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Episode 238: David Park

The Global Lithium Podcast 

Hi, it's Joe Lowry. Welcome to another episode of the Global Lithium Podcast. Today is episode 238. My guest is Standard Lithium CEO, David Park. This episode was recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Fast Markets Lithium event in the Live Lounge and that is why you will hear a lot of background noise.

David is relatively new to the lithium industry but he has a blue chip background having worked in the Koch Industries and that would be Koch Industries not Coca-Cola for almost 30 years and having run significant businesses for them.

He is a great addition to the executive talent in the lithium industry. He is in my mind very similar to a Jon Evans or a Dale Henderson in terms of talent and disposition as well. He's a very calm, thoughtful guy. He's got a great sense of humor too. The live lounge recordings are limited from a time perspective so we didn't get into every detail that I would have liked to hear.

So we will probably do a follow up episode in the next few months. But without further ado, David Park. David Park, welcome to the Live Lounge slash Global Lithium Podcast. Excited to be here. And we don't normally do gifts, but since we're here, I have a signed copy of Lithium Confidential for you.

Thank you very much. Excited to get this. Read it on the plane on the way home, Joe. A little 500 pages of light reading. So normally we do the backstory, but I'm just going to let you weave your backstory into these questions. You had a long, storied career and had retired to Park City, Utah when the clarion call of lithium came.

Episode 238: David Park

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

Episode 238: David Park

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.