Alkali Flat dry lake in Hildalgo County near Lordsburg
Alkali Flat dry lake in Hildalgo County near Lordsburg. Source: Lancaster Resources

Stuff you need to know, 10.20.23

“Canada-based company eyes southwest New Mexico for lithium production”
by Hannah Grover, NM Political Report
October 19, 2023

The company, Lancaster Resources, has submitted applications to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for a permit to drill three exploratory wells in the Alkali Flats playa near Lordsburg. Extraction of lithium, a key component in batteries needed for energy storage and electric vehicles, is a water-intensive process and produces carbon dioxide emissions. Lancaster says it will use mining methodologies that are environmentally conscious.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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