The Mining Association of Canada says the total 10-year projected value of $82 billion for new projects remains nearly 50% below the 2014 level of $160 billion.
The Australian company wants innovators to focus environmentally friendly ways to extract metals like copper, gold, silver and cobalt from its concentrates.
The Canadian company said new target areas are along the same lithium pegmatite trend as Ganfeng and International Lithium Corporation’s Avalonia project.