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…
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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…
LithiumBank reports largest lithium brine resource in North America at Alberta project
Canadian explorer LithiumBank Resources (TSXV: LBNK; US-OTC: LBNKF) has tabled the largest known lithium-brine resource in North America at its Park Place project in Alberta as it targets an initial…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire partners with Occidental to extract lithium
The two companies formed a JV to produce high-purity lithium compounds from geothermal brine.
Prairie lithium brines: Gauging potential producers
Canada’s Prairie provinces are emerging as hotspots of lithium brine exploration activity, as companies utilize oil and gas infrastructure and extraction methods to access brines through thousands of wells. Almost…
Production drilling starts at Arizona Lithium project
The start of drilling marks the launch of Canada’s first commercial lithium production plant, the miner said.
E3 Lithium, Imperial Oil expand Alberta pilot project
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETMC) and Imperial Oil (TSX: IMO) are tightening ties to advance a pilot plant in Canada’s oil patch, where they are working together to test a direct lithium…
EMP Metals throws switch of first Koch DLE pilot plant in Canada
EMP Metals (CSE: EMPS; US-OTC: EMPPF) has begun commissioning its direct lithium extraction (DLE) pilot plant in Estevan, Sask. at its Viewfield brine project. The project is expected to produce…
LithiumBank hikes Boardwalk project value by $600M
Shares in Alberta-focused LithiumBank Resources (TSXV: LBNK; US-OTC: LBNKF) rose almost 10% Friday after an updated study added $600 million in value to its Boardwalk project and cut costs by a third. The…
Uranium developer Denison options Saskatchewan lithium brine project
Uranium-focused Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) and lithium explorer Grounded Lithium (TSXV: GRD; US-OTC: GRDAF) have signed a deal that bets on low-cost extraction methods in Saskatchewan. The agreement…