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Re:$1.5B lithium deposit discovered in Maine; excavating it ... by panick21_ on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @09:25AM (#29012990)
That is true. However much of that stuff can basically be piled and is not really damaging to the environment. Lithium is usually only about <5% of any given rock.

That is far better then blowing tons of things into the air. Its just a stack of crushed rocks.

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Re:$1.5B lithium deposit discovered in Maine; excavating it ... by epistasis on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:01PM (#29015062)
Or salts left over from brine extraction, which is a frequent method of lithium extraction (and other resources, too).
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