Researchers say Arkansas may have 19 million tons of lithium critical for battery power

USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Tara Suter Researchers said in a recent article that Arkansas may have 19 million tons of lithium, which is used in rechargeable batteries for important products like phones and electric cars. The researchers said in their article released last month in the journal Science Advances they had “calculated that there are 5.1 to 19 million tons of lithium in Smackover…