GRADIENT RESOURCES INC.
Lithium extraction and processing technology from geothermal brines
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- RENO, NV
- Latest Form D
- $10M, Jan 2015
- Total capital
- $371M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $371M
- 15 Form D · last Jan 2015
- 141 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 15th filing$10M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 14th filing$22.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 13th filing$5.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 12th filing$20.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 11th filing$14.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 10th filing$4.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$5.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$70.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$3.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$5.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$4.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$63M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$18M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$38M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$106M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Adam CarteDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Barney RushDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Bob WarburtonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Craig MataczynskiExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David LloydExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Fred BuckmanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 17 people
- Jim AtkinsonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jim WintersDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kevin McSpaddenExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Linda MillerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael HamiltonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul HemsathExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Riaz SiddiqiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard AtkinsonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard CohenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Scott MackinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stan MarksDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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