With demand for electric batteries sky high, mining companies are making their move on the salt flats of the Andes, where over half of the world’s known reserves of lithium are stored. But local people are concerned about damage to their scarce water supplies and that they will not benefit from the white gold rush occurring in their own backyard.
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