“approved EIA announcements - any time”
Or perhaps not ..
“Though the World Bank promotes lithium extraction as a development opportunity, Indigenous communities have been sounding the alarm about its devastating effects. Lithium mining consumes enormous amounts of waterand contaminates fragile ecosystems, threatening livestock, agriculture, and cultural survival. As one community leader explained, “Lithium is like a needle to extract the blood of our mother – and our mother will die. In 50 years, there will be nothing here.
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Oakland Institute’s recent Climatewash report. In Argentina, the impacts of lithium mining have laid bare the hypocrisy of these “sustainability” claims, particularly as Indigenous lands and lives are under attack. “
https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/anarcho-capitalist-mining-boom-powered-world-bank-argentina
Perhaps LKE has missed out on the easy initial waves of exploitation and is now suffering from the sins of the much bigger boys.
Regardless, it’s just terrible for companies to exploit the vulnerable and put their way of life at risk.
DYOR
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