Sunday, October 13, 2024

Helene Opens Asheville to Lithium Mining

                                                    HELENE HEADED DIRECTLY 

FOR THE LITHIUM DEPOSITS IN ASHEVILLE

UPDATE: 24JULY2025

I've been informed by residents of Asheville and Western NC that the devastated areas are appear now to being prepped for strip mining. Remaining forests are being cleared, and there are restrictions on Citizen travel in these areas.  

This is labeled RECOVERY!

ASHEVILLE, AFTER STRIP MINING
ASHEVILLE PRE-FLOOD




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13 OCT 2024


I'm publishing this Post, based partially on relevant issues raised by@WallStreetApes on X [they routinely reveal information (about corruption) worth disseminating.  

I'm including elements of their comments along with my own observations and references to alert readers to key issues relating to Hurricane Helene [and Milton] indicating that our government [Pentagon?] might have weaponized the weather [as far back as the 1950s], as well as blocking rescue and recovery efforts - and possible collusion with major companies to exploit [via Eminent Domain] valuable resources in the land left, and recoverable, after a hurricane.

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Here's an interesting discovery: 

The companies which are doing the home inspections for victims of the North Carolina Hurricane Helene are owned by Vanguard and BlackRock (partially owned by Temasak which invests heavily in "semi-conductors" [scandals included the collapse of the Thailand Government of PM Thaksin Shinawatra). 

BlackRock also has significant holdings in Pilbara Minerals, Sigma Lithium Corp, Lithium Americas Argentina Corp, and Cosmoam&T, ltd- so it stands to control the a major percentage of the LITHIUM mining - world-wide.

So which companies are likely to profit if the destroyed personal property is claimed by the government via Eminent Domain

How many property owners will be forced out by
FEMA-sponsored Eminent Domain

--  Albermarle is the world's largest producer of LITHIUM [
AlbemarleSociedad Química y Minera, and FMC Corporation collectively produce just over half of the world's lithium and lithium storage products, while just under half is produced by China.


HERE'S AN INTERESTING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.          

                                     On 11 September 2024, 
                                                 Albemarle, 
                                                        was awarded a $90 MILLION GRANT
        to "... help support the domestic mining 
                                                        and lithium production expansion 
                                                   (to support batteries for Military vehicles?)"

          [ON 12 SEPTEMBER 202
                                                                            to "... help support the domestic mining 
                                            and lithium production expansion 
                                       (to support batteries for Military vehicles?)"

          

          [ON 12 SEPTEMBER 202
ato "... help support the domestic mining 
                                            and lithium production expansion 
                                       (to support batteries for Military vehicles?)"to "... help support the domestic mining 
                                            and lithium production expansion 
                                       (to support batteries for Military vehicles?)"

          

          [ON 12 SEPTEMBER 2024]
Albemarle was acquired by BLACKROCK.

      
  ON 24 SEPTEMBER 2024
TROPICAL DEPRESSION HELENE FORMED! 

        

And, if BlackRock owns Albermarle, will that give 
BlackRock [and Vanguarda near monopoly?


What is Lithium?

Lithium is found combined in small amounts in igneous rocks and in many mineral springs. Spodumene, Petalite, Lepidolite, and Amblygonite are the more important minerals containing Lithium. 


Most Lithium is currently produced in Chile from brines that yield lithium carbonate

Lithium metal is produced by the electrolysis of molten lithium chloride and potassium chloride.  It is used in rechargeable batteries for mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras and electric vehicles. It is also used in some non-rechargeable batteries for heart pacemakers, toys and clocks.
a) Lithium metal is made into alloys with aluminum and magnesium, improving their strength and making them lighter
b) A magnesium-lithium alloy is used for armor plating
c) Aluminium-lithium alloys are used in aircraft, bicycle frames and high-speed trains.
d) Lithium oxide is used in special glasses and glass ceramics. 
e) Lithium chloride is one of the most hygroscopic materials known, and is used in air conditioning and industrial drying systems (as is lithium bromide). 
f) Lithium stearate is used as an all-purpose and high-temperature lubricant
g) Lithium carbonate is used in drugs to treat manic depression, although its action on the brain is still not fully understood. 
h) Lithium hydride is used as a means of storing hydrogen for use as a fuel.
Now, up until recently, no one would have paid the least bit of attention to Lithium with all the negative publicity about Electric Vehicles with lithium batteries catching fire, and/or blowing up.  
So, Lithium had become a "bad investment" (even SpookdBlog invested in Sociedad Química y Minera until 2023).


But then, DOD gave a grant of
$90 Million to the Albemarle company in North Carolina to mine LITHIUM in the
 Blue Ridge mountains.

Asheville, Before Helene
And then, shortly there-after, a series of Category 5 hurricanes magically developed, with Helene smashing into the Blue Ridge mountains, destroying Asheville, a bucolic home to thousands of artists, retirees,  "hillbillies", and other folks living quiet, peaceful lives in the mountains.
And FEMA responded, blocking rescue attempts by citizen volunteers with threats of arrests; FEMA estimated only 100 or so casualties. 

But, an unidentified FEMA worker casually stated that the casualty figures in the
100s were UNDERSTATED
and that the reports should actually add three zeroes after the figures  (i.e.tens of thousands).  
Refrigerator trucks were brought in by the dozens to haul away the bodies of victims for incineration out of sight to any observant citizen - thus, casualty figures could not be disputed. 
Currently (October 2024), as private rescuers (on foot and with drones) search the mountain areas for survivors, they are finding large numbers of bodies.  In some cases, parents tied their kids to trees to keep them from being swept away by the massive floods reportedly created when Duke Energy opened the floodgates on its hydro-electric dams.  
National Guard, US Military, and FEMA were slow to respond due to federal resistance.
And before you could say "Lickey Split", democrats were calling Conservatives Conspiracy Theorists for
1) questioning the origin of these hurricanes, and
2)
demanding to know why the US Military was not called in with its helicopters and Engineering units, to help in the Rescue and Recovery efforts. 
And, Conservatives also demanded to know why the governor delayed deploying the National Guard
And, they inquired why relief tractor trailers were being sabotaged [tires slashed in highway Rest Stops.]  
The combination of these factors created lots of questions: 
    a) The large ($90 Million) DOD contract
    b) The timing of the contract only 12 days before the Hurricane
    c) The extraordinary path of the Hurricane over land, directly toward Asheville!
    d) Helene's massively destructive power in the absence of Hurricane fuel [dry land], 
    e) The refusal of FEMA/NC National Guard to conduct Search & Rescue operations
    f) FEMA's active interference with relief operations by locals and national charities
    g) The cover-up of bodies; plans to simply bull-doze homes and corpses immediately
    h) Federal and local news disinformation on the number (thousands) of casualties
    i) The sabotage (in Truck Stops) of tractor-trailers bringing in relief supplies
    j) The arrogance of both FEMA and the National Guard in dealing with locals
   k) Duke Energy opening flood gates on hydro-electric dams creating massive floods             with the estimated force of ten Niagra Falls!

That's just a short list; but, let's examine these issues.

Only Five Days from
Cancun to Asheville

Imagine That!

The $90 Million granted by the US Department of Defense came only weeks before a Category 5 hurricane magically appeared in the Gulf of Mexico as a Tropical Depression with maximum winds of only 38 mph;                 and then it quickly morphed into a Category 5 hurricane                 [140 mph winds].




And then, Helene progressed over 1,000 miles 

from sea level at Cancun, Mexico, 

over the Gulf, 

then over dry land

through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and vertically more than 2,000 feet into Asheville

and, still another 1,000 feet above that into the Blue Ridge Mountains, all in only five days!  


Opening Duke Flood Gates


And then, Duke Energy opened its hydro-electric dam flood gates in the mountains, which some believe was the actual cause of the massive and destructive flooding!

    

 

[Interestingly, most of the on-line references to DUKE DAMS FLOODING are now BLANK!]




Asheville Artist Colony after the flood gates were opened
Reportedly, the flood gates were opened with little or no warning to residents downstream.  

Some residents commented their first alert was the sound of the water rushing from upstream with a roar.  

Next, the streams and rivers were filled with trees, houses, cars, animals, and human bodies!


Now, after the flood waters have subsided, and most of the surviving inhabitants have been moved elsewhere, the mining operations can begin. So, beautiful Asheville, as we have known it for centuries will be converted to a highly productive mining pit, and the run-off from the mining process may or may not poison everything downstream, all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

Lithium Mining in Australia;
Will this be the new Asheville?



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But, we've digressed.

Let's look at Hurricane Helene a bit more closely:


According to NOAA, hurricanes lose half their strength once they hit land; but oddly, Hurricane Helene defied the rules of hurricane development and, in fact GAINED Strength as it moved inland as a Tropical Storm passing from Florida to Georgia, and into the Carolinas.  

With no tropical warm waters to feed it, Helene not only moved rapidly inlandit also climbed to the upper levels of the Blue Ridge mountains - miraculously into the areas containing LITHIUM, the source of Albemarle's wealth, which only two years earlier, had seen its stock sink to very low levels of value.  

                                                    How could that be possible?  


Well, these studies might provide answers:

1) "On the Implementation of Rain Enhancement Operational Maneuvers using UAS with Autonomous-Adaptive Technologies" Thomas P. DeFelice  PDF

2) "A Laboratory Investigation of the Effects of Pyrotechnic Hygroscopic Aerosol Thermocondensation and Pre-Prepared Powder on Cloudy Environments"

3) "Cloud Seeding Technologies PDF

4) "Warm Fog Elimination by Seeding with Salty Drops: Experiments and Theory"  [Alexander Khain, Mark Pinsky, Ehud Gavze, Ayala Ronen, Smuel Elisha, Ofir Shoshanim, Pavel Khain]

This should be interesting


Let's take another look at who stood to gain financially with Hurricane Helene:

Here's a brief look at Albemarle's financial status prior to getting that DOD grant - and it became a major investment by Institutional Investors - normally too small to notice.


Albemarle stock prices

Hmm, and 
92.87% of Albemarle stock was owned by institutional investors/ hedge funds.

Here's a list of "small" Institutional Investors capitalizing on the Opportunity Bandwagon which most investigators might overlook:

Did they get word that Albermarle was sitting on a big pile of Lithium that DOD wanted to exploit, i.e., land to be cleared and become available after a hurricane might just strike Asheville after the normal hurricane season ended. Wow! what incredible foresight!

1) WFA Asset Management Corp acquired a new [$25,000] position in Albemarle during the 1st quarter. 

2) First Community Trust NA acquired a new position [$25,000] in the second quarter.

3) CVA Family Office LLC increased its Albemarle shares [by 610.0%] in the second quarter. 

4) First Financial Corp IN acquired a new stake [$32,000] in Albemarle during the first quarter. 

5) Quarry LP bought a new [$33,000] position in Albemarle during the fourth quarter.


AND, ON 12 SEPTEMBER 2024, Albemarle was acquired by BLACKROCK!

So the same company [BlackRock] that owns the majority of the LITHIUM mine in the Asheville area will now be paid to inspect the victims' properties which BlackRock might want - BECAUSE those owners are sitting on all that LITHIUM. 

What are the odds!

Just for grins, let's examine which Congressional politicians and Military officers invested in the Albemarle stock before Helene. Did the North Carolina Governor invest in Albemarle?                            How about FEMA executives?


They don't want you to pay attention to who is going to inspect the homes that are damaged or destroyed in North Carolina mountain area [where the Lithium mines will be]. If you go to the FEMA contract page, you will notice, under home inspections, that two companies appear. One is Vanguard and the other one is WSP, a small Canadian company that is mainly owned by the Canadian pension board (which endured a bit of corruption in years past). But, now ownership of WSP is by two companies: Vanguard and BlackRock - which, between them, manage $17-TRILLION in total assets, worldwide. [that's what politicians call:             INFLUENCE!] They represent over 3 million shares in that WSP Who will be doing the Home inspections for FEMA in devastated areas?

                                        BlackRock, Vanguard, and WAP!