Not sure about the quality of this article (well... I am sure... it's bad) but a good example of how the minerals deal in Ukraine is not as the media portrays it.
Minerals are in the ground everywhere.
So that stock photo is really representative of lithium, 100's of uses on the web, it might be petalite, any rock nerds? -
https://i0.wp.com/mitechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/...
So adobe stock photos lets you "Generate variations" - https://stock.adobe.com/au/search?k=petalite&asset_id=412946...
Reported in 2023 in the WSJ:
https://archive.is/cgNcI
The city of Magnolia is about 30 miles west of Smackover, and both cities lie within the so-called Smackover lithium formation.
Companies are working on exploiting these resources. Lately, they are trying to determine what royalty payments should go to impacted landowners:
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/27/latest-lithium-royal...