The agreement gives LithiumBank a full licence to use a group of continuous ion-exchange technologies in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

A new study estimates that the McDermitt Caldera hosts claystones containing 20 million to 40 million metric tons of lithium.

Argentina, Bolivia and Chile hold two thirds of the world’s lithium reserves.

Conditions have improved for explorers after they had moved into cash preservation mode early in the year.

A state-backed Saudi venture would buy stakes in mining assets worth $15 billion in African countries, which will permit US companies to buy some of the production.

The Swiss miner will pay a staggered $5 million to Tantalex as part of the marketing off-take agreement.

Revenue from Chilean lithium shipments jumped 18% in August versus July.