Chariot Resources has nearly doubled its US lithium footprint after staking 573 new claims at its Resurgent project in the prominent McDermitt Caldera, capitalising on a recovery in battery metal prices.

Chariot Resources has added an important small-scale mining lease at Fonlo to its Nigerian lithium deal. Chariot Resources (ASX: CC9) has firmed up the company’s Nigerian lithium acquisition deal by adding a key lease in its Fonlo project area at no extra purchase cost, while extending the deal timetable. The company has also boosted its regulatory spend by converting three short-dated and small-scale mining licences into broader mining leases, offering a longer, more sec

Earth-moving equipment being used for artisanal mining activities at the Fonlo lithium project in Nigeria. Credit: File Chariot Resources (ASX: CC9) has officially shifted into high gear in West Africa, revealing that it has now secured half of the mining titles required to finalise its acquisition of a massive Nigerian lithium portfolio. The Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office has endorsed and reissued five of the ten targeted licences into the name of C&C Minerals, the joint-ve

Lithium spodumene in samples at Chariot Resources’ Fonlo and Iganna lithium projects in Nigeria. Credit: File Chariot Resources (ASX: CC9) has confirmed the presence of valuable spodumene in all six of its previously announced high-grade lithium samples taken from its green Fonlo and Iganna projects in Nigeria. Independent quantitative mineralogical analysis, completed by the University of British Columbia, identified easily processable spodumene, accounting for between 28.4

Lithium is back and the Chinese know it!

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… 88 Energy. Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File Dire straits in the Strait of Hormuz. Turns out the skinny little waterway – the one funnelling 20-25 per cent of the world’s oil and a hefty chunk of LNG – really is the artery the global economy can’t live without. And when Iran starts lashing out at anything floating within drone range, the whole system goes berserk. Oil absolutely went full rocket mode as oil tankers and cargo shi

Chariot Resources soared more than 50% after the government approved the transfer of six licences into a joint venture with local partners, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for its Nigerian lithium portfolio.

Flashback: Chariot Resources’ executive chairman Shanthar Pathmanathan rings the bell at the ASX for Chariot Resources in 2023. Credit: File In a sign that the lithium market is on its way back in a hurry, Chariot Resources (ASX: CC9) has pulled a big China-based battery materials group onto its share register, signing a binding agreement to issue 9.5m shares at 15 cents a share, representing a slight premium to the market price of 14.5c a share. The deal, which will deliver

Bags of lithium spodumene concentrate in China. Credit: File Chariot Resources (ASX: CC9) has partnered up with a China-based lithium trader to negotiate potential funding and an offtake deal for lithium from its recently acquired Nigerian project. Lithium-trader Fujian Jinjianqiao New Energy Technology has inked a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide funding for the development of an on-site processing facility for Chariot to deliver spodumene concentrat

Earth moving equipment being used for artisanal mining activities at the Fonlo project in Nigeria. Credit: File Chariot Resources Limited (ASX: CC9) has executed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shanghai GreatPower Nickel & Cobalt Materials Co. Ltd., a prominent China-based battery materials producer, to explore collaboration across its prospective Nigerian lithium portfolio. The MOU outlines potential offtake for up to 200,000 tonnes per annum of spodume

Chariot Corporation rock chip sampling at its Nigerian lithium project has identified the mauve mica mineral lepidolite as one of the lithium hosts, along with spodumene, a key source of lithium. Credit: File Chariot Corporation (ASX: CC9) has reported high-grade lithium oxide of up to 5.96% in first-pass rock chip sampling at its Fonlo and Iganna projects in southwest Nigeria, confirming the existence of fertile lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite systems and underlini

Chariot Corporation signing its Nigerian small-scale mining agreement. From left to right: Ronald Onosode, COO of Continental Lithium; Shanthar Pathmanathan, Chariot Corporation Executive Chairman and MD; and Lanre Afebuameh, President and Vice Chairman of Continental. Credit: File Perth-based lithium explorer Chariot Corporation (ASX: CC9) has moved decisively to unlock near-term cash flows from its Nigerian lithium portfolio, signing a binding agreement to formalise small-s

Samples of spodumene, quartz and muscovite collected from Chariot Corporation’s Fonlo project in southwest Nigeria. Credit: File Chariot Corporation (ASX: CC9) appears to have struck the lithium jackpot, with site visits confirming sprawling, drill-ready lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites at its Fonlo and Iganna projects in southwest Nigeria. The two projects are part of a four-project portfolio in the Oyo and Kwara States, which the company recently pounced on after

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