Winsome secures A$25M for Adina-Renard lithium development
Australia’s Winsome Resources (ASX: WR1) has raised A$25 million to advance its Adina lithium project in Quebec as the explorer pivots to become a project developer in the medium term….
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Frontier Lithium drills high-grade assays at Spark
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) has reported high-grade intercepts from geotechnical drilling at its Spark pegmatite in northwestern Ontario, part of a larger work program that will inform a…
Mali approves Leo Lithium’s stake sale to Ganfeng
Australia’s Leo Lithium (ASX: LLL) said the government of Mali had conditionally approved the sale of its remaining 40% stake in Mali Lithium to China’s Ganfeng Lithium for almost US$343…
Green bonds grow as financing option
Green bonds are a rising source of funding as project developers widen their search for financing beyond stock markets, according to a panel at a New York mining conference. There…
Codelco targets 2030 start at Maricunga lithium project
Chile’s Codelco has started assessing partnership candidates for a lithium project in one of the country’s top salt flats, Maricunga, with the goal of kicking off production in 2030. The…
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.
International Battery Metals appoints new CEO as director buys hefty stake
Shares in Houston-based direct lithium extraction (DLE) company International Battery Metals (CSE: IBAT; US-OTC: IBATF) jumped 20% on Monday after the company announced a new CEO and that a board…
Gina Rinehart ups stake in lithium-focused Vulcan
Gina Rinehart, the billionaire mining magnate who owns Hancock Prospecting, has boosted her ownership in Vulcan Energy Resources (ASX: VUL) to 7.5% by injecting nearly €12.5 million ($18.5 million) into…
Editorial: Mining’s EV halo dims
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Mining’s association with planet-saving electric vehicles (EVs) was supposed to make mining, if not cool, at least more acceptable. Maybe even virtuous. But…
Codelco and SQM agree on final lithium deal
Chile’s state-run copper miner Codelco and the world’s second-largest lithium producer SQM (NYSE: SQM) inked a definitive agreement on Friday to jointly exploit the country’s vast deposits in the Salar…
Lithium Ionic study gives Bandeira project US$1.3B NPV
A new feasibility study for Lithium Ionic’s (TSXV: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) Bandeira project in eastern Brazil outlines an operation with a post-tax net present value (NPV) more than four times…
Winsome boosts Adina lithium resource by 33%
An update to Winsome Resources‘ (ASX: WR1) Adina lithium project in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec raises the resource estimate by 33% over the previous estimate in…