# Episode 222: The Arkansas Lithium Innovation Summit (with Governor Sanders)

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Podcast: [The Global Lithium Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702)
Published: 2025-10-30T23:27:24+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3733

## Resource

The state of Arkansas is poised to be the next great lithium brine province. This week at the Arkansas Lithium Innovation Summit I interviewed Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders along with Allie Kennedy Thurmond and Jason Muller from Equinor, Ashu Sharma from Aquatech and Jesse Edmondson of Standard Lithium. Topics: Why Arkansas? Angela's story Going downstream No DLE, no Smackover US policy gaps Stockpile options Building value chains The Smackover Lithium culture Force multipliers Aquatech's business Process optimization Li-Pro & Pearl What's next for the Summit?

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