The early-stage study defined a 15-year, 11,000 t/d open pit operation, mining the Marban, Norlartic, Kierens, North-North and Gold Hawk deposits in Quebec.
General Motors and electric truck startup Nikola Corp will join forces to build electric pickup trucks and fuel cell commercial trucks to take on Tesla.
Funds are riding a wave of Chinese buying that has confounded the market and seen LME copper rise from its March low of $4,371 per tonne to a two-year high of $6,830.
The market analyst believes that adding lithium, titanium, bauxite and strontium to its list of critical materials brings the EU one step closer to its goal.