A Modern Gold Rush Emerges in California And One 40-Acre Property Sits at the Center of It

Fonte: International Business Times

Seized Property LLC A stretch of desert in Southern California has begun to stir with the same energy that once pulled thousands of hopeful prospectors westward with pickaxes and dreams of striking it rich. The ground may look quiet, but far beneath the surface lies a mineral now nicknamed "white gold. " Lithium, the soft silvery metal powering batteries in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, has turned the region surrounding the Salton Sea into one of the most closely watched resource zones in the United States.