(FILES) This aerial view shows the Jadar valley close to the western Serbian village of Gornje Nedeljice near Loznicaon April 5, 2024, the area of a planned Rio Tinto lithium mine project. The Serbian government would not allow a potential lithium mine to destroy its "rivers" and "mountains", Prime Minister Milos Vucevic told AFP on June 25, 2024, but said that its "economic potential" should not be ignored. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)