Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM; US-OTC: ELBMF) has signed a battery recycling and cobalt sulphate supply agreement with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni. The two have signed a memorandum of understanding that…
With demand for electric vehicles, batteries, and greener energy storage options expected to rise in the years ahead, many juniors are on the hunt for so-called ‘technology metals,’ a broad…
It has added Phoenix Copper’s Redcastle asset to its Iron Creek cobalt project through an earn-in agreement for 224 hectares of property, expanding its land position to over 1,820 hectares.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute is giving Toronto-based junior First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) US$600,000 over two years for research on mineral processing techniques for the…
Amidst a growing move towards electrification and emerging concerns about the sourcing of raw materials, base and battery metals exploration and development assets in North America are on investors’ radar…
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) announced that it has started pre-construction work at its permitted cobalt refinery in Ontario. The company is now working on detailed engineering and procurement…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbed 4.34% to finish the trading week at 947.43. Spot gold jumped US$26.90 per oz., or 1.47%, to US$1,855.50 per ounce. Rock Tech Lithium rose $1.56 to…
The second day of the Association for Mineral Exploration’s (AME) Remote Roundup 2021 opened with Stephen Piercey, professor of economic geology in the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University…
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has secured cobalt feed amounting to 90% of capacity for its First Cobalt Refinery in Ontario. The facility will be the only producer of…
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has secured $10 million in government funding that will allow it to accelerate the development of its cobalt refinery in Ontario, 600 km from the…
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC) is planning to alter its prior arrangement with global miner Glencore (LSE: GLEN) and sign a a long-term feed purchase contract instead of the original tolling contract….
At Tesla’s live-streamed Battery Technology Day this week, chief executive Elon Musk outlined the company’s plans to build a US$25,000 electric vehicle (EV) with a cheaper, more powerful battery that…