While the figure is an official USGS estimate, extracting the mineral poses major technical and environmental challenges.

New estimates highlight vast domestic lithium potential in the eastern U.S.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is calling a newly identified lithium deposit in the Appalachian Mountains — ...

The U.S. has spent many years trailing nations like China in terms of lithium production, but a big discovery may change all ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has identified an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of ...

McDermitt Caldera in Oregon is attracting attention for what could be one of the largest lithium deposits ever identified in ...

There’s lots of lithium in northern New England, U.S. Geological Survey saysThe U.S. Geological Survey report estimates 900 ...

Deep beneath one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, scientists say a vast and largely untapped resource could reshape the ...

They’ve hit the mother lode. We may no longer need to rely on foreign batteries to power our electronics. Geologists have ...

Germany, the land of precision engineering and home to some of the greatest automakers, has just made a groundbreaking discovery of a huge lithium carbonate deposit. Located in Anhalt, Saxony, the ...

The West African country holds Africa’s third-largest gold reserves, plus vast lithium and uranium deposits.