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This Lithium Asset in Nevada Could Supply Tesla’s Gigafactory

This Lithium Asset in Nevada Could Supply Tesla’s Gigafactory
One metal where demand is soaring is lithium which is used in rechargeable batteries for smartphones, Ipads and electric vehicles. A game changing event occurred this past week when Albemarle (ALB) paid over $6.2 billion to buy the world's largest publicly traded lithium producer Rockwood Holdings (ROC). This is one of the largest chemical deals and the lithium industries biggest M&A transaction in history. Demand has doubled in the past decade as lithium ion battery use has grown in mobile technology. Growth in the lithium sector has been far outpacing other sectors. Some experts believe demand could even grow faster over the next decade especially as electric vehicles gain market share. The key for investors is finding potential sources of the raw material in North America.
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Battery Market Is Powering Up Demand For This Lithium Asset In Nevada

Battery Market Is Powering Up Demand For This Lithium Asset In Nevada
The recent news that electric car maker Tesla (TSLA) is planning to construct the biggest lithium-ion battery plant right here in the USA may be validating our long term buy and hold investment thesis in this once ignored sector. Tesla has announced that they are planning to produce an affordable electric car for the US market within three years. This is a huge catalyst for the North American lithium and graphite miners who will be able to supply companies like Tesla. Battery manufacturing could be a major area of economic growth over the coming decades. Similar to the internal combustion engine, lithium-ion batteries could revolutionize transportation over the coming decades and reduce the world's carbon emissions. Tesla has a market cap of $31 billion and may now be on the lookout for some of our lithium and graphite juniors in North America that we have been writing about for many years that are still trading for pennies on the dollar but are on the verge of major breakouts.
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Li-Ion Battery Sector Could Power Up a Portfolio

Li-Ion Battery Sector Could Power Up a Portfolio
Usually after PDAC the large mining convention in Toronto ends there tends to be a hang over from all the partying and promoting. Stocks have tended to pullback and volume dwindled. However, I am keeping a close eye on the lithium sector which continues to be quite exciting and generating a lot of investment interest as the lithium price continues to soar. "For 10 or 12 years, (Argentina) was a do-not-invest zone. The tone of doing business has just swung 180 degrees," said Tom Hodgson, the chief executive of Western Lithium, which is developing a project in the country due to begin production next year. Argentina now has a "major opportunity" to build a lithium export business, Hodgson told Reuters earlier this month at a mining conference in Toronto. Western Lithium is working with Korean steelmaker POSCO, whose chairman was in Argentina last month to meet with Macri and begin the construction of a new lithium plant, due to begin commercial production within a year..."
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Jeb Handwerger: “Picking the top 2 Stocks on OTCQX® in 2014 is a Great Blessing”

Jeb Handwerger: “Picking the top 2 Stocks on OTCQX® in 2014 is a Great Blessing”
In 2014, something very interesting happened. Despite the bear market in the junior sector, two mining companies, which I'm a shareholder of and which I spoke about numerous times in 2014, led the entire OTCQX. No. 1 was Western Lithium USA Corp. (WLC:TSX; WLCDF:OTCQX). No. 2 was NioCorp Developments Ltd. (NB:TSX). Western Lithium had a 2,566% increase in daily trading volume in 2014. NioCorp gained 394% in market cap. They were the top two of the best 50 OTCQX® companies. Picking the top 2 out of 10,000 public companies from all over the world during the worst bear market in mining history and an unprecedented stock market bubble has been a great blessing. This is why investors are attracted to the junior mining sector. If you do your homework and pick the stories that have exceptional fundamentals, you can realize exceptional gains. Two gains like that can offset a lot of losses.
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Major Bullish Breakout in Precious Metals and Copper, Two Junior Miners Lead OTCQX in 2014

Major Bullish Breakout in Precious Metals and Copper, Two Junior Miners Lead OTCQX in 2014
Mining is not dead and still leads to the best outsized gains if you do your homework as evidenced by two of our top recommendations in 2014. Two of my featured Junior Mining Stocks lead the entire OTCQX in 2014, a global marketplace with over 10k public companies in all sectors. This is amazing as it occurred during the worst bear market in mining history and the huge bubble in biotech, housing and financials. Despite this macro trend against wealth in the earth assets two of our featured companies rose to the top of the entire marketplace. #1 Western Lithium, #2 Niocorp. Western Lithium had a 2,566% increase in daily traded volume in 2014 while Niocorp gained 394% on the year.
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How To Find The Junior Mining Winners During a Historic Bear Market in Natural Resources

How To Find The Junior Mining Winners During a Historic Bear Market in Natural Resources
Despite the TSX Venture being down over 25% this year, three of our featured stocks had great gains. Niocorp (NB.V or NIOBF) is up 387% on the year, Western Lithium (WLC.TO or WLCDF) soars 127% in 2014 and Canamex (CSQ.V or CNMXF) rose 108% this year. In a historic bear market, 9 out of 10 stocks fail. As the old adage states, "When they raid the house, they get them all." However, I have been blessed in that most of our featured companies are hanging in there and two of them more than doubled and one almost quadrupled in one of the worst years in resource history. This indicates to me that our system of research and due diligence is improving and should show outsized gains once the 200 day moving average begins sloping higher.
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Is Chile’s Mining Industry About To Boom After Election?

Is Chile’s Mining Industry About To Boom After Election?
For many months now I have related to my subscribers that the pro capitalist movement in Chile was growing stronger and that a rally could begin in the Chilean junior miners as the country turns more pro-busines. I highlighted for close to a year now that maybe Argentina was getting a bit overpriced and we should look at Chile for the critical lithium supplies. Over the weekend the runoff election was announced and my forecast of Chile turning pro business was spot on. Conservative candidate Pinera won by a huge margin pledging to rebuild the economy and open up the country to foreign investment. He won more votes than any other president indicating the people of Chile want the economy to rebound.
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Goldstocktrades.com Picks #1 Stock on TSX Venture For Two Years In a Row

Goldstocktrades.com Picks #1 Stock on TSX Venture For Two Years In a Row
In this small cap arena its easy to find people who talk a big game but an investor should ask do you have examples of winners. I have been blessed to pick some of the top performers during one of the worst bear markets in resources ever. It is with great honor and privilege to announce that I have been blessed to find the top junior mining performers on the TSXV for the past two years. Thank you to my subscribers who are incredibly intelligent and some of the most astute readers in the entire mining sector.
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Global Economy Making Clean Energy Transition From Fossil Fuels to Renewables

Global Economy Making Clean Energy Transition From Fossil Fuels to Renewables
According to recent Washington Post article, 2015 was a breakout year for clean energy investments with over $325 billion invested into the sector. What is shocking about this figure is that it happened during a year when oil crashed from above $100 per barrel to 10 year lows. Why are lithium stocks soaring and renewable energy demand increasing when oil is so cheap?
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Precious Metals and US Treasuries Seen as Safe Haven as Oil and Stocks Crash in 2016

Precious Metals and US Treasuries Seen as Safe Haven as Oil and Stocks Crash in 2016
It is important to study the beginning of trading in January as major pools of capital tend to re-position around this time for the new year 2016. So far this year it has been ugly, one of the worst starts in history. Oil is crashing below $30 down over 20% year to date. The Nasdaq and Russell 2000 are already down more than 10% year to date. Mostly all markets are in the red except precious metals and treasuries.
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