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We were unable to send the article. Global energy giant ExxonMobil Corp. said Monday morning that it will begin drilling for lithium this month near Magnolia, a move Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said could turn the page on a new chapter of the state's economy. Sanders and Patrick Howarth, the lithium global business manager for ExxonMobil, announced the company's plans during a news conference at the state Capitol. The company plans to tap in the Smackover Formation, which runs through south Arkansas, for brine from which to extract lithium, which...
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