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‘A Huge Opportunity’: Alberta Oilfields Could Give Rise to Lithium Industry Fuelled by Electric Cars

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Calgary-based E3 Metals wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the work of Elon Musk. The natural resources company, which was founded in 2016, has developed a patented ion-exchange extraction technology that produces purified lithium concentrate from the light metal that occurs naturally within the province’s oilfield brines.