McDermitt Caldera in Oregon is attracting attention for what could be one of the largest lithium deposits ever identified in the U.S.
  • calcopiritus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    56 minutes ago

    Let’s do one with raw material in the ground:

    There is a mountain that is 99% made of solid gold, but none bothered to check. Some random dude has the mineral rights for that mountain.

    Suddenly one day, that dude wanders in his mountain and makes a 1m deep hole and finds the gold. He has not yet extracted a single gram of gold.

    So you say that mountain has no value?

    Or has the analogy have to be lithium now?