TIBET, A NEW FRONTLINE OF ‘WHITE GOLD RUSH’ IN GLOBAL RACE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

A lithium boom is underway in eastern Tibet as China’s geologists have established that at least 85% of the PRC’s reserves of the critical mineral are to be found on the plateau. China’s scientists deployed new remote sensing technologies for the first time to detect hard rock lithium deposits in remote areas of Kham and Amdo in Sichuan Province.