Discovery of new deposits of “white gold” – where are they located and why has the balance changed?

Millions of tons of lithium appear to be in new deposits that could help the US in the battle to establish a domestic supply chain.

Win the jackpot It seems that the company “knocked down.” pan american energy, He also discovered one of Lithium deposits are larger Which has been identified in United States of America.

On Monday, November 20, the company was presented with the first particularly positive results from Preliminary estimation of mineral resources (mre) l Horizon project. In its Big Smoky Valley NevadaWhich indicates that the region can contain up to 8.8 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) with an average concentration of 678 ppm – an amount that could support the production of millions of electric cars.

That’s why the initial assessment was done Exploration drilling of 20 holes with a length of 4371 metres. While the next stage includes one formulation Technical report Where the full results of the drilling program will be presented.

The company’s goal is to accelerate Lithium mining as quickly as possibleWhile efforts are being made to expand and develop mineral resources.

The “Horizon” project is located directly next to the project “Tonopah Apartments” from American Battery Technology in which MREs were mentioned 15.8 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent.

The big hero, of course, in Nevada is the project thacker lane, In its extreme south mcdermitt caldera, Which the Canadian multinational company is working on Americas Lithium It aims to produce lithium on an annual basis in an amount equivalent to the entire global production in 2020.

According to Lithium Americas, Thacker Pass will be able to create one strong US domestic supply chainwhich would allow domestic automakers to produce electric vehicles from battery materials sourced and manufactured entirely in the United States.

In the last years The global race for lithium has intensified, due to energy transformation. Among other things, it is an essential component of their batteries Electric cars Which over the years will gain an increasingly dominant position in car manufacturers’ product ranges.

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