Do Landowners Get Money for Lithium Extracted from Wastewater?

Lithium extracted from Marcellus shale wastewater (brine) has been in the news over the past week or so. Last week, we brought you the exciting news that a Boston-based company, Gradiant, is working on building a lithium production facility in an undisclosed PA location, which we were able to identify as Susquehanna County (see Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming to PA Marcellus in 2026). Two days later we brought you the news that Vancouver-based Rain City Resources Inc. is already testing lithium-from-brine technology at a different facility in Susquehanna County (see Successful Lithium-from-Brine Pilot Test in Susquehanna County, PA). The news has sparked a flurry of inquiries to MDN asking this question: Will landowners receive compensation for wastewater sales that contain lithium?

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