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A couple hoping to excavate what may be the world’s richest lithium deposit on their property in Newry has taken their case to Superior Court in an effort to clarify what is considered a metal under Maine’s 2017 mining law, one of the strictest in the nation.
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A DEP ruling means the lithium operation would be treated more like a copper or silver mine, rather than a quarry operation for limestone or granite, as the Freemans had hoped.
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Now partially exposed, the deposit is estimated to have a higher percentage lithium content by weight than any other in the world.
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As Mainers start cleaning up all of the household waste generated during the holiday season, the state’s largest recycling facility is warning consumers…