Data on Thursday showed that US consumer prices fell for the first time in more than 2-1/2 years in December.

The funding will be available for drawdown upon Florence Copper receiving the final underground injection control permit from the EPA.

The Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project could potentially support the production of lithium for 370,000 EVs.

Company is conducting trials at its Kennecott copper operations in Salt Lake City.

Shareholders of Maverix will receive either $3.92 per share in cash or 0.360 of a common share of Triple Flag.

Investors in the small, fast growing market for lithium can be forgiven for feeling whiplash – the battery metal was also the worst performer – by a long shot – for two years since 2013.

The Vancouver-based company is looking to be the first one in the world to commercially mine the deep sea.

“We could be pushed into extreme price levels,” Jeremy Weir, the commodity trader’s chief executive officer, said.