LithiumBank Resources Corp. has filed a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) technical report for its Boardwalk lithium-brine project in west-central Alberta, effectively dated June 16, 2023.
June 23, 2023, 7:50 AM MDT
June 23, 2023, 8:24 AM MDT
When Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. CEO Pat Carlson spoke to the Senate Standing Committee earlier this month, he called for an end to provincial and federal government arguments, citing the need to inspire investment. During a conversation with the DOB, Alberta’s new minister of energy and minerals Brian Jean was asked for his view on this sentiment.
June 22, 2023, 9:38 AM MDT
The global battle to reshape the lithium industry is sucking in oil producers, tech startups and entrenched mining giants, each jockeying to be the first to reinvent how a metal key to the green energy transition is produced.
June 16, 2023, 7:38 AM MDT
June 16, 2023, 7:50 AM MDT
If the United Conservative Party’s history is any indicator, the party’s re-election could be a positive for the province’s critical minerals space.
May 31, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Summit Nanotech named Jeremy Patt as chief technology officer (CTO) and Katerina Kryst as vice-president of engineering.
May 31, 2023, 7:01 AM MDT
Lithium is found in geothermal brine in a number of countries and regions in the world, including Central Europe, China, New Zealand and Iceland, but the Salton Sea region in the southeastern corner of California is widely viewed as the most prospective and likely to achieve commercial-scale lithium production first.
May 30, 2023, 12 AM MDT
May 24, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Summit Nanotech named Gautam Parimoo as chief operations officer (COO).
May 17, 2023, 6:34 AM MDT
Despite being a relatively new company, Calgary-based Grounded Lithium has quickly established itself as a major prospective lithium producer in Western Canada.
May 16, 2023, 8:07 AM MDT
E3 Lithium Ltd. provided a progress update on its field pilot plant.
May 16, 2023, 12 AM MDT
E3 Lithium, the pioneering lithium resource and technology company based in Calgary, expects Alberta to become one of the world’s largest lithium producers in coming decades, and the company to drive much of the province’s production growth by commercializing a direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology needed to exploit Alberta’s lithium-rich brine and by developing its own massive lithium resource.
May 8, 2023, 8:30 AM MDT
Over the past several years the federal government has been investing to build businesses all along the critical minerals value chain in an attempt to seize what it views as a “generational opportunity” to create “significant wealth and sustainable jobs in every region of the country” to make “Canada a clean energy and technology supplier of choice in a net-zero world.”
May 2, 2023, 6 AM MDT
May 1, 2023, 7:33 AM MDT
Imperial Oil Limited sees ample opportunities in the energy transition and is making “noteworthy progress” in its stated corporate goal of reaching net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions across all its business segments by 2050, president and CEO Brad Corson told the company’s recent investor day event.
April 26, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Alberta’s lithium resources and homegrown advancements in extraction give the province a crucial layer from which to grow an electric vehicle (EV) battery industry. But with the way things sit today, battery manufacturers are looking elsewhere to put down roots, says an expert in the field.
April 24, 2023, 7:19 AM MDT
High lithium concentration brines are helping create favourable operating conditions on lands in southern Saskatchewan’s Viewfield area.
April 19, 2023, 8:37 AM MDT
E3 Lithium Ltd. named Kevin Carroll as chief development officer (CDO).
April 17, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Summit Nanotech Corporation has opened a facility in Santiago, Chile.
April 12, 2023, 6 AM MDT
The Government of Saskatchewan has launched two incentives and a plan aimed at supporting critical mineral development in the province.
April 11, 2023, 12 AM MDT
E3 Lithium Ltd. has received approval on its facility application from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for its 2023 field pilot plant.
April 11, 2023, 9:03 AM MDT
The future appears bright for Canada’s lithium extraction industry, with the country’s critical minerals supply chain becoming increasingly prominent on the world stage.
April 10, 2023, 12 AM MDT
LithiumBank Resources Corp. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Invest Alberta to support the development of a commercial lithium production facility at the company’s Boardwalk brine project located 85 kilometres east of Grand Prairie.
April 5, 2023, 9:20 AM MDT
As discussed in Part 1 of this multi-part series, the never-ending bull market for lithium will provide huge opportunities for companies and countries that can bring new lithium supply online relatively quickly and efficiently, especially from higher quality resource, in the coming decades.
April 4, 2023, 6 AM MDT
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