The deal is being done through a 50-50 partnership with Saudi Arabian company MSB Holdings.

It could face two "serious" charges around its Carmen de Andacollo copper-gold mine in Chile's central Coquimbo region.

Over an approximate 20-year mine life, the Santo Tomas project would have total payable copper production (in concentrate) of 4.75 billion lb.

Government wants to boost processing and refining of metals like lithium and zinc within the country.

Previous recipients of the award include Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

The US Department of the Interior found that as many as 66 communities whose subsistence-style living activities could be affected.

The company has nearly tripled its measured and indicated resource at the Cactus porphyry project.

The cost of EV batteries can vary based on size and chemical composition.