Analysis: Lithium experts skeptical on success of Mexico's state-run miner The government expects the state miner to launch within six months, but has given little detail on how it will operate. read more Lithium is typically extracted from hard rock or brines, but Mexico's lithium is found mostly in clay deposits, from which the metal has never been extracted commercially, and industry experts doubt Mexico can do so without private expertise. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/lithium-experts-skeptical-success-mexicos-state-run-miner-2022-08-26/