Mexico’s lower house backs lithium nationalization plans

The company plans to move forward with the plan only once the feasibility study at its Zinnwald project is completed, in the second quarter of next year.

The partners expect to produce up to 40,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year beginning in 2022.

This will mean Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will work closely on exploration, extraction, processing and research and development.

The project consists of three exploration licences in the Archean Yilgarn Block, 450 kilometres north-east of Perth.

2018 was a relatively quiet year for the junior mining sector, we hope to see more of an upswing in 2019 - Dean Braunsteiner, national mining leader, PwC Canada

The DRC has a stranglehold on crucial battery material cobalt, but central African nation also has potential to become major lithium player.

The settlement unlocks payments by SQM that had been on ice during the dispute, and paves the way for development to get back on track

Experts agree that resources are the missing link in the climate debate.

The project, located in Salta, Argentina, could produce 10,000 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent per year over a 25 year mine life.