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[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Original information source, not the tweet: https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/lithium-eastern-states-could-replace-imports-a-century-or-more

And the Study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11053-026-10652-9

~~There is a very important sentence all the way at the end:~~

~~The USGS did not assess what amount would be economically recoverable.~~

Edit: On a second reading, I think this sentence applies only to the southwest Arkansas brine deposits. Sorry.

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