Authium

What Authium does

Authium Ltd is a lithium exploration and development company headquartered in Lavender Bay, NSW, Australia, with assets and operations concentrated in the United States. The company's 100%-owned core asset is the Clayton Ridge lithium claystone project in Esmeralda County, Nevada, encompassing 929 unpatented mining claims over ~15,000 acres, with a JORC-compliant inferred resource of 422,555 metric tons of lithium (2,248,838 metric tons LCE) supporting a projected 40+ year mine life on a shallow, contiguous deposit averaging 330 ft in thickness at 1,000+ ppm grade. Authium's core technology is a proprietary direct lithium extraction (DLE) process — adapted from co-inventor Cameron Stanton's earlier brine-extraction patent (WO2018027266) — designed to produce lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) on a Net Zero basis through reagent recycling, electric mining equipment, and renewable power integration, targeting 24,000 tpa LCE (with hydroxide potential) at Clayton Ridge. The company is also positioned as a technology licensor and processing-plant operator: in April 2025 it signed a binding lithium chloride concentrate Offtake Agreement and Operating Agreement with Galan Lithium covering Galan's Hombre Muerto West (HMW) project in Argentina, under which Authium will fund, supply, and operate the processing plant in exchange for ~$9.4 million in pre-payments tied to 45,000 tonnes of concentrate delivered to a US facility over a minimum six-year period.

Authium is currently pre-revenue. Its intended revenue streams encompass (i) LCE sales from a future Clayton Ridge production facility into the US EV battery materials supply chain, (ii) managed processing services and offtake from third-party lithium projects such as HMW, and (iii) licensing of its direct-extraction technology to other lithium producers. Go-to-market is B2B field sales to two primary segments: downstream battery materials manufacturers (EV supply chain) requiring reliable, low-carbon lithium supply, and lithium mining companies seeking DLE technology to derisk their own project development. Management is led by Founder/Chairman Cameron Stanton (Rincon Corp patent co-inventor, 2018 AIPM award winner) and CEO Todd Vains (former COO Rincon Ltd, 13 years at Nyrstar), supported by a technical team with over 100 years of combined mining and project management experience.

Name

Authium

Legal name

Authium Ltd

Website

https://authium.com.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Authium Ltd is a pre-revenue lithium exploration and development company developing the 100%-owned Clayton Ridge lithium clay project in Nevada using proprietary direct lithium extraction technology, targeting battery materials manufacturers and lithium mining partners such as Galan Lithium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lithium Mining and Battery Materials

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325), Support Activities for Metal Mining (213114)

SIC

Metal Mining (1000)

akta.pro primary industry

Exploration & Resource Development (Critical Minerals) (IMAKAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Battery Raw Materials Mining & Refining (Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, Graphite) (EUAFABAA), Battery-Grade Chemical Processing (LiOH/Li2CO3, Ni/Co Sulfates, Mn Sulfate) (IMAKAFAI), Mine Development & Processing EPC (Critical Minerals) (IMAKAFAM)

Keywords

• Lithium exploration
• Direct lithium extraction
• Lithium carbonate production
• Claystone lithium mining
• Battery materials supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. LCE Sales from Nevada Operations: Authium plans to produce and sell LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent) from its Clayton Ridge lithium clay project in Nevada. The company targets production of 24,000 tpa LCE (hydroxide potential) at site, located within a major lithium consumption zone.
2. Lithium Processing Technology Services: Authium funds, supplies and operates processing plants at partner sites (e.g., Galan Lithium's HMW project). Under the offtake agreement with Galan, Authium receives pre-payments of approximately $9.4 million for supplying 45,000t of lithium chloride concentrate over six years.
3. Technology Licensing: Authium holds proprietary lithium extraction technology including patent WO2018027266 and can license this technology to other lithium producers. Cameron Stanton is co-inventor of the world's first chemical process to extract lithium from unconcentrated brine.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Authium is a lithium exploration and development company focused on its 100% owned Clayton Ridge lithium clay project in Esmeralda County, Nevada, where it plans to develop a direct extraction lithium production facility targeting 24,000 tonnes per annum of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE). The company produces and intends to sell LCE to downstream battery materials manufacturers while also licensing its proprietary direct lithium extraction technology and operating processing plants for third-party lithium miners such as Galan Lithium.

Product overview

Authium is a lithium exploration and development company with a single core focus on its 100% owned Clayton Ridge lithium clay project in Nevada, USA. The company is developing a direct extraction lithium production facility designed to produce lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) on a Net Zero basis. The project comprises 929 unpatented mining claims occupying nearly 15,000 acres, with a significant JORC compliant resource supporting a projected mine life of 40+ years. The company has also established a strategic partnership with Galan Lithium for processing technology at their Hombre Muerto West project in Argentina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ year projected mine life at Clayton Ridge
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Galan LithiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Authium has a strategic partnership with Galan Lithium for the Hombre Muerto West (HMW) project in Argentina's Catamarca Province. Authium will fund, supply and operate the processing plant at HMW. Under the funding and offtake agreement, Galan will supply 45,000t of lithium chloride concentrate to a US production facility over a minimum six-year period, generating approximately $9.4 million in pre-payments for Authium. The partnership includes an Operating Agreement governing the roles and obligations for the processing technology to be implemented at HMW.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cypress Development Corp: Cypress is one of the three named claim-holders bordering Authium's Clayton Ridge claims and is itself developing a sedimentary-claystone lithium project in Clayton Valley, Nevada — making it a same-basin, same-feedstock direct comparable.
• Lithium Americas (Lithium Argentina): Lithium Americas' Thacker Pass project in northern Nevada is the most direct comparable: a large-scale lithium-from-claystone (sedimentary) deposit advancing toward commercial production using sulfuric-acid-based processing. Shared geography (Nevada), shared feedstock type (claystone/sediment), and shared end-market (battery-grade lithium).
• Ioneer Ltd: Ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge project in Esmeralda County, Nevada is a sedimentary (claystone) lithium-boron deposit located in the same basin as Authium's Clayton Ridge. Identical feedstock geology and Nevada regulatory jurisdiction make it one of the closest direct peers.
• Noram Lithium (Noram Minerals): Noram directly borders Authium's Clayton Ridge claims in Esmeralda County and is developing its Zeus lithium claystone project in the same Clayton Valley basin. Same geology, same jurisdiction, same target product (LCE).
• Galan Lithium Limited: Galan is Authium's strategic partner at the HMW brine project in Argentina and develops its own lithium brine projects (HMW, Candelas) targeting lithium chloride concentrate. Authium's economics and technology validation depend materially on Galan — making Galan both a partner and a structurally integrated peer in the lithium-DLE value chain.
• Standard Lithium Ltd: Standard Lithium is a leading direct-lithium-extraction (DLE) developer focused on Smackover brines in Arkansas and East Texas. The technology approach and target products (battery-grade lithium) closely mirror Authium's DLE platform and Clayton Ridge LCE plan.

Broad incumbents

• Albemarle Corporation: Albemarle is the world's largest lithium producer and operates the Silver Peak brine operation in Clayton Valley, the same basin as Authium's project. It borders Authium's claims and represents the dominant incumbent whose operational footprint and downstream relationships set benchmark economics for the basin.
• SQM: SQM is one of the world's two largest lithium chemicals producers, operating large-scale brine operations in Chile's Salar de Atacama. Relevant as the dominant incumbent in low-cost lithium chemical production whose pricing and supply decisions shape the realized-price environment for Authium's future LCE output.

Regional players

• Vulcan Energy Resources: Vulcan is developing a DLE-from-geothermal-brine lithium project in Germany's Upper Rhine Valley, producing both heat and battery-grade lithium hydroxide. Comparable as a DLE-technology-led lithium developer with a net-zero design philosophy matching Authium's Net-Zero positioning.

Emerging players

• EnergySource Minerals: EnergySource Minerals is a DLE-focused lithium developer operating the Hell's Kitchen project at the Salton Sea in California. Comparable as a US-DLE lithium project using proprietary extraction technology, though focused on geothermal brines rather than claystone.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/authium_lithium
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/authium

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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