In this picture taken on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Otto Janout, a prospector and one of the four founders of Geomet company, picks up a piece of ore containing lithium inside a former mine located at the border with Germany near the village of Cinovec, Czech Republic. An expected massive surge in demand for the Lithium metal means a revival of centuries-long mining tradition in the area. (AP/RSS Photo/Petr David Josek)