STANDARD LITHIUM LTD. (SLI) Form 6-K — Oct 20, 2026
Standard Lithium has filed the Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report for its Franklin lithium project in East Texas on SEDAR+, its first defined project in the East Texas Smackover region. The PEA outlines a 70,000 tonne-per-year battery-quality lithium carbonate operation with a 20-year life, 1.29 million tonnes of total production, and strong economics including a $5.9 billion pre-tax NPV8, 25.7% IRR, and 3-year payback at $4,226/t cash operating costs. Standard Lithium holds a 55% economic interest with Equinor holding 45%; the next step is advancing the project to a Preliminary Feasibility Study targeted for 2027, with potential initial production in the early 2030s.
Key figures
- Irr
- 25.7%
- Payback period
- 3 years
- Operating life years
- 20
- Project area hectares
- 44541
- Npv8 pretax unlevered usd
- $5.9 billion
- Project area increase pct
- 37
- Sli economic interest pct
- 55
- Capital intensity per tonne usd
- 49945
- Bromine scenario tonnes per year
- 50000
- Annual production capacity tonnes
- 70000
- Cash operating cost per tonne usd
- 4226
- Average lithium concentration mg l
- 515
- Starting lithium concentration mg l
- 562
- Total lithium carbonate production tonnes
- 1290000
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