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KABIL Secures $24 Million Lithium Exploration Deal in Argentina | Autocar Professional

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The exploration pact grants KABIL exclusive rights to explore and develop lithium resources in five blocks in Argentina. V L Kantha Rao, India’s top bureaucrat in the mining ministry, had previously hinted at the country’s interest in lithium assets, mentioning preliminary discussions with Bolivia in December.

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Berkeley Lab leading investigation to quantify and characterize Salton Sea’s geothermal lithium resources

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Lithium is obtained from these huge deposits (the largest salar, located in Bolivia, is the size of the “Big Island” of Hawaii) simply by pumping up the shallow groundwater and letting it sit for a year or two while the sun evaporates the water. Berkeley Lab has projects with both under grants from the California Energy Commission.)

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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Gridded street networks, on the other hand, promote efficient, dense urban form in Bolivia, Argentina and Peru. This study received financial support from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Hellman Fellows Program and a UC Santa Cruz Faculty Research Grant. 1905232116. 0223078.

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Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

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Below are eight highlights adapted from my book “Hot Springs” — from an onsen in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, to a set of high-altitude pools near Mount Sajama, in Bolivia. Some, like me (and perhaps like you), were enthusiasts with a certain devotion to hot water, enthralled with the way it reminded them to be citizens of nature.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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Right now, most of the world’s lithium comes from Australia, China and the “Lithium Triangle” of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. Chile is not granting any new concessions, and opposition in Bolivia has led to a suspension of lithium mining. This means that the new market is all about new players.

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