# Smackover Lithium Announces Positive Definitive Feasibility Study Results for its South West Arkansas Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/smackover-lithium-announces-positive-definitive-feasibility-study-results-for-it--d49073be-3850-4eb6-aae3-85d6bb9e7d51

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/smackover-lithium-announces-positive-definitive-200500313.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-09-03T20:05:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Smackover Lithium

- Ticker: SLI

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Arkansas

- Primary commodity: Lithium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Production, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 07:12:32 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Smackover Lithium has announced positive results from a Definitive Feasibility Study \(DFS\) for its South West Arkansas project. The study highlights a 20.2% unlevered pre-tax IRR for an initial phase producing 22,500 tonnes per annum of battery-quality lithium carbonate, alongside an upgraded mineral resource.

Reasoning: The announcement of a positive DFS with a 20.2% IRR and an upgraded resource is a major project milestone for a lithium developer.

- Positive factor: Positive Definitive Feasibility Study \(DFS\) results

- Positive factor: Upgraded Mineral Resource

- Positive factor: Strong IRR of 20.2% Unlevered Pre-tax

- Positive factor: Battery-quality lithium carbonate production

Facts used in scoring: 0

## Classification and evidence

**DFS-Supporting**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Resource estimate prepared to support a Definitive Feasibility Study — requires high M&I confidence.

Why it applies: The announcement specifically reports results from a Definitive Feasibility Study \(DFS\).

Evidence · text

> announced today the positive results of a Definitive Feasibility Study \(“DFS”\)

## Extracted facts

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## How Atlas produces this analysis

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