Not an expert, or even an enthusiast tbh, but if I were to guess, I would say its because Lithium is way too reactive. It is basically impossible to find elemen

Not an expert, or even an enthusiast tbh, but if I were to guess, I would say its because Lithium is way too reactive. It is basically impossible to find elemental Li and the compounds Li forms are difficult to break (I think). So unless the deposit is of some particularly easily collected and concentrated (removing the dirt and stuff, idk the technical term) or very easily broken, it probably won't be worth it to even try to get raw Li from the ore.