What gold meant to earlier eras, and petrolum to previous century, lithium may eclipse in the coming years. As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia dreams of strinking it rich by tapping it’s huge lithium deposit. But will it’s people benefit ? In the Salar de Uyuni, a dried up salt lake, located on the Bolivian altiplano at 3.700 meters altitude, the high energy intensity of the lithium and its light weight make it one of the most valuable and sought after metals in new advanced technologies.

For National Geographic