Thursday, February 28, 2019

Can The US Avoid Foreign Energy Dependence? #Lithium Demand a Boon for Chinese and Australian Producers-(TSXV: $SLL.V) (OTCQX: $STLHF)(OTC: $BYDDF) (ASX: $GXY.AX), Tianqi Lithium Corp (SZ:002466)


Can The US Avoid Foreign Energy Dependence? #Lithium Demand a Boon for Chinese and Australian Producers-(TSXV: $SLL.V) (OTCQX: $STLHF)(OTC: $BYDDF) (ASX: $GXY.AX), Tianqi Lithium Corp (SZ:002466)





Point Roberts WA, Delta BC - February 28, 2019 - Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering AI and lithium stocks concludes our two-part series looking at the increased demand for lithium for EV’s and the effect it has on the global market .

The Houston Chronicle recently reported on the possible foreign energy dependence lithium could create for the US as, “Australia and Chile are the largest producers and lithium mines have already increased production, creating a surplus that sent prices of the metal crashing down last year. But the long-term outlook is strong for demand and prices, analysts maintain.”


“The demand for lithium isn’t really in question, it’s just a matter of when that demand really kicks in,” an analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence told Reuters last year. “You just have to look at the number of battery factories that are being built around lithium-ion technology.”

The US is not sitting idly by though as Senator Murkowski discussed in a recent Energy and Minerals Hearing. In her opening remarks she stated, “Over the past several years our committee has sought to call attention to the reliance on foreign nations for our minerals. The administration has taken several important steps but we must compliment their actions with our own legislative actions…”

When speaking to Simon Moores and asking questions for how the US can move to the forefront for battery materials and minerals “We can’t afford to be a bystander when we are looking at the future…so much of this goes back to investment.”


Standard Lithium Ltd. (TSXV: SLL.V) (OTCQX:STLHF) has no plans to remain a bystander. The specialty chemical company is focused on unlocking the value of existing large-scale US-based lithium-brine resources and believes new lithium production can be brought on stream rapidly by minimizing project risks at the selection stage (resource, political, geographic, regulatory and permitting), and by leveraging advances in lithium extraction technologies and processes.

Securing their technology, Standard Lithium just announced they filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering the Company’s novel process for the recovery of Lithium from brine. The patent applications covers technology the Company and its Scientific Advisory Team have developed.

The company  is now  funded for future growth  with news  announced it entered into a funding equity agreement for gross proceeds of $10,500,000 CAD.

Foreign competition is fierce though as BYD Company LTD. (OTC:BYDDF) recently announced plans for a new battery gigafactory to support its ambitious electric vehicle plans in China which will be able to produce 20 GWh of battery cells for its electric vehicles.       
                   
The company is investing 10 billion yuan (~$1.49 billion USD) in the facility located in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality.

At an output 20 GWh, it would make BYD’s new factory one of the largest battery factories in the world.

BYD also reported preliminary net profit for 2018 that was 31.4 percent lower than a year earlier, pinning the blame on intensifying competition in the world's biggest auto market, for example Tesla’s own Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, which is currently believed to be the largest battery cell factory in the world, has an estimated output of about 35 GWh per year.

Tianqi Lithium Corp. (SZ:002466), one of the world’s top 3 lithium producers, after more than half a year, recently closed its deal to purchase a 23.77% stake in rival Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA after clearing several regulatory hurdles.
This $4.1 billion deal is seen by some as a risky move as Tianqi, which has around 12 billion yuan ($1.77 billion) in assets, relied on leverage to make the investment.
“The tie-up with SQM is a hard-won deal, and we are looking at the fast development of the lithium industry over the next five to 10 years,” said Wu Wei, the company’s President, in an interview with Caixin (link in Chinese).
The hype for lithium is helping many company stocks rally such as Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) who reported their quarterly results for the three month period ending December 31st, 2018. The company reported closing cash and liquid assets of 41.4 million USD and zero debt.
The company also included a market analysis commenting that “Market indicators observed throughout Q4 2018 were illustrative of the robustness of the maturing lithium market. Domestic lithium chemical prices within China plateaued, following several periods of retreat, which many have interpreted as signaling the bottom of the pricing cycle within this region. Key indicators point to a more buoyant market environment throughout 2019 with Chinese domestic prices for lithium stabilizing during the last quarter and the combination of strong demand growth and supply challenges to support a favorable market moving forward.”
US companies like Standard Lithium may have their work cut out for them in 2019 as Australian and Chinese producers also race to meet the demand the EV sector is placing on lithium. There is a new global energy race for lithium, and it’s a race which everyone is hoping to win.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

#Lithium Stock News - QMC (TSX.V: $QMC.V) (FSE: 3LQ) (OTC: $QMCQF) VISUALIZES SPODUMENE AS DIAMOND DRILLING CONTINUES AT THE IRGON LITHIUM MINE PROJECT



#Lithium Stock News - QMC (TSX.V: $QMC.V) (FSE: 3LQ) (OTC: $QMCQF) VISUALIZES SPODUMENE AS DIAMOND DRILLING CONTINUES AT THE IRGON LITHIUM MINE PROJECT

Vancouver, British Columbia, February 27, 2019 (Investorideas.com Newswire) QMC Quantum Minerals Corp. (TSX.V: QMC) (FSE: 3LQ) (OTC PINK: QMCQF) (“QMC” or "the Company") is pleased to announce that with diamond drill and support crew on-site, the first phase of holes has been completed at the Company’s 100%-owned Irgon Lithium Mine Project located within the prolific Cat Lake-Winnipeg River rare-element pegmatite field of S.E. Manitoba, which also hosts Cabot Corporation’s nearby Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada (“TANCO”) rare-element pegmatite.

Visual spodumene was reported by QMC on-site personnel and the core has been moved to a secure, off-site location for logging, cutting and sampling.


QMC is currently in the process of completing Phase One of a two-phase drill program designed to confirm and subsequently expand the historic resource published for the Irgon Property (1.2 million tons grading 1.51% Li2O as previously calculated for Lithium Corporation of Canada (“LCOC”)).  Phase One of the QMC program consists of 1500m of NQ drilling in 12 holes.  The first eight holes will confirm grades and widths documented by the historic 1953/54 drill results.  These data, obtained in the 1950s, were derived from sampling of pegmatite intersections in the core from 25 historic drill holes and from underground channel samples that were taken across the dike from within the currently inaccessible, water-filled workings.  The remaining four proposed holes will chase the Irgon Dike westward from the area hosting the original resource to test the spodumene-bearing pegmatites identified as the Western Extension of the Irgon Dike, thus confirming the westward continuity of the Irgon Dike.

With the results of the Phase One drilling in hand, QMC has instructed its consultant, SGS Canada, to produce an updated NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource for the central, previously developed, section of the Irgon Dike.  In addition, both QMC and SGS expect the drill testing the newly identified, westward extension of the Irgon Dike to add additional inferred tonnage to the historic resource published by LCOC for the property.  

As with the previous Irgon channel sampling program, QMC will request analysis for 56 elements using a sodium peroxide fusion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES / ICP-MS).

The Phase Two program, designed to test additional targets on the property, will follow.

HISTORICAL RESOURCE
Between 1953-1954, the Lithium Corporation of Canada Limited drilled 25 holes into the Irgon Dike and subsequently reported a historical resource estimate of 1.2 million tons grading 1.51% Li20 over a strike length of 365 meters and to a depth of 213 meters (Northern Miner, Vol. 41, no.19, Aug. 4, 1955, p.3). This historical resource is documented in a 1956 Assessment Report by B. B. Bannatyne for the Lithium Corporation of Canada Ltd. (Manitoba Assessment Report No. 94932). This historical estimate is believed to be based on reasonable assumptions, and neither the company nor the QP has any reason to contest the document’s relevance and reliability. The detailed channel sampling and a subsequent drill program will be required to update this historical resource to current NI 43-101 standards.
Historic metallurgical tests reported an 87% recovery from which a concentrate averaging 5.9% Li2O was obtained.

During this historical 1950s era work program, a complete mining plant was installed on-site, designed to process 500 tons of ore per day, and a three-compartment shaft was sunk to a depth of 74 meters. On the 61-metre level, lateral development was extended off the shaft for a total of 366 meters of drifting, from which seven crosscuts transected the dike. The work was suspended in 1957 awaiting a more favourable market for lithium oxides. During this time, the mine buildings were removed.

The mineral reserve cited above is presented as a historical estimate and uses historical terminology which does not conform to current NI43-101 standards. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves. Although the historical estimates are believed to be based on reasonable assumptions, they were calculated prior to the implementation of National Instrument 43-101. These historical estimates do not meet current standards as defined under sections 1.2 and 1.3 of NI 43-101; consequently, the issuer is not treating the historical estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves.

Qualified Person and NI 43-101 Disclosure
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Bruce E. Goad, P. Geo., who is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About the Company
QMC is a British Columbia-based company engaged in the business of acquisition, exploration and development of resource properties. Its objective is to locate and develop economic precious, base, rare metal and resource properties of merit. The Company’s properties include the Irgon Lithium Mine project and two VMS properties, the Rocky Lake and Rocky-Namew, known collectively as the Namew Lake District Project. Currently, all of the company’s properties are located in Manitoba. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.QMCMinerals.com

On behalf of the Board of Directors of QMC QUANTUM MINERALS CORP.
“Balraj Mann”
Balraj Mann
President and Chief Executive Officer

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Smart Money in the #Lithium Sector Betting on Future Global Demand; (NYSE: $ALB) (TSXV: $SLL.V) (OTCQX: $STLHF) (NASDAQ: $TSLA) (TSX: $NMX.TO) (OTC: $NMKEF)

Smart Money in the #Lithium Sector Betting on Future Global Demand; (NYSE: $ALB) (TSXV: $SLL.V) (OTCQX: $STLHF) (NASDAQ: $TSLA) (TSX: $NMX.TO) (OTC: $NMKEF)




Point Roberts WA, Delta BC – February 27, 2019 -Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering AI and lithium stocks issues the first article in a two-part series looking at the increased global demand for lithium and how smart money is betting on its long-term growth.


Leading the bullish sentiment is the world’s largest producer of lithium, Albemarle Corp. (NYSE: ALB), reporting fourth quarter results on February 20th, with a headline of ‘ALBEMARLE ENDS 2018 STRONG; PROJECTING CONTINUED GROWTH IN 2019’.
Fourth quarter net sales were $921.7 million, an increase of 7% over the prior year; earnings were $129.6 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, an increase of 162% over the prior year. Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA was $264.3 million, an increase of 8% over the prior year; adjusted diluted earnings per share was $1.53, an increase of 14% over the prior year.
The long term investment potential of lithium is not being missed by Standard Lithium Ltd. (TSXV: SLL.V) (OTCQX:STLHF), a specialty chemical company focused on unlocking the value of existing large-scale US based lithium-brine resources, who recently announced it has entered into a funding equity agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., for gross proceeds of $10,500,000 (CAD).

The net proceeds from the Offering are expected to be used by the Company for advancing its existing asset portfolio and for general working capital purposes. The Company's flagship project is located in southern Arkansas, where it is engaged in the testing and proving of the commercial viability of lithium extraction from over 150,000 acres of permitted brine operations utilizing the Company's proprietary selective extraction technology based on AI (artificial intelligence) technology.

Looking at the outlook for the sector, Zacks Research reported following Albemarle’s fourth quarter numbers, with the headline ‘Lithium ETF at One-Month High: Here's Why’, “Such upbeat guidance and facts boosted investors’ confidence about lithium demand. Albemarle’s results acted as a cornerstone for the industry. Shares of other key lithium producers also gained on Feb 22.”
Albermarle is part of the top 10 holdings of the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, a fund that invests in the full lithium cycle, from mining and refining the metal, through battery production. Other companies in their top ten include FMC Corp., LG Chem Ltd., Byd Co., Samsung, GS Yuasa Corp., Enersys, Panasonic and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA).
Looking at supply and demand, Tesla says, “To ramp production to 500,000 cars per year, Tesla alone will require today’s entire worldwide supply of lithium-ion batteries.”

So, Tesla bet big money and in 2014 began construction on the Tesla Gigafactory to supply enough batteries to support Tesla’s projected vehicle demand.

BYD Company Limited, the Chinese leader in the EV game is following suit, albeit a few years later, and just announced it has broken ground on a new 20 GWh battery gigafactory for electric cars, investing $1.49 billion USD in the facility.

The lithium market has not been without its setbacks though, as Nemaska Lithium Inc. (TSX: NMX.TO) (OTC: NMKEFrecently announced that it has terminated its multi-year supply agreement with Livent Corporation. The Supply Agreement pertains to the provision of up to 8,000 tonnes per year (28,000 tonnes in total during the term of the contract) of lithium carbonate starting April 1, 2019.

While some see this a major issue, one news article stated that,  “Growing evidence points toward a supply-side which will continue to struggle to deliver as Nemaska Lithium Inc. move to terminate a multi-year agreement to provide lithium carbonate to Livent Corp. The deal with Livent, spun out of major US lithium producer FMC Corp., saw Nemaska provide up to 8,000 tpa of lithium carbonate starting in April 2019. However these examples only serve to highlight supply instabilities across an infant industry.”

Looking at the recent volatility in the sector, while seeing a bullish future, Metalbulletin.com reported, “While the supply side is weighing on sentiment, the demand side of the equation remains extremely bullish - and increasingly so.”

Demand for lithium is without question on the rise in the near and far reaching future, and while the industry has suffered minor blips and supply instabilities, smart money is betting on a bullish future for lithium and the stocks in the sector, with a leader Albemarle and juniors like Standard Lithium doubling down on what is looking like a sure thing.

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Point Roberts WA, Delta BC – February 27, 2019 - Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering hemp and cannabis stocks releases a snapshot looking at the growing interest in renewable energy and sustainable practices within the cannabis industry, sparked largely by high demand, high energy usage and a need for companies to lower costs and improve efficiency.


For Millennials that are known to be big investors in the cannabis space but also wanting to invest in sustainable technology for the future, this may be the perfect blend. According to recent data, “Aurora Cannabis outpaced Apple as the favorite stock on Robinhood, a free-trading app popular among millennial traders.”   

“Legal cannabis cultivation in the U.S. consumes an estimated 1.1 terawatt-hours of electricity a year,” according to the 2018 Cannabis Energy Report, published by Scale Microgrid Solutions, along with New Frontier Data and the Resource Innovation Institute.

“That’s enough to power the whole of Newark, New Jersey or Anaheim, California,” the report states.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB.TO) (NYSE:ACB) has been aware of this need for energy efficiency since 2017, having partnered with Flora Fotonica through the company’s subsidiary MedReleaf.

With the company building large scale facilities such as their Aurora Sky, an 800,000 square foot facility and Aurora Sun, a 1,200,000 square foot facility, the need for energy efficiency is paramount. The Aurora Sun facility, located in Medicine Hat, Alberta which receives more than 2,500 hours of sunshine per year, makes a perfect candidate for solar.

SinglePoint (OTCQB:SING), a company with a portfolio that includes mobile payments and  ancillary cannabis services, is taking note of such large scale energy requirements having recently announced signing an asset purchase agreement to acquire Direct Solar and AI Live Transfers.  The two companies are providing what has been described as ‘the Lending Tree Model for solar business’. With the proposal of The Green New Deal, solar is at the forefront of every conversation and will continue to be top of mind as the nation grows through an ‘energy shift’ to renewable resources.

Total installed US PV capacity is expected to more than double over the next five years, and by 2023 over 14 GW of PV capacity will be installed annually. This represents a major opportunity for SinglePoint and Direct Solar to exponentially grow and establish a leadership role within the new segment of the burgeoning solar industry.

Direct Solar is able to move into every state quickly and efficiently because of the proprietary online education technology the company has developed. SinglePoint plans to utilize this edge to pitch cannabis businesses on the opportunity to save money and increase margins with lowered utility costs through the use of solar.

Liht Cannabis Corp. (CSE: LIHT) (OTCQX: LIHTF) has focused much more on sustainability, having announced earlier in the month that each of its cultivation facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada have now achieved three organically grown certifications from EnvirOganic, Certified Kind and Clean Green. The Company received its third certification from Clean Green Certified, a program modeled on existing national and international agricultural standards that ensures environmentally clean and sustainable methods, comprised of three parts: legal compliance, review of cultivation methods and agricultural crop inspection.

Liht also announced selecting the innovative Agnetix liquid cooled LED lighting system for its British Columbia, Canada cultivation facilities, including newly announced 486,000 sq. ft of high-tech indoor cultivation facilities.

Using the Agnetix system's unparalleled power, advanced controls, and monitoring features, Liht expects to improve its yields while saving over 50% on energy costs vs. traditional systems.

"Our cutting-edge facilities draw a tremendous amount of power for lighting and HVAC systems. With the Agnetix system, we expect to see an immediate cost reduction in our energy bill and a more efficient operation," said Richard Huhn, Director of Liht.  "We have also logged very positive plant-health results using these lights and we are excited to start the new grow."

FSD Pharma Inc. (CSE: HUGE) (OTC:  FSDDF) is also showing interest in solar and renewable practices having signed a non-binding letter of intent with Solarvest BioEnergy Inc., in which Solarvest would conduct research using its algal expression technology to develop pharma-grade cannabinoids.

Solarvest plans to develop and carry out a research project using its algal expression system for the purpose of developing a proof of concept that algae can express the Project Cannabinoids.

It seems all too obvious that with the high energy requirements, a strong need for cost efficiency and high yield production and a strong societal link to counter-culture and naturalist views, that the cannabis sector will have to endorse “green tech” sooner rather than later, and early movers like Aurora and SING may have the edge in what is fast becoming a greener future.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Charging Ahead with #EV Growth Beyond Cars; #Lithium-ion Batteries will Continue to Dominate; (NASDAQ: $TSLA) (NYSE: $ALB) (CSE: $TOP.C) (OTCQB: $ENRT) (NYSE: $SU)

Charging Ahead with #EV Growth Beyond Cars; #Lithium-ion Batteries will Continue to Dominate; (NASDAQ: $TSLA) (NYSE: $ALB) (CSE: $TOP.C) (OTCQB: $ENRT) (NYSE: $SU)




Point Roberts WA, Delta BC – February 26, 2019 - Investorideas.com, a global investor news source covering lithium and cleantech stocks issues a snapshot looking at how the EV market is on an exponential growth curve, fuelled by both policy and consumer demand.

“China is charging full speed ahead into electric vehicles, on track to sell over 2 million electric vehicles this year, from 1.1 million in 2018”, says Cleantechnia.

IDTechEX says the demand for EV trucks and buses has only just started, especially in China. Lithium-ion batteries will continue to dominate according to the report. “In a series of waves, the storage demand is powering upwards to over $200 billion in 2029 with buses and delivery vans already well into electrification.”


When discussing EV’s and lithium demand, one company “driving” the conversation is Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA). Tesla has been on an upward push the last two years; for the three months ended September 30th, 2018 vs September 30th, 2017 Tesla reported revenue of $6.8MM vs $2.9MM, up 128.65%, with the estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year being $6.13 and is expected to report on January 29th, 2020.

The success of Tesla has allowed lithium extractors and producers to ride the same wave of success, but will there be enough lithium fast enough to meet market demands, and if so which company will take the lead?

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALBreported very positive results just last week for Q4 and the 2018 financial year. Fourth quarter net sales were $921.7 million, an increase of 7% over the prior year; earnings were $129.6 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, an increase of 162% over the prior year.

"2018 was a successful year for Albemarle on many fronts. Excluding divested businesses, we delivered full year, total company adjusted EBITDA growth of 17%, adjusted diluted EPS growth of 23% and we finished the year strong as all of our reportable segments delivered growth in the fourth quarter. In addition, we returned significant value to shareholders through increased dividends of $145 million and $500 million in share repurchases, while continuing significant growth investment in our Lithium platform," said Luke Kissam, Albemarle's CEO. "Lithium contributed just over 50% of our adjusted EBITDA, driven by 10% volume growth and 9% pricing compared to 2017."

Less than 1.5 miles from Albemarle’s Silver Peak Project, Enertopia Corporation (OTCQB: ENRT) (CSE: TOP) recently announced an update on their synthetic solution testing.

Since Fall 2018, Enertopia has been running tests to recover lithium in the most cost-effective manner from synthetic brine solutions produced by leaching surface, lithium bearing claystones.  To date, 32 solution tests have been run to create a database that forms the building block for upcoming solution tests.

Their 3rd phase of solution testing is expected to be in full swing by early March 2019 and will use drill core material from the diamond drill holes from their recently completed drilling program and will consist of 49 different sample intervals covering 397 feet of core.

Pre-pH adjustments have demonstrated positive outcomes as contaminant minerals are greatly reduced allowing for a cleaner synthetic lithium brine to be processed using off the shelf technologies and variants developed by Entertopia. 

The company's technical advisors believe the positive testing to date may warrant patent protection and thus the Company is keeping all internal data strictly confidential at this time. The Company has signed several NDA’s with industry partners as it works to reaching its goal of a low capex solution to battery grade lithium production.

“With our positive drill program completed, our focus and energy can turn to our solution testing of the drilled lithium horizons. We continue to strive for a low-cost mining and processing solution to unlock the potential value of the Lithium enriched claystones,” stated CEO, Robert McAllister.

Big and small investors are taking note of the traction the lithium market is gaining, including Warren Buffet and Berkshire  Hathaway who recently disclosed a 0.7% stake on February 14th into Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) . And why?  It fits into his EV strategy; one he started years ago with BYD, that has grown to become China’s biggest sellers of EV’s.  

Suncor just announced that Petro-Canada, a Suncor business, is building a network of electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations across the country. “With more than 1,800 retail and wholesale locations across the country we have the network in place to build Canada’s first electric highway, providing coast-to-coast EV charging for our customers. We’re also investing in the fastest charging EV technology available today, which will be able to easily upgrade as technology advances.”   

With more positive financial results and improved extraction technology like Enertopia is working on, EV’s and lithium are finally on point to replace the energy technology of the past; oil and gas.

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