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Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
9. I don't know how safe lithium mining is,
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:06 AM
Apr 2013

Bt we'd otta ask a question or 2. OTOH, if anybody could benefit from a trace of lithium in the water, it's probably Wyoming.
On a serious, there are a lot of strategic materials whose sources are far from optimum - I remember seeing a cobalt industry newsletter years ago, and their whole industry was messed because most of the worlds sources are in the hands of a variety pack of unsavory dictators.

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