A map of the U.S. showing the geological area called the Smackover Formation. The highlighted portion in red, in southern Arkansas ... The 'white gold' rush: Why lithium demand is skyrocketing ...

Tom Dillard: No gold in Arkansas hills, but plenty of gold fever November 7, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. by Tom Dillard ...

Arkansas may be home to a vast resource that could reshape the world's energy needs: a valuable battery component called lithium that's been nicknamed "white gold" and "the new gasoline." ...