Li-FT Power agrees Winsome deal to expand in Quebec
Canadian lithium developer Li-FT Power (TSX-V: LIFT) agreed to buy Australia’s Winsome Resources (ASX: WR1) and add a majority stake in an Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM) project to boost its…
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Prairie Lithium starts building Saskatchewan DLE facility
Australia’s Prairie Lithium (ASX: PL9) has kicked off construction in Saskatchewan of what it says would be the largest direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in North America. Prairie’s facility would…
Ontario fast-tracks Frontier Lithium’s PAK
Frontier Lithium’s (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) $943-million capex PAK project is Ontario’s first entry in a program to approve mines in two years. Provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
Lithium Ionic boosts projected returns for Brazil project
Lithium Ionic (TSX-V: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) said a definitive feasibility study for its Bandeira project in eastern Brazil shows higher returns, lower capital costs and a longer mine life than…
Sigma Lithium surges as output climbs, costs fall
Sigma Lithium (TSXV, NASDAQ: SGML) surged to a one-month high on Friday as investors welcomed the company’s second-quarter production increase and cost cuts despite weaker-than-expected earnings. Lithium oxide concentrate output…
Chile election puts mining sector’s future on the line
On November 16, Chileans will head to the polls to elect their next president, who will govern until 2030 – and in doing so, set the course for the country’s…
US targets mine waste to boost critical minerals supply
The U.S. government is launching a new effort to extract valuable critical minerals – including rare earths, lithium, cobalt and uranium – from mine waste and abandoned sites in a…
KoBold signs Congo deal to boost US mineral supply
The Democratic Republic of Congo and U.S.‑based Kobold Metals have struck a preliminary mineral exploration agreement that deepens American involvement in the country’s critical‑minerals sector. The deal opens the door…
Ioneer quadruples Nevada project reserves, costs double
Australia’s Ioneer (ASX: INR) has quadrupled ore reserves at its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, sharply increasing both the project’s mine life and its development cost. The company’s flagship…
Frontier feasibility lifts PAK lithium reserves by 37%
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) said a definitive feasibility study for the $943-million capex PAK project in northern Ontario boosted reserves by 37%. The study, which calculates a net present…
Patriot reveals North America’s largest shovel-ready lithium resource in Quebec
Patriot Battery Metals (TSX: PMET; ASX: PMT) has boosted the Shaakichiuwaanaan project’s resource estimate in Quebec ahead of publishing a scheduled feasibility study by September. The update shows a 30%…
OPEC-style lithium cartel now unlikely, analyst says
The odds of Latin America’s three lithium powers banding together to form a production cartel have almost evaporated due to contrasting economic models, a leading geopolitical analyst says. Argentina, Chile…