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Access to mineral resources is essential for a modern and sustainable economy. Recent global commitments to climate change and achieving a net zero carbon emission environment have created a rush…
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Piedmont posts first revenue and profit as lithium prices slide
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL; ASX: PLL) recorded its first revenues, generated from its 25%-owned North American Lithium mine in Quebec, during the third quarter. At the same time, lithium spot…
Atlas Lithium raises US$20M from investors led by former Allkem chairman
Brazil-focused Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ: ATLX) has landed US$20 million from a group of lithium investors led by Martin Rowley, the former chairman of lithium powerhouse Allkem (TSX: AKE; ASX: AKE),…
JV Video: TMX markets crucial for funding new energy
The Toronto stock and venture exchanges owned by TMX Group are vital for the energy transition because they list the most miners in the world, the company’s head of business…
Savannah Resources courts partners for Barroso lithium project in Portugal
London-based Savannah Resources (LSE-AIM: SAV) says it has received proposals from several companies to partner on its Barroso lithium project in northern Portugal. Interest in the project has picked up…
JV Video: Quebec’s funding, green power woo investors
Quebec boasts strong financing, fiscal incentives and abundant green hydroelectric power to attract projects, Jonathan Lafontaine, strategic advisor with the province’s natural resources ministry, says in a new video. “There…
Mineral Resources ups stake in Azure as Australia lithium consolidation heats up
Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) has acquired additional shares in Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS), raising its stake in the battery metals project developer to 12.3%. This comes a week after Australia’s richest…
CMS: Streaming could jump-start critical mineral finance, Smallwood says
The metals streaming finance model pioneered by Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM) could be ideal for early-stage critical mineral developers to shore up their treasuries in difficult markets,…
IAA slapdown gives feds a chance to live up to rhetoric on critical minerals
“Accelerating activity in the critical minerals space is essential to meeting global clean energy needs and to building a prosperous economy that will thrive in our net-zero future. Simply put,…
ASX-listed Patriot Lithium expands footprint in Canada’s “Electric Avenue”
Patriot Lithium (ASX: PAT) has secured rights over an additional 536 sq. km in one of the largest and highest-grade lithium camps in North America. The land package in Ontario,…
A guide to DLE, the technology that could transform lithium mining
Brine lithium mining is at a crossroads. Traditionally, it’s used evaporation ponds which can take months or years to produce the battery metal. Now, more and more brine projects are…
Rinehart buys 18% in Azure Minerals to block SQM takeover
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting said on Friday it had acquired 18% of Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS), in a strategic move aimed at checking Chilean lithium giant SQM’s…