Hints for Landowners On Lithium Royalties
by Kyle Massey – 5 days ago
Some of the people paying closest attention to the birth of a lithium industry in south Arkansas are the landowners with mineral rights leased out for their underground brine.
Some of the people paying closest attention to the birth of a lithium industry in south Arkansas are the landowners with mineral rights leased out for their underground brine.
They like to gamble now in Jefferson County.
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