Came here to echo what many are already saying. It does not benefit the state to pull this stuff out of the ground, and the figures being thrown about are not particularly impressive. A billion dollars isnt much in the mining game, a junior mining operation at best. For what, to enrich a few execs who live in Miami or China, or a couple who hit a lithium bonanza? This is trifling crap. The damage to Maine (whose main value is pristine wilderness) far outweighs the benefits. Thanks god open pit mining requires state approval.