If you can't be bothered reading. This is about the same story I have read from multiple sources.
So to summarize
Link #1- Gives costs comparisons for the development of a lithium hardrock mine vs a lithium brine mine.
Hardrock production costs is by average $1.2 billion , while brine to production costs are $239 million.
Link #2- talks about where the lithium for all the Chinese lithium Gigafactories will come from and how most of the lithium comes from brine as it is highly concentrated and much cheaper to mine.
There is a big difference between battery grade lithium for my remote control and battery grade lithium for my Tesla car from my reading
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