Facility

Saltworks Richmond Lithium Demonstration Facility

Primary-source record for Saltworks Richmond Lithium Demonstration Facility. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with lithium-brine as input and battery-grade-lithium-carbonate as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Lithium chemicals

Saltworks Richmond Lithium Demonstration Facility qualifying line

Operating

Brine purification and concentration followed by battery-grade lithium-chemical production

Material flow

Lithium-Bearing Brine → Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

Commercial production · The cited primary source identifies the line output as battery grade or battery quality. · Sep 3, 2025

Sources

Pacific Economic Development Canada · published Sep 3, 2025 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive