Alicia Cruz-Uribe, associate professor of petrology and mineralogy at University of Maine, spoke with the Associated Press about the possibility of quarrying for lithium at Plumbago Mountain in western Maine. Cruz-Uribe said that the country’s lithium reserves rank among the largest in the world, but “the amount that we produce is peanuts.” The Bangor Daily
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