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Your lithium roundup for Friday January 12.
Forget sodium-tastic lithium killers dreamt up by AI-fulled think tanks (or at least just shift them to one side for the moment), because another new technological breakthrough (in the research stage) has come to our attention.
And the good news for lithheads is – it uses a shedload of lithium and has the potential to revolutionise EV batteries.
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have reportedly developed a new lithium metal battery that blows away charging times and capacity of current options on the market.
The new tech is a solid-state battery design that can apparently be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times and can be recharged in a matter of minutes.
And get this, no other report we’ve read on this seems to think this is a coincidence or somehow portentous, but the senior researcher and author of the Harvard department’s paper published on Nature Materials is called ‘Li’.
Xin Li, to be exact, who works for a Harvard spinoff called Adden Energy.
In a media statement this week, Li noted:
“Lithium metal anode batteries are considered the holy grail of batteries because they have 10 times the capacity of commercial graphite anodes and could drastically increase the driving distance of electric vehicles.”
Li and Harvard/Adden believe the new battery design could help make EVs more affordable, noting:
“Our research is an important step toward more practical solid-state batteries for industrial and commercial applications.”
The scientists aren’t the only ones working on solid-state battery tech, of course, but they believe their tackling of a particular problem – dentrites – makes their research particularly… solid.
According to Li and the Harvard team’s research paper, one of the biggest challenges with current lithium-ion anode batteries is the formation of dendrites on the surface of the anode.
These are small fern-like growths that spread into the electrolyte, running interference between anode and cathode, and a primary reason for the shorting out of batteries and even causing them to catch fire.
Per the research, the team’s battery “sandwiches different materials of varying stabilities between the anode and cathode. This multilayer, multi-material design prevented the penetration of lithium dendrites not by stopping them altogether, but rather by controlling and containing them.”
Added Li:
“In our design, lithium metal gets wrapped around the silicon particle, like a hard chocolate shell around a hazelnut core in a chocolate truffle.”
Mmm… sounds delicious.
Meanwhile, shifting over to the ASX, here’s something, via Commsec data.
Looking through the lens of ‘broker consensus’, which is the average recommendation of five or more contributing brokers and research providers on a 1-5 scale (with 1 scored as a Strong Buy, 5 as a Strong Sell and 3 a Hold), we can tell you the following – sourced from and calculated by Morningstar.
“Strong Buys” for lithium plays on the ASX right now include the following big guns:
• Piedmont Lithium (ASX:PLL) (down -57% over the past 12 months; market cap: $128.6m)
• Patriot Battery Metals (ASX:PMT) (up 9.5% over the past 12 months; market cap: $461.1m)
• Global Lithium Resources (ASX:GL1) (down 64% over the past 12 months; market cap: $197m)
Lodestar Minerals (ASX:LSR) +33% (hmm, but on not much volume at time of writing)
MTM Critical Metals (ASX:MTM) -16%
Stellar Resources (ASX:SRZ) -13%
Scroll or swipe to reveal table. Click headings to sort. Best viewed on a laptop. (Note: figures accurate per ASX at 3pm.)
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| CODE | COMPANY | TODAY | WEEK | 1 MONTH % | 12 MONTH % | PRICE | MARKET CAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADV | Ardiden Ltd | 0% | -3% | 0% | -51% | 0.17 | $10,627,976 |
| AGY | Argosy Minerals Ltd | 2% | -9% | -13% | -82% | 0.1225 | $168,528,900 |
| 1MC | Morella Corporation | 10% | 10% | 10% | -61% | 0.0055 | $30,893,997 |
| AML | Aeon Metals Ltd. | 0% | -18% | -18% | -69% | 0.009 | $9,867,606 |
| ASN | Anson Resources Ltd | 0% | -12% | -18% | -45% | 0.115 | $147,860,004 |
| AVZ | AVZ Minerals Ltd | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.78 | $2,752,409,203 |
| CXO | Core Lithium | 8% | -19% | -16% | -82% | 0.21 | $416,702,431 |
| EMH | European Metals Hldg | -4% | -16% | -37% | -50% | 0.34 | $44,813,608 |
| EUR | European Lithium Ltd | 0% | -13% | 30% | 15% | 0.091 | $126,875,765 |
| GLN | Galan Lithium Ltd | -2% | -10% | 3% | -49% | 0.6 | $215,618,091 |
| INF | Infinity Lithium | -1% | -8% | -8% | -23% | 0.092 | $43,021,065 |
| INR | Ioneer Ltd | 2% | -12% | -5% | -71% | 0.1325 | $274,483,579 |
| JLL | Jindalee Lithium Ltd | 0% | 2% | 8% | -47% | 0.99 | $59,885,216 |
| LIT | Lithium Australia | 3% | 3% | 14% | -37% | 0.032 | $37,887,942 |
| LKE | Lake Resources | 0% | -8% | -8% | -86% | 0.115 | $163,581,141 |
| LPD | Lepidico Ltd | 0% | -6% | -6% | -53% | 0.0075 | $57,287,310 |
| LPI | Lithium Pwr Int Ltd | 0% | -1% | 3% | 18% | 0.555 | $353,852,270 |
| LTR | Liontown Resources | 0% | -6% | 12% | 0% | 1.5 | $3,632,977,133 |
| MIN | Mineral Resources. | -1% | -8% | 2% | -28% | 63.2 | $12,421,664,278 |
| MLS | Metals Australia | 0% | -3% | -3% | -35% | 0.034 | $21,217,230 |
| AKE | Allkem Limited | 0% | 0% | 18% | -13% | 9.83 | $6,304,350,967 |
| PLL | Piedmont Lithium Inc | -4% | -12% | -13% | -56% | 0.345 | $132,349,248 |
| PLS | Pilbara Min Ltd | 0% | -2% | 5% | -5% | 3.79 | $11,375,788,832 |
| QPM | Queensland Pacific | -1% | -4% | -2% | -55% | 0.05 | $101,633,286 |
| PSC | Prospect Res Ltd | -5% | -8% | -1% | -29% | 0.084 | $40,773,213 |
| RLC | Reedy Lagoon Corp. | 0% | 0% | 0% | -48% | 0.005 | $3,097,704 |
| SYA | Sayona Mining Ltd | 1% | -13% | -3% | -76% | 0.0555 | $566,131,281 |
| TKL | Traka Resources | 0% | -33% | -36% | -68% | 0.002 | $1,750,659 |
| TON | Triton Min Ltd | 0% | -6% | 0% | -41% | 0.022 | $34,350,639 |
| VUL | Vulcan Energy | -1% | -13% | 0% | -69% | 2.2 | $383,722,808 |
| GL1 | Globallith | -6% | -35% | -40% | -66% | 0.75 | $208,212,239 |
| BMM | Balkanminingandmin | 0% | -20% | -23% | -69% | 0.1 | $7,104,051 |
| LEL | Lithenergy | 1% | -4% | -4% | -31% | 0.535 | $54,595,300 |
| ARN | Aldoro Resources | 1% | -18% | 18% | -60% | 0.098 | $13,058,503 |
| NMT | Neometals Ltd | -9% | 5% | 11% | -77% | 0.205 | $140,105,321 |
| IGO | IGO Limited | 2% | -6% | 1% | -44% | 8.135 | $6,020,279,113 |
| AAJ | Aruma Resources Ltd | 0% | -4% | -13% | -60% | 0.026 | $5,119,179 |
| PAM | Pan Asia Metals | 0% | -23% | 32% | -57% | 0.165 | $27,689,768 |
| AX8 | Accelerate Resources | -3% | -15% | -6% | 42% | 0.034 | $20,058,561 |
| AM7 | Arcadia Minerals | 0% | 1% | -5% | -70% | 0.07 | $7,633,507 |
| AS2 | Askarimetalslimited | 0% | 0% | 6% | -75% | 0.17 | $13,217,536 |
| BYH | Bryah Resources Ltd | 0% | 0% | 0% | -49% | 0.013 | $5,636,894 |
| EMS | Eastern Metals | 0% | 0% | 33% | -51% | 0.036 | $2,967,345 |
| FG1 | Flynngold | -3% | 14% | -10% | -42% | 0.057 | $8,597,731 |
| FRS | Forrestaniaresources | 10% | 21% | 21% | -78% | 0.034 | $5,015,358 |
| GSM | Golden State Mining | 0% | -10% | -19% | -73% | 0.013 | $3,631,818 |
| IMI | Infinitymining | 0% | 0% | -14% | -51% | 0.12 | $14,250,407 |
| LRV | Larvottoresources | 0% | -6% | -8% | -52% | 0.068 | $15,205,592 |
| MMC | Mitremining | 0% | -2% | -8% | -18% | 0.23 | $13,038,154 |
| RAG | Ragnar Metals Ltd | 4% | 0% | 9% | 94% | 0.024 | $10,901,562 |
| CTN | Catalina Resources | 0% | 0% | 0% | -50% | 0.004 | $4,953,948 |
| TMB | Tambourahmetals | -4% | -4% | -18% | 10% | 0.115 | $9,952,842 |
| TEM | Tempest Minerals | 13% | 0% | 13% | -67% | 0.009 | $4,091,068 |
| EMC | Everest Metals Corp | -1% | -2% | -14% | -5% | 0.081 | $13,389,215 |
| WCN | White Cliff Min Ltd | 0% | 11% | -9% | -23% | 0.01 | $12,765,593 |
| WML | Woomera Mining Ltd | 4% | -7% | -16% | 53% | 0.026 | $30,453,475 |
| AZL | Arizona Lithium Ltd | 4% | -13% | -33% | -60% | 0.027 | $97,678,643 |
| CRR | Critical Resources | 3% | -8% | -16% | -60% | 0.0185 | $32,001,305 |
| KGD | Kula Gold Limited | 0% | 0% | -27% | -41% | 0.016 | $6,709,852 |
| LRS | Latin Resources Ltd | 2% | -8% | 7% | 92% | 0.23 | $628,606,395 |
| PNN | Power Minerals Ltd | 0% | -7% | -10% | -65% | 0.19 | $16,601,459 |
| WR1 | Winsome Resources | 3% | -22% | -25% | -58% | 0.78 | $141,234,639 |
| KZR | Kalamazoo Resources | -2% | 20% | 20% | -44% | 0.1325 | $23,357,406 |
| MTM | MTM Critical Metals | -16% | -12% | 304% | 26% | 0.097 | $11,435,265 |
| QXR | Qx Resources Limited | -4% | -8% | -4% | -55% | 0.022 | $25,531,791 |
| SCN | Scorpion Minerals | -6% | -6% | -30% | -57% | 0.03 | $13,102,598 |
| AZI | Altamin Limited | 0% | 11% | 15% | -22% | 0.06 | $25,687,316 |
| ENT | Enterprise Metals | 0% | 0% | 0% | -56% | 0.004 | $3,207,884 |
| KAI | Kairos Minerals Ltd | 0% | -10% | -19% | -38% | 0.013 | $34,071,858 |
| STM | Sunstone Metals Ltd | 0% | -7% | -7% | -66% | 0.013 | $45,340,553 |
| PGD | Peregrine Gold | 5% | 9% | 24% | -31% | 0.305 | $19,428,979 |
| AVW | Avira Resources Ltd | 0% | 33% | 0% | -33% | 0.002 | $4,267,580 |
| NVA | Nova Minerals Ltd | 6% | -7% | 6% | -51% | 0.34 | $67,484,788 |
| GT1 | Greentechnology | -2% | -20% | -18% | -76% | 0.225 | $72,967,982 |
| BNR | Bulletin Res Ltd | 4% | 4% | 22% | 27% | 0.14 | $39,637,799 |
| CAI | Calidus Resources | 9% | 1% | 21% | -40% | 0.2175 | $122,354,269 |
| MRR | Minrex Resources Ltd | -7% | -13% | -18% | -66% | 0.014 | $16,273,013 |
| A8G | Australasian Metals | -7% | -7% | -13% | -33% | 0.14 | $7,818,074 |
| EFE | Eastern Resources | 0% | 0% | -11% | -58% | 0.008 | $9,935,572 |
| MQR | Marquee Resource Ltd | -4% | 0% | -7% | -25% | 0.027 | $11,574,763 |
| SRZ | Stellar Resources | -13% | -13% | -13% | -46% | 0.007 | $9,192,212 |
| LSR | Lodestar Minerals | 33% | 0% | -11% | -20% | 0.004 | $6,070,192 |
| NWM | Norwest Minerals | 4% | -16% | -7% | -40% | 0.027 | $7,476,807 |
| AOA | Ausmon Resorces | 0% | 0% | 0% | -50% | 0.003 | $3,020,998 |
| VKA | Viking Mines Ltd | 7% | 14% | 45% | 100% | 0.016 | $15,378,876 |
| IPT | Impact Minerals | 8% | 18% | 30% | 86% | 0.013 | $34,376,447 |
| SRI | Sipa Resources Ltd | 0% | -4% | -22% | -19% | 0.025 | $5,703,953 |
| VMC | Venus Metals Cor Ltd | 3% | 3% | 3% | 36% | 0.1025 | $18,972,868 |
| RGL | Riversgold | 0% | -8% | -14% | -57% | 0.012 | $11,611,937 |
| ZNC | Zenith Minerals Ltd | 0% | 7% | 11% | -42% | 0.15 | $52,857,132 |
| RAS | Ragusa Minerals Ltd | 0% | -6% | -18% | -73% | 0.033 | $4,705,760 |
| G88 | Golden Mile Res Ltd | 0% | -10% | -14% | -11% | 0.018 | $5,929,011 |
| EPM | Eclipse Metals | 25% | 43% | 25% | -58% | 0.01 | $16,500,434 |
| EVR | Ev Resources Ltd | 17% | 8% | 56% | 0% | 0.014 | $13,195,060 |
| WC8 | Wildcat Resources | 3% | -8% | -11% | 2025% | 0.6375 | $741,419,636 |
| MNS | Magnis Energy Tech | 0% | 0% | 0% | -90% | 0.042 | $50,378,922 |
| RIO | Rio Tinto Limited | 1% | -3% | 1% | 9% | 129.855 | $47,664,161,878 |
| THR | Thor Energy PLC | 3% | 10% | 14% | -47% | 0.032 | $5,767,126 |
| YAR | Yari Minerals Ltd | 0% | -9% | 0% | -44% | 0.01 | $4,823,578 |
| MXR | Maximus Resources | -4% | 26% | 8% | 0% | 0.043 | $14,427,260 |
| DRE | Dreadnought Resources Ltd | 0% | -4% | -16% | -72% | 0.027 | $93,934,970 |
| MM1 | Midasmineralsltd | 0% | -7% | 13% | -35% | 0.13 | $11,277,142 |
| M2R | Miramar | 0% | 19% | -11% | -67% | 0.025 | $3,721,739 |
| LLI | Loyal Lithium Ltd | 9% | -18% | 14% | 3% | 0.36 | $27,484,815 |
| LRD | Lordresourceslimited | 0% | -5% | -15% | -71% | 0.062 | $2,302,192 |
| WMC | Wiluna Mining Corp | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.205 | $74,238,031 |
| AUN | Aurumin | 0% | 12% | 32% | -54% | 0.029 | $10,394,849 |
| ZEO | Zeotech Limited | 3% | 0% | -14% | -25% | 0.03 | $50,269,269 |
| ALY | Alchemy Resource Ltd | -10% | -10% | 0% | -63% | 0.009 | $11,780,763 |
| LIS | Lisenergylimited | 0% | -6% | -14% | -58% | 0.155 | $99,231,036 |
| GW1 | Greenwing Resources | 0% | -12% | 15% | -59% | 0.115 | $20,038,920 |
| KTA | Krakatoa Resources | -3% | -26% | -33% | -36% | 0.028 | $13,691,109 |
| TYX | Tyranna Res Ltd | 0% | -6% | 0% | -29% | 0.017 | $55,886,231 |
| DAF | Discovery Alaska Ltd | -7% | -17% | 47% | -14% | 0.025 | $6,324,337 |
| FTL | Firetail Resources | 0% | -1% | -22% | -58% | 0.07 | $10,423,389 |
| IR1 | Irismetals | -2% | -10% | -22% | -27% | 0.845 | $111,357,085 |
| LNR | Lanthanein Resources | -5% | 0% | -9% | -52% | 0.01 | $13,543,025 |
| DAL | Dalaroometalsltd | 0% | 0% | 4% | -76% | 0.025 | $2,068,750 |
| TKM | Trek Metals Ltd | -5% | -3% | -17% | -49% | 0.038 | $20,523,074 |
| CY5 | Cygnus Metals Ltd | -4% | -8% | -12% | -74% | 0.115 | $34,987,097 |
| TUL | Tulla Resources | 0% | -100% | -100% | -100% | 0 | $118,262,971 |
| WES | Wesfarmers Limited | 1% | 2% | 6% | 22% | 57.72 | $64,988,357,915 |
| LLL | Leolithiumlimited | 0% | 0% | 0% | -8% | 0.505 | $498,553,663 |
| OCN | Oceanalithiumlimited | -2% | -22% | -31% | -80% | 0.09 | $4,975,038 |
| A11 | Atlantic Lithium | 2% | -1% | -17% | -35% | 0.425 | $261,625,744 |
| CMD | Cassius Mining Ltd | 0% | -10% | 3% | 71% | 0.036 | $18,093,980 |
| VSR | Voltaic Strategic | -5% | -5% | -14% | -31% | 0.018 | $9,178,974 |
| SGQ | St George Min Ltd | -3% | -3% | 6% | -52% | 0.034 | $34,444,503 |
| LLO | Lion One Metals Ltd | 2% | -5% | -5% | -21% | 0.9 | $13,486,634 |
| PAT | Patriot Lithium | 3% | -8% | -13% | -48% | 0.165 | $10,962,741 |
| PL3 | Patagonia Lithium | 0% | -7% | 0% | 0% | 0.13 | $6,386,705 |
| BUR | Burleyminerals | 0% | -12% | -6% | -24% | 0.145 | $14,978,030 |
| CHR | Charger Metals | 13% | 6% | -20% | -64% | 0.175 | $11,270,727 |
| RMX | Red Mount Min Ltd | 0% | 0% | 0% | -40% | 0.003 | $8,020,728 |
| DLI | Delta Lithium | -2% | -28% | -28% | -27% | 0.325 | $234,774,505 |
| LM1 | Leeuwin Metals Ltd | 8% | 0% | -22% | 0% | 0.14 | $6,090,717 |
| ENT | Enterprise Metals | 0% | 0% | 0% | -56% | 0.004 | $3,207,884 |
| FIN | FIN Resources Ltd | 5% | -5% | 17% | 24% | 0.021 | $12,985,374 |
| DTM | Dart Mining NL | 0% | 0% | 0% | -74% | 0.016 | $3,641,274 |
| NIS | Nickelsearch | 5% | -1% | -16% | -56% | 0.066 | $13,453,174 |
| EG1 | Evergreenlithium | 0% | -3% | -8% | 0% | 0.165 | $9,277,950 |
| MAN | Mandrake Res Ltd | -3% | -8% | -5% | -14% | 0.037 | $23,398,877 |
| FBM | Future Battery | -1% | -7% | -7% | 26% | 0.067 | $36,295,407 |
| LPM | Lithium Plus | -2% | -16% | -34% | -33% | 0.28 | $24,506,637 |
| KOB | Kobaresourceslimited | 10% | 8% | -6% | -43% | 0.077 | $7,379,167 |
| EMC | Everest Metals Corp | -1% | -2% | -14% | -5% | 0.081 | $13,389,215 |
| LRD | Lordresourceslimited | 0% | -5% | -15% | -71% | 0.062 | $2,302,192 |
| IEC | Intra Energy Corp | 0% | 0% | 0% | -63% | 0.003 | $4,982,345 |
| REC | Rechargemetals | 0% | -11% | -7% | -26% | 0.093 | $10,355,734 |
| SLM | Solismineralsltd | -9% | 0% | 7% | 56% | 0.145 | $12,544,113 |
| AZS | Azure Minerals | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1130% | 3.69 | $1,683,354,040 |
| DYM | Dynamicmetalslimited | -10% | 9% | 20% | 0% | 0.18 | $7,000,000 |
| TOR | Torque Met | -2% | 9% | 7% | 31% | 0.235 | $32,045,779 |
| SBR | Sabre Resources | -6% | -3% | 7% | -36% | 0.029 | $11,224,752 |
| ICL | Iceni Gold | 6% | 23% | 20% | -37% | 0.069 | $15,883,214 |
| TMX | Terrain Minerals | 0% | 20% | 20% | 0% | 0.006 | $8,120,567 |
| MHC | Manhattan Corp Ltd | -25% | 0% | -25% | -40% | 0.003 | $11,747,919 |
| MHK | Metalhawk. | 0% | -12% | -8% | -32% | 0.115 | $11,432,661 |
| NKL | Nickelxltd | 12% | 7% | -19% | -37% | 0.047 | $3,688,237 |
| TMB | Tambourahmetals | -4% | -4% | -18% | 10% | 0.115 | $9,952,842 |
| ANX | Anax Metals Ltd | 0% | -7% | 8% | -53% | 0.027 | $13,054,976 |
| PMT | Patriotbatterymetals | 1% | -16% | -13% | 6% | 0.91 | $456,120,145 |
| BM8 | Battery Age Minerals | 0% | 3% | 8% | -59% | 0.205 | $18,273,062 |
| L1M | Lightning Minerals | -5% | -16% | -28% | -43% | 0.105 | $4,644,757 |
| ADG | Adelong Gold Limited | 0% | -9% | 0% | -23% | 0.005 | $3,498,278 |
| TOR | Torque Met | -2% | 9% | 7% | 31% | 0.235 | $32,045,779 |
| AL8 | Alderan Resource Ltd | 0% | -17% | 0% | -50% | 0.005 | $5,534,307 |
| OZM | Ozaurum Resources | -4% | -14% | 22% | 64% | 0.12 | $19,843,750 |
| FL1 | First Lithium Ltd | -5% | -16% | -17% | 117% | 0.39 | $28,721,183 |
| PLN | Pioneer Lithium | -3% | -3% | -8% | 0% | 0.185 | $5,400,750 |
| WYX | Western Yilgarn NL | -2% | -12% | 14% | -23% | 0.092 | $4,667,805 |
| RDN | Raiden Resources Ltd | -6% | -11% | -8% | 616% | 0.034 | $95,636,344 |
| PFE | Panteraminerals | 0% | 0% | 0% | -56% | 0.051 | $6,763,750 |
| GRE | Greentechmetals | 5% | -10% | -22% | 179% | 0.39 | $24,612,605 |
| OLY | Olympio Metals Ltd | 0% | 5% | -5% | -36% | 0.105 | $6,677,947 |
| SUM | Summitminerals | 0% | -5% | -10% | -32% | 0.095 | $4,527,427 |
| JBY | James Bay Minerals | 0% | -8% | -7% | 0% | 0.275 | $8,922,375 |
| SCN | Scorpion Minerals | -6% | -6% | -30% | -57% | 0.03 | $13,102,598 |
| JNO | Juno | 0% | -15% | -2% | 5% | 0.093 | $16,920,909 |
| CC9 | Chariot Corporation | -5% | -5% | -28% | 0% | 0.52 | $40,332,362 |
| OBM | Ora Banda Mining Ltd | -2% | -2% | 2% | 164% | 0.235 | $409,624,769 |
| RON | Roninresourcesltd | 0% | -13% | -27% | 0% | 0.165 | $6,076,127 |
| ASR | Asra Minerals Ltd | 0% | 0% | 0% | -67% | 0.007 | $11,455,470 |
| PFE | Panteraminerals | 0% | 0% | 0% | -56% | 0.051 | $6,763,750 |
| TG6 | Tgmetalslimited | 3% | -4% | -52% | 218% | 0.35 | $18,389,297 |
| HAW | Hawthorn Resources | -13% | -12% | -3% | -28% | 0.087 | $33,501,561 |
| KM1 | Kalimetalslimited | -2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.65 | $50,385,783 |
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