CNN - Is it the new California Goldrush? This time lithium though - a critical metal set to be extracted from underneath California's Salton Sea. Lithium is key for electric car batteries. As demand skyrockets for electric vehicles, a new lithium rush could save the dying Salton Sea and supercharge America's EV industry.
Michael McKibben, Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside, explains that within the salty water called brine, minerals dissolve including the valuable metal, lithium.