POTUS has reclaimed America’s mineral independence, says Doug Burgum, as research finds Appalachian lithium reserves sufficient to replace 328 years of US imports

New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium, a volume sufficient to replace 328 years of American imports at last year’s levels, according to new research by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Doug Burgum, the 55th Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council, highlighted the discovery on X. Burgum noted that the findings from the USGS indicate the region’s vast potential, crediting world-leading mineral science and permitting reforms for the progress toward domestic mineral…