Drilling for ‘white gold’ is happening right now at the Salton Sea
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Drilling for ‘white gold’ is happening right now at the Salton Sea

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A drill rig operated by Controlled Thermal Resources seeks out a superheated underground reservoir near the southern shore of the Salton Sea. Workers remove clay from the machinery at Controlled Thermal Resources’ first lithium and geothermal production well near the Salton Sea. The Elmore geothermal power plant, owned and operated by Berkshire Hathaway Energy, isn’t far from the site being developed by Controlled Thermal Resources. An artist’s rendering of Controlled Thermal Resources’ planned geothermal power plant and lithium production facility. Perhaps most important, Controlled Thermal needs General Motors — or another party — to sign a formal agreement to buy the lithium that Hell’s Kitchen would produce.

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The Salton Sea has even more lithium than previously thought, new report finds
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The Salton Sea has even more lithium than previously thought, new report finds

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Dusk settles over a project to create a wetlands habitat for fish and birds at the southern end of the Salton Sea last year. That’s the first thoroughly documented public estimate of how much lithium is available at the Salton Sea, said Alex Prisjatschew, an engineer with the U.S. Department of Energy, which funded the analysis — and it’s higher …

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