The approval of Jindalee Lithium’s McDermitt Exploration Project threatens invaluable sagebrush habitat and tribal cultural resources.
December 11, 2025 – The BLM authorized extensive and damaging exploration for a potential lithium mine in southeastern Oregon’s McDermitt Caldera, threatening thousands of acres of public land, imperiled wildlife, tribal resources and a family ranch that extends back six generations.
Read the McDermitt Caldera Coalition’s press release responding to the federal decision: