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Oct. 19, 2011 – Forbes “Lithium: The New California Gold Rush”
April 6, 2016 – Las Vegas Sun “Precious metal: Is Nevada on the verge of a lithium rush?”
April 26, 2016 – Proactive “Trending: Is Lithium Rush the new Gold?”
Feb. 1, 2019 – National Geographic Magazine “This metal is powering today’s technology – at what price?”
May 17, 2019 – Seattle Times “A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley”
June 24, 2019 – Nevada Current “No lithium boom yet, but boom in stories about lithium boom going strong”
Oct. 30, 2019 – E&E News “How lithium could be Calif.’s next ‘gold rush'”
Dec. 27, 2019 – The Sierra Nevada Ally “Lithium exploration science and mining – leading research has one foot in Nevada, the other in Argentina”
April 20, 2020 – NBCLX Video “Tesla Came First. Now Nevada is Becoming America’s ‘Lithium Valley’”
June 13, 2020 – The Australian Saturday Paper “The unfulfilled promise of lithium mining”
Sept. 29, 2020 – Edmunds “The True Cost of Powering an Electric Car”
Dec. 8, 2020 – The Guardian “The curse of ‘white oil’: electric vehicles’ dirty secret”
Dec. 18, 2020 – KUNR News “Nevada’s Vast Stores Of Lithium Could Fuel The Energy Transition. But At What Cost?”
Jan. 15, 2021 – BBC News “Protecting fragile ecosystems from lithium mining”
Jan. 21, 2021 – Los Angeles Times “Two Biden priorities, climate and conservation, collide in the California desert” and The Nevada Independent “Nevada is looking at more lithium mining. An industry executive talks about a market driven by electric vehicles”
Jan. 23, 2021 – Associated Press “Mine OK’d in Trump’s last days may boost Biden energy plan”
April 26, 2021 – Cell Siders Future of the Lithium Supply Chain “Episode 6 – Hard Rock Cafe: A Conversation With Joe Lowry”
April 27, 2021 – POLITICO “Portugal to scrap lithium mining project”
April 27, 2021 – Earthworks “Reducing new mining for electric vehicle battery metals: responsible sourcing through demand reduction strategies and recycling”
May 1, 2021 – Physics Today “Fears of a lithium supply crunch may be overblown”
May 7, 2021 – The Economic Times “The lithium gold rush: Inside the race to power electric vehicles”
May 11, 2021 – Clean Technica “As We Extract Lithium From US Mines, Environmental Issues Remain”
May 11, 2021 – The Colorado Sun “Mining ban considered to protect greater sage grouse species in western U.S.”
May 23, 2021 – Deseret News “Another dirty little secret about green energy: It needs more mining to support Biden’s plan”
May 25, 2021 – Reuters “Exclusive: Biden looks abroad for electric vehicle metals, in blow to U.S. miners”
June 2, 2021 – Reuters “EXCLUSIVE Mexico now ready to welcome private lithium miners”
June 3, 2021 – Pew Research Center “Electric vehicles get mixed reception from American consumers”
June 3, 2021 – MSCI “Mining Energy-Transition Metals: National Aims, Local Conflicts – Key Mines Are Located Near Native American Reservations”
June 7, 2021 – Reason “Biden’s Green Agenda Meets Environmental Red Tape”
June 8, 2021 – Bloomberg Law “Pitfalls Await Biden’s Bid to Boost Mineral Mining for EVs”
Oct. 8, 2021 – Reuters “Automakers funding new tech aimed at making greener lithium for EVs”
Feb. 1, 2022 – Euronews “South America’s ‘lithium fields’ reveal the dark side of our electric future”
Apr. 7, 2022 – Reuters “New lithium technology can help the world go green — if it works”
May 26, 2022 – National Geographic “Activists fear a new threat to biodiversity—renewable energy”
June 2, 2022 – Protocol “The best EV policies are ones that keep them off the road”
July 7, 2022 – Business Insider “Electric cars have a dirty secret — and it’s a big one”
July 12, 2020 – Interesting Engineering “Lithium mining: New study reveals a hidden cost of renewable technology – It turns out lithium brine mining is less than “green.”
July 20, 2022 – Real Clear Investigations “Rights Abuser China Emerging as Dubious Linchpin of Biden’s Lithium-Battery Supply Chain”
July 24, 2022 – Associated Press “Nevada court fights raise caution flags on green energy push”
July 27, 2022 – National Journal “Inside the fight over Nevada’s lithium rush”
State and Federal Mining Information
Nevada Division of Minerals, Dissolved Minerals Resource Exploration (DMRE)
California Department of Conservation, Mining and Geology Board
California Department of Conservation, Maps: Mines and Mineral Resources
Micon International: NI 43-101 Technical Reports: What They Are, and What They’re Not
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