Lithium-Boom rückt Chile ins Rampenlicht

Informativer Beitrag über die bedeutendste Lithium-Förderregion der Welt. Natürlich wird auch Lithium-Highflyer Wealth Minerals (V.WML) erwähnt:

Lithium boom puts spotlight on Chile

30 September 2016 by Sara Ver-Bruggen

CHILE: As growing interest in electric cars and energy-storage drives up global demand for lithium, companies with concessions to exploit Chile's vast resources could find themselves in an enviable position if the government loosens restrictions.

Dubbed "white petroleum", lithium is critical to the global switch to cleaner energy and transport, so exploiting new reserves of the mineral with low extraction costs is becoming imperative..
Link: http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1409915/lithium-boom-puts-spotlight-chile

Atacama Salar… The salt flat in Northern Chile (right) is home to the world’s highest grade lithium-brine deposit (pic: Francesco-Mocellin)

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Wealth Minerals: Interview mit Chile-Geschäftsführer Marcelo Awad bei MiningWeekly

Lesenswerter Bericht über die aufstrebende Lithium-Firma Wealth Minerals (V.WML) in Chile:

Wealth Minerals aggressively advances Chile lithium asset acquisitions

26TH AUGUST 2016 - BY: HENRY LAZENBY - CREAMER MEDIA DEPUTY EDITOR: NORTH AMERICA

VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – The Vancouver- and Santiago-based teams of junior explorer Wealth Minerals have since February put together the largest brine property package in Chile of any junior miningcompany, in the hopes of capitalising on the rising tide of the energy metal.

On Wealth’s team is Marcelo Awad, a former Antofagasta CEO and VP at Codelco. The team also includes Henk Van Alphen and Tim McCutcheon, who have successfully operated junior mining companies in many jurisdictions.

Since Awad joined Wealth in April as executive director, the company has entered a string of option agreements in Chile’s lithium sector.

Speaking to Mining Weekly Online from Santiago, Chile, Awad stated that he and Van Alphen had a history going back several years, and his interest was piqued when he heard that Van Alphen wanted to broach the lithium industry in Chile.

According to Awad, over half of the earth’s identified lithium resources are found in South America’s lithium triangle, which comprises Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.

“When I heard about the opportunity to become involved in the lithium industry I became very interested because I could see the growth potential in acquiring multiple high-quality lithium assets at a time when the lithium market is just beginning to realise its full potential,” he stated..

Link: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/wealth-minerals-aggressively-advances-chile-lithium-asset-acquisitions-2016-08-26/rep_id:3650

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Wealth Minerals mit Meilenstein-Deal: Akquisition im führenden Lithium-Salar in Chile

Wealth Minerals (V.WML) sichert sich ein signifikantes Landpaket in der renommiertesten Lithium-Förderregion in Chile. Wealth's neue Konzessionen werden direkt an SQM und Rockwood angrenzen, welche in dieser Top-Region sehr profitabel 100% des Lithium-Angebots in Chile bereitstellen..

Link: http://rohstoffaktien.blogspot.de/2016/08/wealth-minerals-mit-meilenstein-deal.html

Figure 1: Wealth’s newly acquired Atacama Project. SQM and Albemarle
both produce lithium carbonate from concessions held by CORFO.

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Figure 2: Wealth’s total current lithium project position in northern Chile: the Atacama and Trinity Projects

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Wealth Minerals mit Meilenstein-Deal: Akquisition im führenden Lithium-Salar in Chile

Wealth Minerals (V.WML) sichert sich ein signifikantes Landpaket in der renommiertesten Lithium-Förderregion in Chile. Wealth's neue Konzessionen werden direkt an SQM und Rockwood angrenzen, welche in dieser Top-Region sehr profitabel 100% des Lithium-Angebots in Chile bereitstellen..

Wealth Signs LOI for Option to Acquire Atacama Project, Salar de Atacama, Chile

August 04, 2016

Increases Chilean Lithium Projects Area to Over 50,000 Hectares

Vancouver, British Columbia: Wealth Minerals Ltd. (the “Company” or “Wealth”) - (TSXV: WML; OTCQB: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; Frankfurt: EJZ), announces that it has executed a Letter of Intent (the “LOI”) dated August 2, 2016 to enter into an option agreement giving it the right to acquire a 100% royalty-free interest in 144 exploration concessions (the “Concessions”) referred to as the “Proyecto Atacama Lithium” and located in the Atacama Salar in Region II of Antofagasta, northern Chile.

Henk Van Alphen, Wealth’s CEO, commented “The Atacama Salar is a premier lithium asset, which accounts for about a third of annual global lithium production. Chile is a great mining jurisdiction and we are delighted to be a part of that country’s burgeoning lithium industry. Wealth’s position in Atacama will firmly place the Company in an exclusive peer group and the team looks forward to exciting times as we advance the Atacama and Trinity Projects..”

Link: http://www.wealthminerals.com/news/2016/08/04/wealth-signs-loi-for-option-to-acquire-atacama-project-salar-de-atacama-chile

Figure 1: Wealth’s newly acquired Atacama Project. SQM and Albemarle
both produce lithium carbonate from concessions held by CORFO.

Quelle: wealthminerals.com

Figure 2: Wealth’s total current lithium project position in northern Chile: the Atacama and Trinity Projects

Quelle: wealthminerals.com

Interview mit Erfolgsunternehmer Paul Matysek über Tesla, den Lithium-Markt und Lithium X

Paul Matysek, Chairman von Highflyer Lithium X (V.LIX) gibt informative Einblicke - credit to FMT:

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Energie für die Zukunft: Nevada-Explorer Lithium X startet an der TSX-Venture

Die Aktie der neuen Firma Lithium X (V.LIX) startet mit einem Kursfeuerwerk an der kanadischen TSX-Venture Börse und legte gestern in der Spitze fast 300% zu (Link)..

Link: http://rohstoffaktien.blogspot.in/2015/12/energie-fur-die-zukunft-nevada-explorer.html

Lithium-Markt: Glänzender Nachfrage-Ausblick

Hierzu ein aktueller Bericht auf Mining.com:

Lithium could be the new gasoline as Tesla stokes demand

Struggling with toxic air pollution levels, China is looking to alternative fuels with renewed urgency. Battery grade lithium prices have spiked in the country since 2015, with the domestic rate of electric vehicle production reaching 37,000 units through May; its highest point in the year so far according to the latest reports. The appetite for electric vehicles is one that is being increasingly endorsed by government authorities as subsidies and tax breaks are hastily introduced to offset the more expensive retail prices. Bloomberg estimates that 35% of light vehicles sold will be electric by 2040, generating a battery market worth a projected US$250 billion.

With the swell of recent battery orders, lithium prices climbed another 5.5% through June 2016. Panasonic, a leading provider in the industry, predicts that it will double battery sales by 2020. Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed a concurrent demand story: Lithium prices are up 43% so far this year, while the cost of intermediate refining product, lithium carbonate, jumped 4.3% through June 2016. Analyst expect prices to continue inflating throughout the rest of the year as industry majors struggle to expand their lithium output and gain access to raw materials.

Tesla has invested heavily in the renewable energy source. Elon Musk’s $5 billion Gigafactory development in Nevada is only 15% completed, but the company estimates it will be able to churn out half a million electric vehicles annually by 2018..

Link: http://www.mining.com/lithium-could-be-the-new-gasoline-as-tesla-stokes-demand/

Quelle: mining.com, BMI

Markt für Lithium-Ionen-Batterien: Großes Wachstum vorprogrammiert

Hierzu eine informative Übersicht der vielen Verwendungsmöglichkeiten von Big Player Albemarle (ALB):

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Big Picture: Förder-Kosten der größten Lithium-Produzenten der Welt

Bei den aktuellen Lithium-Preisen bleibt bei den meisten Produzenten schon ein schöner Gewinn hängen. Die in Chile aktiven SQM und Rockwood gehören zu den Kostenführern unter den größten Lithium-Produzenten und haben wesentlich geringere Kosten als die chinesischen Förderer..

Quelle: Roskill Estimates