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(TibetanReview.net, Oct14’25) – China is actively exploring the potential for large-scale mining operations at a globally ranking lithium reserve it discovered recently in Tibet in the ecologically fragile Mt Everest region, raising serious concern among scientists, reported energy-reporters.com Oct 13.
The discovery, which has captured global attention, is situated at altitudes between 17,700 and 18,300 feet, and represents China’s third-largest lithium reserve, holding over one million tons of lithium oxide.
While China has not citred the exact location of the discovery, it is state to be about 3 kilometers from the Qiongjiagang peak in the Mt Everest region of the Tibetan Plateau.
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