American Battery Technology’s Tonopah Flats Lithium Project Gains FAST-41 Coverage, Nevada
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The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) has added FAST-41 coverage for the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project. If permitted, this project is anticipated to produce 30,000 MT(metric tons)/yr of lithium, a mineral critical for battery production and medicinal purposes.
“The Permitting Council is excited to welcome the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project to FAST-41 coverage,” said Emily Domenech, Permitting Council Executive Director.
“By streamlining the federal permitting process for this project, we will continue to build on President Trump’s executive order to expand accessibility to our country’s vast natural resources, creating a stronger domestic supply chain of critical minerals and reducing our reliance on China,” added Domenech.
Located west of Tonopah, Nevada in Esmeralda and Nye Counties, this lithium project involves exploration drilling, surface mining, and construction and operation of a processing facility for the production of approximately 30,000 MT/yr of critical mineral lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LiOH).
This project initially came under Permitting Council purview on June 27, 2025 as a transparency project, before project sponsor American Battery Technology Company elected to apply for FAST-41 coverage.
The project is now covered under FAST-41, giving it the full benefits of the program, including the development of a coordinated project plan and dedicated project management by Permitting Council staff.
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management serves as the lead agency for this project. Learn more about the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project on the Federal Permitting Dashboard HERE.
The Permitting Council coordinates federal environmental reviews and authorizations for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-41 coverage. FAST-41 covered projects are entitled to comprehensive permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard. FAST-41 covered projects may be in the energy production, electricity transmission, energy storage, surface transportation, aviation, ports and waterways, water resource, broadband, pipelines, manufacturing, mining, carbon capture, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and machine learning, high-performance computing and advanced computer hardware and software, quantum information science and technology, data storage and data management, and cybersecurity sectors.
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