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Nicholas LePan Apr 14, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [RioTinto Strikes Lithium Pay Dirt in California](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/riotinto-strikes-lithium-pay-dirt-in-california) Rio Tinto (ASX: LON, NYSE: RIO) has started lithium production from waste rock at a test plant located at a borates mine in California. Nicholas LePan Apr 7, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [BMW Inks $335-Million Lithium Deal](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/bwm-inks-335-million-lithium-deal) Automaker BMW has officially signed a Eur285 million ($334.4 million) deal with US-based Livent for the supply of lithium directly to BMW's battery... Nicholas LePan Mar 31, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [Lundin Mining Looking for Discovery Near Fruta Del Norte, Ecuador](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/lundin-mining-looking-for-discovery-near-fruta-del-norte-ecuador) Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has begun a 9,000-metre exploration drill program. Nicholas LePan Mar 24, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [“Golden Age of Discovery”: BHP to Open Exploration Office in Toronto, Canada](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/golden-age-of-discovery-bhp-to-open-exploration-office-in-toronto-canada) At the 2021 PDAC conference, keynote speaker Laura Tyler, Chief Technical Officer for BHP, noted that she sees the mineral exploration industry... Nicholas LePan Mar 17, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [Tesla Secures Nickel Supply and a New Role in Mining](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/tesla-secures-nickel-supply-and-a-new-role-in-mining) Elon Musk has called nickel Tesla’s “biggest concern.” Nicholas LePan Mar 3, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [NexGen Secures $150 million for “World-Class” Uranium Deposit, Athabasca, Canada](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/nexgen-secures-150-million-for-world-class-uranium-deposit-athabasca-canada) NexGen Resources (TSX-V: NXE) announced the closing of a financing for CDN$150 million, led by Canaccord Genuity. Nicholas LePan Feb 24, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [Barrick No Longer Eyeing Neighbor’s Lawn as Copper Prices Improve its own Lot](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/barrick-no-longer-eyeing-neighbors-lawn-as-copper-prices-improve-its-own-lot) In an interview with Bloomberg, Bristow revealed that the grass on the other side is expensive and ignores the company’s own copper projects’ green... Nicholas LePan Feb 17, 2021 Press Releases ### [Prospector Launches New Interactive Mexico Target Map](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/prospector-launches-new-interactive-mexico-target-map) A Powerful Combination of Interactive Geospatial Mapping and AI-Powered Search and Insights Modernizes Research and Investment in Mining Prospector Feb 17, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [Mining News Roundup, Feb 10 2021](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/friedlands-ivanhoe-hopes-for-continued-copper-exploration-success-in-drc) Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) plans to conduct a $16-million exploration program on its Western Foreland exploration licenses. Nicholas LePan Feb 10, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [Mining News Roundup, Feb 3 2021](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/australian-mining-billionaire-targets-german-lithium-project-for-development) Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart buys into a German lithium project being developed to bring the battery chemical to Europe for the continent’s... Nicholas LePan Feb 3, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [Deep Sea Mining Ready to Surface: DeepGreen Releases Ocean Mineral Resource Estimate](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/deep-sea-mining-ready-to-surface-deepgreen-releases-ocean-mineral-resource-estimate) DeepGreen Metals, a company exploring the ocean for polymetallic nodules has released a resource from its ocean floor exploration contract.  Nicholas LePan Jan 28, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [‘Revenge of the Miners,’ Friedland Declares Dawn of New Era for Mining](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/revenge-of-the-miners-friedland-declares-dawn-of-new-era-for-mining) Legendary mining financier, Robert Friedland, speaking at British Columbia's Association for Mineral Exploration conference, outlined that a post... Nicholas LePan Jan 20, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [From Offshore Oil to Offshore Metals, Norway Plans to Dive Deep for Mining](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/from-offshore-oil-to-offshore-metals-norway-plans-to-dive-deep-for-mining) Norway is preparing for an environmental impact study needed to open areas of its seabed mineral exploration and production. Nicholas LePan Jan 13, 2021 Weekly Nugget ### [Canadian Government Blocks Sale of Arctic Mine to Chinese Gold Miner, Agnico Eagle Swoops In](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/canadian-government-blocks-sale-of-arctic-mine-to-chinese-gold-miner-agnico-eagle-swoops-in) TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) efforts to sell its Hope Bay Gold Project to Shandong Gold Mining had been abruptly ended by the Canadian Government,... Nicholas LePan Jan 6, 2021 [1](https://thenugget.prospectorportal.com/page/1) ... 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