EMP update lifts high-grade lithium resource by 78%
A resource update for EMP Metals’ (CSE: EMPS; US-OTC: EMPPF) Viewfield and Mansur sites in Saskatchewan boosted total tonnage by more than 78% over a 2023 preliminary economic assessment (PEA)….
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Saskatchewan’s first lithium brine project OK’d
Arizona Lithium (ASX: AZL) has received approval to start stage one production at its Prairie lithium brine project in Saskatchewan, the province’s first. The green light, granted by the provincial Ministry…
PDAC JV video: Alberta demonstration plant set to make local lithium, E3 exec says
An 83% drop in lithium prices over the past three years still spells opportunity for E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) as it prepares to produce the metal in Alberta…
PDAC: Canada extends mineral tax credit
Canada’s federal government will extend a tax credit on mineral exploration by two years to boost investment in junior mining companies, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told a…
Infographic: Lithium exploration in Canada
Exploration companies across Canada are hunting for lithium where it occurs in both hard rock and brines, located down old oil wells. But while prices of the critical mineral collapsed…
Arkansas lithium projects heat up with royalty battle, huge underground resource
As Arkansas contends with booming lithium discoveries and investments by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) among others, the state faces a battle over the amount of…
Lithium rout derails projects around the world, though some persist
Low lithium prices are forcing a raft of companies to delay spending on projects from Quebec to Nevada, from South America to Australia. General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a…
Ganfeng Lithium cuts spending as consumers ease off the pedal for EVs
China’s Ganfeng Lithium, one of the world’s largest producers of the battery metal, says it will delay spending on projects that don’t generate “significant near-term returns” after reporting a first-half loss…
E3, Pure Lithium advance battery plant plan to tap Alberta brine
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL) (OTCQX: EEMMF) has extended its partnership with Pure Lithium to advance the design of an anode and battery pilot plant in Alberta as well as study…
Alberta backs E3 Lithium with $5M for demo plant
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) is getting $5 million from the Alberta government to support its lithium brine demonstration facility as it vies to become the oil-producing province’s first producer of…
Big Oil seizes lithium opportunities
Mining companies could benefit in cash and technology as major fossil fuel companies such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) and Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) invest in lithium, a potential lifeline amid…
E3 Lithium study pegs Alberta project cost at $2.5B
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) says its Clearwater project with Canada’s largest resource of the battery metal will cost US$2.5 billion to build in the same oilfields where Alberta’s petroleum…