Plus, instead
of relying on hard rock mining as is typical
of production today, Simbol lets the
hot water of the subsurface Salton Sea do the work
of leaching the materials
out of the rock as well as purifying them into salts — a process that involves evaporating
water from lithium ponds for other producers around the world, including in the U.S.. Also, the
company would not need to purchase soda ash to enable production
of lithium carbonate, as is typically done today.