 10,340 acres of land that is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 

This project is posted in the interest of transparency and response to Executive Order 14241.  A permitting timetable will be posted on or before July 11, 2025.