The pullback in lithium prices created a very attractive opportunity for Usha Resources Ltd. (TSXV: USHA) (OTCQB: USHAF), Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), Lithium Americas (NYSE: LAC) (TSX: LAC), American Lithium Corp. (NASDAQ: AMLI) (TSXV: LI), Osisko Development Corp. (NYSE: ODV) (TSXV: ODV), and Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL). In fact, according to Morningstar, “A temporary lull in demand from the expiration of China’s electric vehicle subsidies led to slow growth to begin the year. We see strong demand growth in the coming years driven by rising EV sales, as demand grows more than three times 2022 levels to 2.5 million metric tons by 2030.”
Plus, remember, according to Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, there’s not enough lithium go around for the industry’s plans. “We know that we need lithium. We know that we are not producing as much as we need. We have right now 1.3 billion cars (that are) internal combustion engine powered on the planet. We need to replace that with clean mobility. That will need a lot of lithium. Not only the lithium may not be enough, but the concentration of the mining of lithium may create other geopolitical issues,” he said, as quoted by The Detroit News.
Look at Usha Resources Ltd. (TSXV: USHA) (OTCQB: USHAF), For Example
Usha Resources Ltd., a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company focused on the development of drill-ready battery metal projects, is pleased to announce that it has confirmed the presence of a fertile lithium-cesium-tantalum system at its Gathering Lake Lithium Pegmatite Project located within the Thunder Bay Mining District, Ontario.
Highlights:
- The Company has mobilized its technical team onsite for a two (2) week visit. The Project is recognized as being highly prospective for the discovery of new LCT‑pegmatites as it has never been subject to systematic exploration and drilling using modern exploration techniques.
- The Company has identified beryl and tantalum within pegmatites within the limited exploration completed to-date during this visit, confirming the presence of an evolved lithium-cesium-tantalum system. The identification of beryl and tantalum is a key finding that confirms that the Gathering Lake Project has a highly evolved LCT‑system. As tantalum in particular is present in more evolved phases within an LCT‑system, this indicates that the system could contain spodumene, the key lithium-bearing mineral in pegmatites.
- This is the third project the Company has optioned where it has confirmed a potential spodumene-bearing system. An evolved LCT-system was confirmed to be present recently through the identification of beryl-pegmatites on its initial site visit at the Company’s Mead Project (see news release dated June 1, 2023), and the White Willow Project is documented to have a high-grade coarse-grained tantalite showing with 14.64% Ta2O5, mineralization which is only known to be found at one other locality in Ontario which is the North Aubrey pegmatite at Green Technology Metals (GT1) Seymour Lake Project where GT1 has identified a 9.9 Mt resource at 1.04% Li2O.
- The project was recently optioned for $12,000 and 50,000 shares and the Company has the right to earn 100% through a total payment of $69,500 and 412,500 shares over 3 years.
The Company has mobilized its technical team onsite for a two (2) week visit and is pleased to announce that it has identified beryl and tantalum within outcropping pegmatites at the Project within its first two days onsite.
The Company acquired the Project because of its high potential to be prospective for LCT-pegmatites, as the claims shared a number of similar characteristics to Rock Tech Lithium’s Georgia Lake Deposit, which hosts a 10.6 Mt indicated resource at 0.88% Li2O and 4.22 Mt inferred resource at 1.04% Li2O, and is located approximately 10 kilometres to the west:
- Lithium occurrences in this field run along a primary fault which runs through Gathering Lake.
- The regional airborne total magnetic signature for the Georgia Lake pegmatite field indicates that the spodumene pegmatites occur at the margin of a magnetic high, which is what is observed at the Project.
- The regional airborne radiometric potassium intensity signature for the Georgia Lake pegmatite field indicates that the spodumene pegmatites occur in medium low potassium intensity, a finding that is also observed on the Gathering Lake Project.
The fact that the geology and geophysics at Gathering Lake are similar to the known spodumene pegmatites at Georgia Lake and a lack of previous exploration on the property suggested a strong potential for the discovery of an LCT-system. The identification of beryl and tantalum is, therefore, a key finding that confirms the potential for Gathering to be very prospective for spodumene, the key lithium-bearing mineral in pegmatites.
The Gathering Project was recently optioned for $12,000 and 50,000 shares and the Company has the right to earn 100% through a total payment of $69,500 and 412,500 shares over 3 years. The Company’s initial site visit is on-going, with further prospecting, mapping, soil and outcrop sampling planned, and the Company will provide additional updates throughout the visit and upon its conclusion.
“We are thrilled with these initial findings at Gathering Lake,” said Deepak Varshney, CEO of Usha Resources. “With three confirmed LCT-systems, we are building a portfolio of strong properties that will continue to deliver shareholder value. The discovery at Gathering Lake further cements the credibility of our technical team in finding low-risk opportunities to drive value to the company. We firmly believe every asset we acquire has the ability to be the next major discovery in Ontario’s growing lithium hotbed and we look forward to advancing this ourselves or as part of a potential partnership beneficial to our shareholders.”
Other related developments from around the markets include:
Albemarle Corporation announced a definitive agreement with Ford Motor Company to deliver battery-grade lithium hydroxide to support the automaker's ability to scale electric vehicle (EV) production. Albemarle will supply more than 100,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for approximately 3 million future Ford EV batteries. The five-year supply agreement starts in 2026 and continues through 2030. Both Albemarle and Ford are committed to supplying the U.S. EV supply chain via lithium hydroxide domestically produced in the United States or originating in a country with a U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
Lithium Americas announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the execution of an arrangement agreement providing for the reorganization of the Company that will result in the separation of its North American and Argentine business units into two independent public companies. The Separation will establish an Argentina focused lithium company and a North America focused lithium company. Lithium Argentina will own Lithium Americas’ current interest in its Argentina lithium assets, including the 44.8% interest in Caucharí-Olaroz, the 100%-owned Pastos Grandes project and the 65% interest in the Sal de la Puna project. Lithium Americas will own the 100%-owned Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada, as well as the Company’s investments in Green Technology Metals Limited (ASX:GT1) and Ascend Elements, Inc.
Osisko Development Corp. announced new 2023 underground diamond drilling results at its 100%-owned Trixie test mine, within the Company's wider Tintic Project and to provide an overview of the ongoing 2023 exploration program at Tintic, located in the historic East Tintic Mining District in central Utah, U.S.A. In addition, the Company is also reporting the remaining DD and reverse circulation drilling results from its 2022 exploration program. Chris Lodder, President of Osisko Development, commented, "The underground diamond drilling results from this year's drill campaign continue to generate targets and understanding of the epithermal veins and breccias at Trixie. High-grade gold and silver is observed in the footwall of the T2 and T1 zones, as both disseminated and vein mineralization. As these initial results indicate, the drillholes are intersecting all zones within the deposit area and continue to build upon the exploration successes achieved in 2022. We are also excited to launch our initial drill campaign to target copper porphyry potential at Tintic, which is slated to begin in Q3 2023."
Piedmont Lithium, a leading global developer of lithium resources, reported the results of a Definitive Feasibility Study of the Company’s proposed Tennessee Lithium project in McMinn County, Tennessee. The Study of the 30,000 metric ton per year lithium hydroxide plant featuring the innovative and waste-reducing Metso:Outotec conversion technology affirms the potential for Piedmont to develop an American-based lithium hydroxide business using spodumene concentrate from market sources, including via existing offtake agreements with Sayona Quebec and Atlantic Lithium. Piedmont President and Chief Executive Officer Keith Phillips, said he was pleased with the project economics and the positive impact of the Inflation Reduction Act, which strongly favors domestic battery and critical minerals production. “America’s pro-EV and battery manufacturing policies are providing an advantage to Piedmont at a time when many analysts are projecting lithium shortages to continue into the 2030s. Piedmont’s selection for a $141.7 million grant last year by the U.S. Department of Energy exemplifies America’s commitment to developing a domestic lithium supply chain.1”
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