Standard Lithium Ltd.宣布任命 Michael Barman 为首席开发官，自 10 月 8 日起生效。

巴曼拥有近 20 年为高级管理人员及其董事会提供咨询服务的经验，最近担任 Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. 投资银行部董事总经理。巴曼将加入 Standard Lithium，因为他们希望将其在美国的第一个锂项目商业化

标准锂公司首席执行官兼董事罗伯特·明塔克在一份新闻稿中表示：“迈克在能源转型领域为公司提供咨询和融资方面拥有长期的职业生涯，为我们的领导团队增添了广泛而令人印象深刻的商业经验。” “鉴于我们的项目组合正在与众多行业领导者和家喻户晓的人物进行后期讨论，这一任命是及时的。”

Standard Lithium 的投资组合包括位于 Smackover 地层的 1A 期项目和阿肯色州西南部项目。阿肯色州西南部项目的预可行性研究表明，在 20 年的运营寿命内，每年至少生产 30,000 吨氢氧化锂，税后净现值超过 31 亿美元。最近完成的 1A 阶段最终可行性研究预计在 25 年的使用寿命内生产 5,400 吨碳酸锂，预计从 2026 年开始使美国锂产量翻一番。

Standard Lithium Ltd. announced the appointment of Michael Barman as chief development officer, effective Oct. 8.

Barman has nearly 20 years of experience advising senior executives and their boards, most recently as a managing director in investment banking at Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. Barman will join Standard Lithium as they look to commercialize the first of its lithium projects in the U.S.

“Mike adds extensive and impressive commercial experience to our leadership team with his long career in advising and financing companies in the energy transition sector,” Robert Mintak, CEO and director of Standard Lithium, said in a press release. “His appointment is timely given the late-stage discussions underway with a broad array of industry leaders and household names on our portfolio of projects.”

Among Standard Lithium’s portfolio includes the Phase 1A and South West Arkansas projects located in the Smackover Formation. A pre-feasibility study for the South West Arkansas project demonstrated an after-tax net present value of more than $3.1 billion with at least 30,000 metric tons per annum (mtpa) of lithium hydroxide produced over a 20-year operating life. The recently completed Phase 1A definitive feasibility study contemplates production of 5,400 mtpa of lithium carbonate over a 25-year operating life and is expected to double U.S. lithium production beginning in 2026.