How Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining wealth sold the war
US media regurgitates a 2010 New York Times frontpage story on Afghanistan’s mineral riches based on a secret Pentagon memo and a 1977 Soviet geologic map.
Various international groups had expressed interest in exploring for lithium in Portugal, which is the world's sixth-largest lithium producer, and Europe's biggest.
The Canadian junior miner is taking advantage of a window of opportunity presented by a local drill company to complete two holes prior to the Christmas break.
The company plans to move forward with the plan only once the feasibility study at its Zinnwald project is completed, in the second quarter of next year.