Lithium and Cornish pasties, not too depressing at allLithium find in Cornwall spurs hopes of regeneration'
Electric car batteries rely on lithium.
Reserves of lithium described as “globally significant” have been discovered in hot springs within Cornwall’s historic tin mining area.
Initial results of testing suggest some of the world’s highest grades of lithium are to be found in geothermal waters in the far south-west of Britain, according to a mineral exploration company.
Cornish Lithium is now planning to build a pilot lithium extraction plant at its United Downs site at St Day, near Redruth.
Of course Lithium is used as more than just a mood stabilizer in psychiatric hospitals as lithium-deuteride is also part of the tritium fusion process in hydrogen bombs.