Quick — name a resource more critical to the future than lithium.

It's not easy. Lithium is the foundation of the modern energy economy, powering electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable infrastructure. It is also a critical material for the nuclear energy revolution. And demand is only climbing – it is expected to surge 5X by 2040.

This spike in demand is pushing governments and global corporations into a high-stakes race for supply. As Elon Musk famously put it: "Do you like minting money? The lithium business is for you."

One entrepreneur took that to heart. Now he's leading what is arguably one of the most ambitious lithium ventures in the world with sights on staking claim to the renewable energy throne.

Meet Teague Egan, founder of EnergyX , who has been dubbed by some as

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