Lithium mining company hopes to grow endangered plant
Australia-based mine developer Ioneer Corp., has maintained the company’s planned lithium mine and the rare wildflower unique to Nevada can coexist.
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Australia-based mine developer Ioneer Corp., has maintained the company’s planned lithium mine and the rare wildflower unique to Nevada can coexist.
Ioneer CEO Bernard Rowe acknowledged current plans include potential disturbances to pollinators, but say they are working on addressing concerns.
Ioneer's strategy to preserve Thiem's buckwheat includes buffer zones, fencing off populations of the wildflower and a conservation center.
This week in Gardnerville, the mining company held a grand opening for Ioneer’s Tiehm’s Buckwheat Conservation Center, a greenhouse dedicated exclusively to research and conservation of the buckwheat.
Mining company Ioneer is propagating and studying the endangered species.