Lithium deposit valued at $1.5 trillion has been discovered in the US. McDermitt Caldera in Oregon could contain between 20 and 40 million metric tons of lithium. If extraction methods prove efficient, the US could rank among the top global suppliers of this metal.

https://www.earth.com/news/lithium-deposit-valued-at-1-5-trillion-dollars-has-been-discovered-in-the-us/#google_vignette

by mafco

11 comments

  1. And use it for what? I thought Lithium was useless?

  2. Let’s go, who cares about the environment when we could be number one, number one. MAGA special forces

  3. Wow, that‘s quite the size! On par to (almost) double the Bolivian reserves.

    And yet, all this Li may end up unneeded once sodium ion really takes off in numbers the next few years. Cost advantage is just killing LiIon and LFP.

  4. Friendly reminder: Rare earths aren’t rare. The moment you start looking, they can be fpund everywhere.

  5. Yeah, the US has enough mineral reserves that it could dominate most extraction industries with enough effort and disregard for the local environment. Knowing about deposits like this is good, but in general the world isn’t short on lithium ore.

  7. >If extraction methods prove efficient

    Doing the heavy lifting here.

  8. That explains why Trump wants to send the National Guard to Portland. They need more freedom!

  9. Friendly reminder: Rare earths aren’t rare. The moment you start looking, they can be fpund everywhere.

  11. old news. I said the same thing last year somewhere on reddit toi

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