It's a big deal, if just to provide a signal that lithium supply can be distributed in the future and mineralized, concentrated, and potentially politicized sou

It's a big deal, if just to provide a signal that lithium supply can be distributed in the future and mineralized, concentrated, and potentially politicized sources won't dominate. The biggest effect might be to chill R&D on alternative chemistries to lithium for motorized transport batteries as well as lithium recycling research.