The vote count now shows the environmental presidential candidate Yaku Perez trailing pro-market conservative banker Guillermo Lasso.

"On the basis of hypocrisy, they deceived the arbitral tribunal in London. I will unmask them,” Steinmetz told MINING.COM.

Traders and leading investors say the market needs more good news before prices can rip higher.

Commodities have seen four supercycles over the past 100 years — with the last one peaking in 2008 after 12 years of expansion.

They say the settlement was signed without the participation of the victims and that 20,000 people were excluded.

Rough seas and a shortage of containers have bogged down shipments from the world's largest producer of the red metal.

The agreement will consolidate two "significant and strategic" undeveloped lithium assets in the Americas.

Company said basic earnings per share for the full-year 2020 will range from $0.80 to $0.84, or 300% to 320% higher than the figure for the previous year.