Ioneer managing director Bernard Rowe said: “Rhyolite Ridge is fully permitted and construction ready. This loan demonstrates the United States’ confidence in and importance of our lithium-boron mine project. Rhyolite Ridge will not only create new jobs in Nevada but foster innovation across the country.

In an effort to strengthen the nation’s domestic battery supply chain and electrify the transportation sector, the federal government closed a $996 million loan guarantee for a controversial lithium mine on the habitat of an endangered Nevada wildflower.

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a nearly one billion dollar loan to mining company Ioneer for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium boron processing plant in Esmeralda County.

A lithium-boron project on Friday closed on an almost $1 billion loan from the Department of Energy. Ioneer Limited is receiving a $996 million loan from the DOE through its Loan Programs Office under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program to support on-site processing of lithium-boron at its Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Esmeralda County,

RENO, Nev. - Ioneer Ltd (ASX: INR, Nasdaq: IONR), a lithium-boron producer with a market capitalization of $248.57 million, has secured a $996 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) to enhance the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Esmeralda County,

The Department of Energy extended a loan guarantee for the construction of a processing facility for lithium, a key ingredient in electrical vehicle