I saw a talk from a company called Precient Technologies which uses microbes to remediate heavy metal from ore extraction process wastewater (e.g. the microbes

I saw a talk from a company called Precient Technologies which uses microbes to remediate heavy metal from ore extraction process wastewater (e.g. the microbes are genetically engineered to “eat” and concentrate a particular target metal). What they have works really well for heavy metals right now and they floated they idea that their tech could be modified to work on lithium.