Project Traits

State: Nevada

Congressional District: NV04

Organization Type: Commercial

Partner Organization(s) Type: None or Unknown

Project Type: Extraction

Energy Sector: Critical Minerals

Energy Subsector: Lithium

Project Start Year: Unknown

Project Launch Year: Unknown

Outcomes & Impacts

Private Investment: Unknown

Jobs Announced or Created: Unknown

People Served: Unknown

Projected Economic Impact: Unknown

Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge project will be one of America’s first advanced, low-cost lithium mining projects. Sourcing domestic lithium is crucial to American energy security and dominance as demand for critical minerals has increased in recent years.

Ioneer will provide 400-500 construction jobs and 250-300 jobs once fully operational. The project will generate $15-25 million in public revenues throughout its construction phase and as much as $31 million in annual revenues once fully operational.

Rhyolite Ridge contains enough lithium to power 50 million electric vehicles and will bolster America’s critical mineral supply chains.