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Acting Deputy U.S. Interior Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis speaks to reporters at BLM's Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Acting Deputy U.S. Interior Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis speaks to reporters at BLM's Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Steve Feldgus, principal deputy assistant U.S. interior secretary for land and minerals management, speaks to reporters at BLM's Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Steve Feldgus, principal deputy assistant U.S. interior secretary for land and minerals management, speaks to reporters at BLM's Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Jon Raby, left, Nevada state director for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, speaks to reporters at BLM state headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Others who participated included (from left to right) Acting Deputy U.S. Interior Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis, Esmeralda County Commissioner Ralph Keys, Ioneer CEO Bernard Rowe and Steve Feldgus, principal deputy assistant U.S. interior secretary for land and minerals management. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Jon Raby, left, Nevada state director for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, speaks to reporters at BLM state headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Others who participated included (from left to right) Acting Deputy U.S. Interior Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis, Esmeralda County Commissioner Ralph Keys, Ioneer CEO Bernard Rowe and Steve Feldgus, principal deputy assistant U.S. interior secretary for land and minerals management. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Ioneer CEO Bernard Rowe speaks to reporters at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Ioneer CEO Bernard Rowe speaks to reporters at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

A rendering of a processing facility planned at Ioneer Ltd's lithium mine, scheduled to begin construction next year, is displayed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management during a news conference in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, announcing the bureau's approval of a permit for the project. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

A rendering of a processing facility planned at Ioneer Ltd's lithium mine, scheduled to begin construction next year, is displayed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management during a news conference in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, announcing the bureau's approval of a permit for the project. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

FILE - Tiehm's buckwheat grows in a greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The endangered desert wildflower stands in the way of a mining company's plans to dig for lithium to help speed production of batteries for electric cars and other green energy projects. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

FILE - Tiehm's buckwheat grows in a greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The endangered desert wildflower stands in the way of a mining company's plans to dig for lithium to help speed production of batteries for electric cars and other green energy projects. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

Esmeralda County Commissioner Ralph Keys speaks to reporters at BLM's Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year in Esmeralda County near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Esmeralda County Commissioner Ralph Keys speaks to reporters at BLM's Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year in Esmeralda County near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Ioneer CEO Bernard Rowe speaks to reporters at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Ioneer CEO Bernard Rowe speaks to reporters at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Nevada headquarters in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, during a news conference announcing approval of a federal permit for Ioneer Ltd.'s lithium-boron mine now scheduled to begin construction next year near the California line about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)