California Salton Sea Wombs Us’ largest ‘white gold’ deposit worth up to 540 billion US dollars

The California Saltonsee has just made it onto the map of the largest “white gold” lithium deposits of the planet with a value of up to 540 billion US dollars.

This could be a player for the United States who brings lithium production closer to self -sufficiency and makes the country less dependent on imports.

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Where is the Salton Sea? The Saudi Arabia of Lithium

The Salton Sea in the Imperial district is known as a long -lasting environment. The US Ministry has developed most recent studies in which around 18 million tons of lithium were available in the region. It could deliver enough batteries to supply 382 million EVs with electricity, more than all vehicles on the streets in the States.

“This is one of the world’s largest lithium sole deposits. This could make the United States completely self-sufficient and no longer import them through China” Daily galaxy.

Governor Gavin Newsom referred to the Salton Sea as “Saudi Arabia of Lithium”, whereby the lithium demand rose according to electric vehicles due to the global advance.

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Lithium reduction warns. 180,000 strong imperial county

Imperial County, one of the poorest regions of California, could see an economic boost. Officials have renamed it as a “lithium valley” and hope that mining will generate work and local income. Sales with mining are assigned to area development, 80%and potentially convert the location.

But poisonous dust has become a problem of public health since the Salton Sea decline. The 180,000 people who live in the area could be affected by mining operations, which makes it worse.

By extracting lithium, it drills deeply to access lithium-rich salt lake and to pump the liquid back for geothermal energy generation. The lithium extraction is also water-intensive, which could worsen the complaints in the already fighting Colorado River.

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Local American indigenous people for the American indigenous people also fear damage to sacred sites such as obsidian butte.