Episode 231: Dr. Tom Benson

Tom Benson (aka the "Doctor of Volcanoes") is the Vice President of Exploration at Lithium Argentina.

Topics:

Being creative in exploration

The major upgrade to the Cauchari - Olaroz resource

Bigger than the Atacama?

Tom's history at Thacker Pass

Lithium Africa - Tom's latest focus

The Africa lithium "recipe"

Use of new technology & AI in exploration

"Permitting Purgatory"

Making Africa a lithium success

Comments on the Smackover & Salton Sea

It's "nice to be nice"

Rapid fire