TSX Venture edges higher over the Oct. 17-21 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged up 11.95 points or 2.1% over the Oct. 17-21 trading session to end at 593.04. Sigma Lithium was the week’s top gainer by value,…
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Frontier Lithium raising $20M to fund PAK exploration
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) is raising $20 million with which to continue exploration of the PAK lithium project in northwestern Ontario — one of the largest and highest…
A scary time for everyone as gloomy forecasts for mining and exploration show
With annual financial budgets looming, the end of October is a frightening time in the calendar. This year is especially scary because of the considerable political and financial uncertainty. Soaring…
Visualization: Lithium producers in ‘generational challenge’ to meet 2050 demand, finds BMI report
The world will need to produce 11.2 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) by 2050, or 20 times 2021 output, to meet growing demand from automakers and energy storage…
Mining’s problems are now the world’s problems, as lithium scale-up issues show
Lithium prices continue to hold near historic highs, even in the face of an anticipated global recession. Spot prices for both lithium carbonate and hydroxide are now hovering around US$70,000…
TSXV ekes out a gain in Oct. 3-7 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 13.89 points or 2.3% over the Oct. 3-7 trading session to end at 608.02, after reaching an intra-week high of 623.23 on Oct. 4….
Sayona awards Quebec contractor with $200M mining deal to restart lithium mine
Emerging Australian lithium miner Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA; OTC: SYAXF) has moved closer to restarting production at its North American Lithium (NAL) project in La Corne, Que., as it awarded…
Equinox Partners takes a stand against mining’s nonaligned directors
When Equinox Partners Investment Management adopted a strict voting policy against industry directors who have served for two or more years but have invested less than two years of director’s…
Manitoba juniors look to capitalize on lithium fever
With lithium prices at a record high – around US$71,000 a tonne for lithium carbonate – and demand for green technology surging, a cadre of exploration and development companies is…
International Battery Metals’ mobile plant shows high recoveries of lithium from brine
International Battery Metals (CSE: IBAT; OTC: IBATF), which is looking to commercialize a first-of-its-kind modular, mobile lithium extraction plant, has made a further step towards its sustainable lithium extraction goals….
TSX falls during Sept. 19-23 trading week
Stocks were pummelled over the Sept. 19-23 trading period as investors fled, fearing a global recession brought on in part by central banks raising interest rates to quell inflation. The S&P/TSX…
Electra to refine cobalt in Ontario for LG as EV demand surges
Toronto-based Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM; NASDAQ: ELBM) signed its first production agreement for North America’s only cobalt refinery today, agreeing to supply LG Energy Solution of Seoul with about…