• Fin Resources acquires three highly prospective lithium projects in Quebec, Canada
  • Midas enters into a non-binding agreement to earn into 80% of mineral rights at the Yellowknife project 
  • Dart Mining kicks off 3,000m diamond drilling program at the Dorchap lithium project 

All your lithium news, Wednesday April 5.

 

Battery electric vehicle sales in Australia grew by 19.5% on March 2022 figures as consumer demand for EVs continues to outstrip supply.

The latest figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) shows EVs now make up 6.8% of the total 97,251 of new vehicle sales, indicating that where possible, Australians will opt to buy them.

FCAI CEO Tony Weber said March was a solid month for new car sales given the supply constraints car makers are facing both domestically and internationally.

“Year-to-date sales have increased 2.5 per cent, which is a better indicator of the underlying strength of the market.

“But if we want more zero- and low-emission vehicles on our roads, then we must provide the necessary recharging infrastructure and move to implement an ambitious yet achievable fuel efficiency standard, which will encourage manufacturers to allocate more of the limited supply to Australia,” he added.

Toyota led the market with a total of 13,223 vehicles sold, followed by Mazda (8,243), Ford (6,485), Kia (6,403) and Mitsubishi (5,863).

 

Here’s how ASX lithium stocks are tracking:

CODE COMPANY PRICE RETURN TODAY % MARKET CAP
DTM Dart Mining NL 0.068 33% $7,936,649
FG1 Flynngold 0.096 20% $8,229,883
LLO Lion One Metals Ltd 1.1 18% $11,168,336
KZR Kalamazoo Resources 0.15 15% $19,476,519
AUN Aurumin 0.032 14% $5,537,230
AX8 Accelerate Resources 0.026 13% $8,684,840
QPM Queensland Pacific 0.145 12% $227,025,230
TUL Tulla Resources 0.29 12% $83,669,041
LPD Lepidico Ltd 0.011 10% $76,377,717
QXR Qx Resources Limited 0.036 9% $29,596,457
VMC Venus Metals Cor Ltd 0.185 9% $30,273,376
SRI Sipa Resources Ltd 0.026 8% $5,475,795
G88 Golden Mile Res Ltd 0.013 8% $3,161,187
INF Infinity Lithium 0.135 8% $57,824,012
PGD Peregrine Gold 0.405 8% $18,032,726
LRD Lordresourceslimited 0.215 8% $7,246,424
CXO Core Lithium 0.86 7% $1,493,288,519
TON Triton Min Ltd 0.032 7% $41,483,525
KGD Kula Gold Limited 0.016 7% $5,418,179
EVR Ev Resources Ltd 0.016 7% $14,039,761
PNN Power Minerals Ltd 0.45 6% $30,704,483
RAS Ragusa Minerals Ltd 0.096 5% $12,976,490
MMC Mitremining 0.29 5% $10,514,653
MM1 Midasmineralsltd 0.195 5% $10,569,376
KAI Kairos Minerals Ltd 0.021 5% $39,281,870
IPT Impact Minerals 0.0105 5% $24,813,706
SRZ Stellar Resources 0.011 5% $10,548,625
CY5 Cygnus Metals Ltd 0.22 5% $38,613,585
TKM Trek Metals Ltd 0.07 4% $24,384,321
TMB Tambourahmetals 0.091 3% $3,624,949
ZNC Zenith Minerals Ltd 0.155 3% $52,755,907
LIT Lithium Australia 0.033 3% $39,078,134
LEL Lithenergy 0.66 3% $38,496,000
OCN Oceanalithiumlimited 0.34 3% $12,400,245
NWM Norwest Minerals 0.042 2% $10,142,220
CAI Calidus Resources 0.22 2% $94,503,431
M2R Miramar 0.044 2% $3,359,235
JRL Jindalee Resources 2.4 2% $134,840,570
LTR Liontown Resources 2.64 2% $5,693,997,499
LKE Lake Resources 0.4675 2% $654,324,565
LIS Lisenergylimited 0.33 2% $53,922,111
EMC Everest Metals Corp 0.07 1% $7,343,885
EUR European Lithium Ltd 0.072 1% $105,735,981
SYA Sayona Mining Ltd 0.1975 1% $1,733,949,571
ESS Essential Metals Ltd 0.4875 1% $129,769,847
GL1 Globallith 1.405 0% $298,442,558
ADV Ardiden Ltd 0.008 0% $21,506,683
1MC Morella Corporation 0.009 0% $54,887,224
AML Aeon Metals Ltd. 0.023 0% $25,217,214
AVZ AVZ Minerals Ltd 0.78 0% $2,752,409,203
RLC Reedy Lagoon Corp. 0.008 0% $4,533,757
TKL Traka Resources 0.006 0% $4,336,647
BMM Balkanminingandmin 0.24 0% $10,745,283
ARN Aldoro Resources 0.185 0% $20,888,779
CHR Charger Metals 0.315 0% $13,770,026
AM7 Arcadia Minerals 0.2 0% $9,339,578
BYH Bryah Resources Ltd 0.022 0% $6,187,576
EMS Eastern Metals 0.062 0% $2,421,994
GSM Golden State Mining 0.034 0% $3,978,483
RAG Ragnar Metals Ltd 0.016 0% $6,066,958
CTN Catalina Resources 0.005 0% $6,192,434
TEM Tempest Minerals 0.02 0% $10,130,057
WCN White Cliff Min Ltd 0.007 0% $5,488,381
WML Woomera Mining Ltd 0.01 0% $9,561,612
MTM Mtmongerresources 0.115 0% $8,137,428
AZI Altamin Limited 0.0705 0% $27,616,031
ENT Enterprise Metals 0.009 0% $6,345,726
STM Sunstone Metals Ltd 0.0335 0% $87,784,955
NVA Nova Minerals Ltd 0.465 0% $98,063,746
RMX Red Mount Min Ltd 0.004 0% $9,087,404
MRR Minrex Resources Ltd 0.017 0% $18,442,748
A8G Australasian Metals 0.18 0% $7,410,689
EFE Eastern Resources 0.011 0% $13,661,411
MQR Marquee Resource Ltd 0.02 0% $6,544,150
AOA Ausmon Resorces 0.0045 0% $4,361,802
VKA Viking Mines Ltd 0.011 0% $11,277,843
RGL Riversgold 0.016 0% $15,127,483
THR Thor Energy PLC 0.0045 0% $6,651,508
CZL Cons Zinc Ltd 0.018 0% $8,682,441
XTC Xantippe Res Ltd 0.004 0% $42,320,399
LLI Loyal Lithium Ltd 0.32 0% $19,036,800
WMC Wiluna Mining Corp 0.205 0% $74,238,031
ZEO Zeotech Limited 0.054 0% $88,598,106
ALY Alchemy Resource Ltd 0.014 0% $16,493,068
KTA Krakatoa Resources 0.028 0% $9,651,878
DAF Discovery Alaska Ltd 0.03 0% $6,727,041
IR1 Irismetals 1.16 0% $74,506,800
DAL Dalaroometalsltd 0.059 0% $1,762,625
CMD Cassius Mining Ltd 0.022 0% $8,986,844
VSR Voltaic Strategic 0.019 0% $5,838,704
PAT Patriot Lithium 0.27 0% $16,439,626
PLS Pilbara Min Ltd 3.685 0% $11,062,669,885
WES Wesfarmers Limited 51.29 0% $58,400,610,094
INR Ioneer Ltd 0.2975 -1% $629,501,480
BNR Bulletin Res Ltd 0.089 -1% $26,423,199
IGO IGO Limited 12.4 -1% $9,496,138,375
MIN Mineral Resources. 78.13 -1% $15,264,983,847
RDT Red Dirt Metals Ltd 0.35 -1% $157,942,159
GT1 Greentechnology 0.69 -1% $133,516,875
RIO Rio Tinto Limited 116 -1% $43,706,997,036
A11 Atlantic Lithium 0.53 -2% $327,100,496
GLN Galan Lithium Ltd 1.015 -2% $317,657,444
AZL Arizona Lithium Ltd 0.05 -2% $137,239,251
LLL Leolithiumlimited 0.49 -2% $493,328,456
MNS Magnis Energy Tech 0.23 -2% $237,427,899
EMH European Metals Hldg 0.635 -2% $81,824,575
AKE Allkem Limited 11.16 -2% $7,288,431,923
CRR Critical Resources 0.041 -2% $66,979,705
FBM Future Battery 0.076 -3% $33,371,920
AAJ Aruma Resources Ltd 0.07 -3% $11,301,228
ASN Anson Resources Ltd 0.165 -3% $207,634,210
SCN Scorpion Minerals 0.066 -3% $23,508,021
VUL Vulcan Energy 5.83 -3% $862,046,159
DRE Dreadnought Resources Ltd 0.063 -3% $214,092,334
PSC Prospect Res Ltd 0.155 -3% $73,961,514
WC8 Wildcat Resources 0.031 -3% $21,184,727
AS2 Askarimetalslimited 0.41 -4% $25,512,975
AGY Argosy Minerals Ltd 0.405 -4% $589,851,149
WR1 Winsome Resources 1.49 -4% $251,150,401
PLL Piedmont Lithium Inc 0.805 -4% $363,534,360
FRS Forrestaniaresources 0.086 -4% $5,480,217
LRS Latin Resources Ltd 0.105 -5% $242,182,041
PAM Pan Asia Metals 0.305 -5% $49,633,789
GW1 Greenwing Resources 0.2 -5% $31,235,821
MLS Metals Australia 0.039 -5% $24,888,484
SGQ St George Min Ltd 0.056 -5% $49,590,122
TYX Tyranna Res Ltd 0.018 -5% $45,722,081
LNR Lanthanein Resources 0.018 -5% $21,309,936
NMT Neometals Ltd 0.5625 -5% $328,881,000
IMI Infinitymining 0.17 -6% $13,766,097
EPM Eclipse Metals 0.017 -6% $36,505,076
MXR Maximus Resources 0.04 -7% $13,719,398
LPI Lithium Pwr Int Ltd 0.31 -7% $210,747,683
LSR Lodestar Minerals 0.005 -9% $9,561,405
LRV Larvottoresources 0.14 -13% $10,760,756
FTL Firetail Resources 0.1 -17% $7,800,000
AVW Avira Resources Ltd 0.002 -33% $6,401,370
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A total of 45 companies finished in the green, 48 fell flat, and 44 tumbled into the red.

 

Who’s got news out?

FIN RESOURCES (ASX:FIN)

FIN has agreed to acquire three highly prospective lithium projects in Quebec, Canada with two of these located in the red-hot James Bay region where several ASX players – such as Patriot Battery Metals, Winsome Resources, and Battery Age Minerals – have made a move on the district’s untapped lithium potential.

Fins projects (Cancest West, Ross lithium, and Gaspe) cover a combined 130km2 with detailed mapping, outcrop sampling, and geochemical sampling to take place once the acquisition completes.

 

MIDAS MINERALS (ASX:MM1)

Midas has entered into a non-binding agreement to earn into 80% of critical minerals rights over a large (544km2) portion of Gold Terra Resource Corp’s Yellowknife project just outside of Yellowknife City in Canada.

The deal is set to provide Midas with access to a large, permitted tenement area and a significant library of exploration data in a region with known spodumene endowment.

Midas will join several groups with lithium projects nearby, including Li-FT Power and Patriot Battery Metals (ASX:PMT)

“Gold Terra has completed detailed magnetics, radiometrics, LiDAR and aerial imagery over the entire area, so we are in a position to hit the ground running in terms of lithium exploration,” Midas MD Mark Calderwood said.

 

DART MINING (ASX:DTM)

DTM has kicked off an initial 3,000m diamond drilling program at the Dorchap lithium project in Victoria, Australia.

Drilling has started with the first diamond hole at Eagle Dyke with pegmatite intersected from 77.6m down hole.

DTM says a total of five pegmatites will be tested along the northern portion of the project while rock-chip sampling crews carry out mapping and sampling work across additional LiDAR pegmatite targets.

 

NICKELSEARCH (ASX:NIS)

An independent geochemical review has highlighted the exceptional multi-commodity prospectivity at the company’s Carlingup project in Western Australia, which has flagged potential for lithium and VHMS mineralisation in addition to the nickel sulphide potential.

“It is hugely exciting to have confirmation that our tenements are prospective for many minerals that are needed in the energy transition, including lithium,” NIS MD Nicole Duncan says.

“Having areas of prospectivity highlighted independently confirms the value of examining all available data using the latest knowledge and techniques.”

 

LEO LITHIUM (ASX:LLL)

Leo Lithium has validated haulage routes at the Goulamina lithium project in Mali.

Substantial progress has been made with regards to defining the optimal materials handling solutions for delivering both direct ship ore (DSO) and spodumene concentrate to ports in Côte d’Ivoire.

Meanwhile, inspections and discussions have confirmed the suitability of the San Pedro Port in the west of Côte d’Ivoire to act as a secondary port, with Leo Lithium’s senior management driving the entire route from mine site to port in late March.

 

 

WESTERN YILGARN NL (ASX:WYX)

Western Yilgarn is developing a pipeline of promising early-stage exploration projects which it has started to systematically explore.

A lithium-bearing pegmatite has been identified over a 3km x 2km anomaly from an initial 234-hole auger geochemistry program at the Boodanoo project in Western Australia.

Next steps include a Phase-2 infill auger program will begin with targeted infill drilling to enable follow-up aircore/ RC drilling.

 

FUTURE BATTERY MINERALS (ASX:FBM)

Follow-up 2,500m reverse circulation drilling program has kicked off across the Kangaroo Hills Lithium Project (KHLP) to test the strike potential of shallow, thick, high-grade lithium discovered in Phase-1.

Of particular focus for the company is the significant intersection in drill hole KHRC011 which returned 29m at 1.36% Li20 from 38m and remains open to the east, north, and south.

FBM says drilling here aims to confirm the strike orientation with reverse circulation (RC) as a first priority with drill holes averaging a depth of 120m.

 

AZURE MINERALS (ASX:AZS)

Drilling continues to intersect spodumene mineralisation over substantial widths in the vicinity of the AP0012 and AP0011 lithium prospects at Andover.

So far, AZS has drilled four diamond holes with a fifth hole currently in progress, intersecting significant widths of spodumene-bearing pegmatites.

 

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