<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false">Lilac Solutions, a US-based company, has successfully operated a lithium extraction demonstration plant in Jujuy, Argentina.The plant achieved a 91% lithium recovery from salar brine with high purity and rejection of impurities.It utilizes fourth-generation ion exchange (IX) technology and off-the-shelf equipment at approximately one-third commercial scale.The plant has an annual throughput capacity of 42 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent and stable eluate purity for over 4,000 IX media cycles.