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[1] https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/july-2020/please-explain-how-lithium-became-a-rock-star

[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/12/13/the-worlds-top-lithium-producers/?sh=378a13bb5bc6

[3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/235323/lithium-batteries-top-manufacturers/

[4] https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/energy-transition/121421-commodities-2022-global-lithium-market-to-remain-tight-into-2022

[5] https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cobalt

[6] https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/nickel

[7] https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-lithium.pdf

[8] https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/1503166/200352542/20030633/250036832/Thacker%20Pass_FEIS_Chapters1-6_508.pdf#page=57

[9] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/business/lithium-mining-race.html

[10] http://gbrw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Thacker-Pass-PR-final.pdf

[11] https://www.sierranevadaally.org/2021/05/20/people-of-red-mountain-statement-of-opposition-to-lithium-nevada-corps-proposed-thacker-pass-open-pit-lithium-mine/

[12] https://thisisreno.com/2021/11/judge-says-no-evidence-of-massacre-at-proposed-mine-site-tribes-say-otherwise/

[13] https://www.statista.com/statistics/264928/cobalt-mine-production-by-country/

[14] https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/metals/022421-uk-cobalt-free-solid-state-battery-technology-claims-major-cost-efficiencies

[15] https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-15/drilling-for-white-gold-is-happening-right-now-at-the-salton-sea

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