Mining companies that are building processing plants will be excluded from the directive.

Record spot prices will lift contract values for lithium miners next year but a surge in production to over 1 million tonnes by 2024 will put downward pressure on prices, according to a new government report.

Starting next year, a wave of new electric vehicles from pickup trucks to middle market SUVs and sedans will hit the world's major markets.

The historic mine is situated between the company’s Deloro and Sothman properties south of Timmins, Ontario.

The company has been unable to get federal permits because public lands near the project are home to an endangered wildflower.

The Vivid Energy Fund is short companies that focus on direct lithium extraction, such as Vancouver-based Standard Lithium.