Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves

On 13 February 2023, the Government of India's Ministry of Mines announced that the Geological Survey of India had discovered 5.9 million tonnes lithium ore, in the Himalayan foothills at Salal-Haimana, Reasi in the near vicinity of Bhimgarh castle, built by legendary Indian general Zorawar Singh as his residence. The single finding alone will ranked it at the time as 7th largest known reserve in the world. The deposits are in clay, as opposed to hard rock or brine, where commercial extraction has as of yet not been proven.

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