China gives lithium extraction clearance at top resources site in Tibet

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(TibetanReview.net, Jun25’25) – Local Chinese authorities in remote western Tibet’s Ngari prefecture have given regulatory approval to a major lithium extraction project there, resulting in shares of Zangge Mining, which holds a stake in it, soaring to a record high, reported yicaiglobal.co Jun 24.

The project is located in the sparsely populated Gerze County where animal husbandry – which includes the raising of yak, dzo, sheep, goats, and horses – is the locals’ main economic activity. The county also has wild yak, wild donkeys, wild sheep, bears and Tibetan antelope.

The report said shares of the Qinghai-based Zangge, a major Chinese producer of potash, lithium, an...

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