Process and product

A process for extracting lithium from an aqueous solution containing lithium, the process comprising:

• (i) contacting an aqueous solution containing lithium with a lithium sorbent to absorb the lithium to produce a mixture of a lithium loaded sorbent and lithium depleted solution,
• (ii) separating the lithium loaded sorbent and the lithium depleted solution,
• (iii) treating the lithium loaded sorbent to produce a mixture of a lithium rich solution and a regenerated sorbent, and
• (iv) separating the lithium rich solution and the regenerated sorbent,
• wherein the pH in step (i) is controlled to provide the lithium depleted solution at a pH of about 3 to 7 and the separating step (ii) and/or the separating step (iv) comprises the use of an ultrafiltration membrane and/or a nanofiltration membrane.