Sayona is expected to make an announcement regarding the capital it needs to raise to complete a definitive feasibility study for the Authier Lithium Project.
Nemaska Lithium agreement with private equity giant Orion Mine Finance comes a week after $100B Japanese technology fund bought a stake in Quebec-based firm.
Increasing disposable income in emerging economies and the adoption of greener technologies, are the two factors to drive most of the expected increased demand in copper during the next five years.
Vanadium needs a big player in the global battery market to get behind the metal to share center stage with other energy-storage components such as lithium.
Authorities may consider potential revisions to the mining laws in order to make companies that already own concessions to work on them or else give them up.