Ionic Mineral Technologies of Provo, a Provo-based supplier of nano-silicon anode battery material production, has leased and fully permitted a 4,000-acre plot in the Silicon Ridge halloysite property from the state of Utah. The property, located in the Lake Mountains of Utah County, will enhance the company’s halloysite reserves. Halloysite is a critical feedstock for the production of Ionic Mineral Tech’s Ionisil nano-silicon anode material used in next-generation, fast-charging electric vehicles.
Silicon Ridge lies within a geologically rich area known for extensive clay formations. The halloysite at Silicon Ridge is part of a broader geological trend formed through the alteration of silica-rich volcanic tuffs in a calcareous hot spring environment, the company said. This geological setting has been Please log in to see the rest of this story.
