Canadian junior miner Wealth Minerals just secured regulatory approval to operate its lithium project in Chile, and the timing couldn't be better. Lithium prices are starting to recover after a rough patch, which means new supply coming online could capture real value. For the crypto community watching energy costs and mining economics, this kind of resource development matters—especially as demand for batteries (and by extension, the industrial side of blockchain infrastructure) keeps climbing. Worth keeping an eye on how these price movements affect mining profitability down the line.