Protestors Disrupt Construction At Thacker Pass
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Protestors gathered at the property, beating drums and climbing construction equipment to stop the project from moving forward.
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Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium deposit in the country, but it also sits on land that some native American tribes say is a sacred burial site.
Officials says the loan would help finance the construction of a lithium carbonate processing plant at a mine 200 miles north of Reno.
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