Get ready for more disputes about what’s ‘mine’ and theirs
Eleven years ago, The Northern Miner ran a story titled “How Mexico reclaimed its mantle as a top mining nation.” The piece recounted how the nation opened up investment and…
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Lithium price surge unlikely to return: Fitch
The lithium market has entered a “new normal” period of stability with sustained price surges a thing of the past, analysts at FitchSolutions BMI said in a webcast Thursday. Falling…
Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Ganfeng
Less than a week after Ganfeng Lithium filed an arbitration case against Mexico over a cancelled lithium mining concession, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government would seek…
Kenorland targets gold, lithium in first Ontario exploration program
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) said Monday it has started exploration in northwestern Ontario’s Red Lake district and Wabigoon subprovince. The work involves multiple regional-scale surface exploration programs at its South…
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…
China’s Ganfeng sues Mexico over lithium permit
China’s Ganfeng and two of its subsidiaries in Mexico have initiated an arbitration case against the country’s government over a cancelled mining concession for an advanced lithium project in the state…
SQM and Talga team up on Aero lithium project in Sweden
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, has inked an earn-in agreement with battery anode and advanced materials company Talga Group (ASX: TLG) to jointly advance the Aero lithium…
US lithium clay projects secure backing despite extraction hurdles
The United States’ great hope for domestic lithium supply could lie in the massive-scale, long-life sediment-hosted deposits in its southwestern region. And even with tricky metallurgy to overcome and higher…
Savannah Resources raises US$20M for Barroso lithium project
Savannah Resources (AIM: SAV), the British company behind the Barroso lithium project in Portugal, has secured a £16 million (US$20.2 million) investment from Dutch miner AMG, which has become the…
Azimut cuts high-grade lithium near Winsome’s Adina
New drill results from Azimut Resources (TSXV: AZM) confirm a wide and high-grade lithium zone on the Galinée property in the James Bay region of Quebec, likely the southern extension…
Japan, Chile boost ties in lithium extraction, supply
Japan and Chile have agreed to strengthen cooperation on lithium mining and supply, including deals for Japanese firms’ acquisition of long-term preferential access to the battery metal, in exchange for…
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….