Ali Haji is the CEO and Director of ION Energy, an early-stage lithium brine explorer in Mongolia. Founded in 2017, ION Energy’s sole purpose was to obtain a lithium exploration license to pioneer this movement; they were issued an 81,000-hectare license in the southern Gobi region of Mongolia, the largest ever to be granted to a private company. Now, ION Energy is an advanced battery management and intelligence platform, focused on improving the performance of lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and energy storage systems.  Ali takes us through the environmental impact of lithium in the Battery Metals Industry, and how ION Energy commitment to increasing sustainability.  Highlights: Ali explains to us what Lithium is, what it is used for, how it is extracted, and its environmental impact. Lithium batteries are becoming increasingly more sustainable, with many having the ability to be recycled and reused.  Ali discusses the environmental impacts of mining lithium, and how the process has become increasingly sustainable compared to historical practices.  ION Energy has always put Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) Criteria at the top of their mandate, ensuring that they are protecting the populations near to the lithium mines, and employing people that are in close proximity to their assets.   Ali tells us that ION Energy aim to enrich the education of their employees through training and ensure that they are an integral part of their growing company.