DBOO Partnership Model
We design, build, own, and operate lithium plants on your site, turning brines into new revenue with shared upside.
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Design-Build-Own-Operate: From Brine to Bankable Asset
Get into the lithium business without the headache.
We don’t ask you to buy a plant and hope the numbers work. With our Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) partnership model, we turn your brine into a bankable lithium asset on your site.
Instead of heavy upfront CapEx and new technical risk landing on your balance sheet, you get a performance-tied partnership. We design, build, own, and operate the lithium facility and agree on a commercial setup that fits your strategy.
DBOO is how we make lithium extraction practical for oil, gas, midstream, and geothermal operators - a new lithium revenue stream without turning you into a lithium company.
How the DBOO Partnership Model Works
You don’t need to become a lithium company. We already are. With our DBOO partnership model, you unlock a new revenue stream without the headache.
Most DLE companies sell you technology and leave you with the project risk. We do it differently. Lithium Harvest designs, builds, owns, and operates the facility on your site, using your brine stream, and we get paid when it runs. Our incentives are tied to uptime, recovery, and long-term value - not to a one-time equipment sale.
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Who Does What in a DBOO Partnership?
A DBOO project only works if it’s crystal clear who brings what to the table. You stay in control of your core assets and operations. We bring the lithium know-how, technology, project delivery, and operating muscle.
We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. That’s why we structure flexible business models around your goals, infrastructure, and strategic vision.
Let’s build a scenario that turns your water into profit - on your terms.
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| Overall benefits | A shared-ownership structure where we co-invest in a lithium plant at your site. You participate directly in project profits and position yourself as a pioneer in sustainable lithium and water management. | A service-style model where we invest in and own the lithium plant at your site. You earn royalties from your brine and strengthen your ESG profile through sustainable water and resource management. |
| Your contribution | Provide treated produced water or brine, site for co-location, SWD well access or equivalent, and an agreed capital contribution at the project level. | Provide treated produced water or brine, site for co-location, SWD well access, or equivalent - no capital contribution to the lithium plant in a standard setup. |
| Lithium Harvest role | We design, build, and operate the plant using our patented lithium extraction solution. We manage lithium offtake and sales into the battery supply chain and share project returns with you as partners. | We design, build, own, and operate the lithium extraction plant using our patented solution, and pay you agreed royalties linked to production from your brine. |
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Royalty License
What DBOO Means for You
DBOO is not one-size-fits-all. It’s built to fit how you make money today - whether you’re in oil and gas, midstream, or geothermal.
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For Oil and Gas Operators
Turn a cost stream into a new profit stream.
Produced water is usually a cost and a compliance headache. With DBOO, it becomes a source of lithium revenue and a stronger ESG story without the headache.
- Turn produced water into a lithium income stream instead of pure disposal
- Add upside without distracting your core oil and gas operations
- Improve your ESG profile by recovering critical minerals from wastewater
You keep running your fields. We turn the wastewater into lithium.
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For Midstream Water Companies
Add a new high-value service to the network you already run.
You sit at the center of water handling and relationships with multiple producers. With DBOO, you can bolt on lithium extraction as a new service offering - creating an additional revenue stream while helping your customers unlock ESG and critical mineral value.
- Monetize existing water infrastructure with a new lithium-linked revenue line
- Offer producers a value-adding solution, not just disposal or treatment
- Strengthen contracts and relationships with a differentiated, ESG-positive service
You keep on owning the midstream relationship. Together, we structure how value is shared between you, your producers, and Lithium Harvest.
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For Geothermal Operators
Unlock dual revenue from the same geothermal brine.
Your brine already delivers clean heat and power. With DBOO, it can also deliver battery-grade lithium.
- Add lithium revenue on top of your existing energy production
- Keep your focus on heat and power while we build and operate the lithium plant
- Improve project economics and resilience to commodity swings
You run the plant for energy. We run the lithium extraction beside it.
Risk, Guarantees, & Bankability
De-risked by design - validated on site and modeled before FID.
Lithium projects do not fail on slides. They fail when reality does not match the assumptions. We do not ask you to bet your balance sheet on lab curves. Where it makes sense, we deploy our Site-Validation Unit (SVU) and Digital Twin so that, by the time you sign a DBOO agreement, our technology has run on your live brine, under real conditions, with performance and operating windows validated.
Our DBOO model is built to de-risk that gap from day one:
- Validated on your brine: Our Site-Validation Unit (SVU) runs on your actual brine under real site conditions. We will prove recovery, product quality, and operating windows before you sign an agreement.
- Modeled in our Digital Twin: SVU results calibrate our Digital Twin, which converts your brine data into flowsheets, mass and energy balances, and unit economics. This gives you FID-grade insight in months, not years.
- Performance-tied contracts: Our economics are linked to plant performance and availability, not just the delivery of equipment. We win when the plant produces as promised.
What Could Your Brine Be Worth?
Every DBOO project starts with a simple question: Is there a real lithium business in this brine, at this site, with this setup?
The answer depends on your lithium concentration, volumes, existing infrastructure, and the structure of the partnership. For some sites, that translates into a meaningful new revenue stream. For others, the value is more modest, and a DBOO project may not be the right fit. Either way, we can quantify it.
Ready to See if a DBOO Partnership Fits Your Site?
If you want to explore a lithium project without turning your organization upside down, the next step is simple: reach out and let’s take a closer look at your assets.
