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> According to a senior official of the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade (MIMT), the lithium deposits could contain some 8.5 million metric tons (M
by dubcanada 4y ago
> According to a senior official of the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade (MIMT), the lithium deposits could contain some 8.5 million metric tons (MT) ready for extraction, which would make it one of the largest global discoveries.
Could? This article title implies they have, but the text implies they are searching still and have not actually found it.
- defrost 4y agoThe text implies they know exactly where it is but have not yet sufficiently measured it in order to create rich 3D volumetric maps laying out the various zouns of mineral concentrations at what PPM \ PPB 's ( parts per million | per billion ). Technically this makes it a "resource" (ie. guesstimate) rather than a "reserve" (drill mapped with a solid plan on extraction methods, costs, estimated profits etc. to a JORC (or equiv) standard).