The United States announced the discovery of huge lithium reserves in this country

The United States announced that it has discovered huge reserves of lithium in the country, which is likely to be one of the largest sources of this material in the world. Currently, the United States is competing with other countries to discover lithium resources for battery production. The discovery of this huge resource in America can bring about many changes in the use of this material in the future. According to the United States, this huge resource can be considered the largest lithium reserve in the world.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, scientists announced in a study that the huge resource discovered in the giant crater or McDermitt volcanic bowl is located between the two states of Nevada and Oregon and probably contains between 20 and 40 million tons of lithium. If this claim is true, this resource is even more than the source of lithium in the salt deserts of Bolivia with the amount of 23 million tons.

Enoch Borst, a geologist at the University of Leuven in Belgium, said about this claim: “If the estimates are correct, we may be facing a very large source of lithium.” Also, the discovery of this resource can bring many changes to the lithium market in terms of price and security, as well as material supply and geopolitical issues.

In general, the richest sources of lithium in the world are found in salt water. The huge resource discovered in America is in the southern part of Nevada in the form of clay minerals. The giant crater of the volcano was created by a volcanic eruption about 16.4 million years ago. A lake has formed in this opening, which covers the surface of the material. The obtained source of lithium is located at a depth of more than 180 meters in this section.

According to Borst, American scientists have succeeded in achieving a suitable point where the clay is located close to the surface of the earth and is completely preserved. So that for the extraction of lithium, there will be no need to separate and extract a lot of rocks.