@thunderbolt123 If you take some time and research INR and the...

@thunderbolt123 If you take some time and research INR and the Rhyolite Ridge projects plan of operation. You wouldn't have to waste your time asking questions about environmental controlled activities that have already been answered to the relevant Authorities who have already issued INR Air and Water permits. Common environmental side effects relate to common lithium miners. INR Rhyolite Ridge project is the only lithium mine that uses the planned operation and will be the only mine in the US who's product that leaves the gate is actually lithium. The other mines need to send their product to another plant to to get the end result leaving a huge energy and carbon footprint. Your stupid questions make you look stupid. Anyway here is a basic insight to the project that i cut and pasted for you. What measures have you taken to reduce the environmental impact of the mine?Considering we will produce over 20,000 mt/y of lithium chemicals, we have achieved an extremely small mine footprint through several initiatives. Firstly, with regards to water, we decided to take a different approach to most lithium brine operations which use evaporation ponds; to concentrate the lithium, we will leach the lithium out of the rock and then concentrate it in sealed tanks by heating and evaporating the water. As the steam comes off, we will capture this steam and condense it back into water. This way, about 50% of all our water will be re-circulated. Secondly, we will power the entire operation through a sulphuric acid plant. The plant will convert sulphur into commercial grade sulphuric acid, used to leach lithium and boron from the crushed rock. The heat released in the process will be recovered to produce steam for electricity, resulting in zero CO2 emissions. Finally, our operation will not need tailings dams since our residue material is suitable for dry-stack storage. Thunderbolt you should also take note that the process produces way more energy than the mine needs and talks with major US energy and power supplies are underway in regards to pumping the excess energy back into the grid. $$$-ching-ching-$$$ more pocket money on top of the the profit earning bi-product boric acid which is more than enough to fund the running cost of the mine. Thunderbolt you really have know idea, do you?