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Lithium drives nearly $6 million in subsurface mineral bids

Lithium drives nearly $6 million in subsurface mineral bids

Jul 11, 2024 | 10:54am
REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s first subsurface mineral public offering of the 2024-25 fiscal year, held on July 8, generated $5,935,425 in revenue, driven by interest in lithium potential. Of the 18 subsurface permits posted for this offering, 16 received acceptable bids covering 39,650.88 hectares. The permits, which are prospective for lithium, are located […]

Province Brings in Millions in Subsurface Mineral Rights Sale

Nov 24, 2022 | 9:13am

You can add another 3.3 million dollars to revenue for the government of Saskatchewan. The government held its subsurface mineral offering this week, selling 10 of these subsurface permit blocks, covering more than 136thousand  hectares. The highest bid was $2.7 million from Windfall Resources Ltd. for a 33,704.330 hectare block 30 kilometers north of Moose […]

Sask. resource gains strength with emergence of lithium

Nov 9, 2021 | 4:11pm

Saskatchewan saw its first-ever lithium well and now the province is hopeful that there is more to come. The Prairie Lithium Cooperation successfully concluded drilling its dedicated lithium brine well earlier this year in the fall. Since 2020, The Regina-bases lithium technology development company has been using proprietary technology to extract lithium from subsurface brine […]

Sask. Energy Minister excited about new lithium and helium projects

Jun 8, 2020 | 8:46am

Saskatchewan’s Energy Minister says that she’s excited about the future of the province’s energy sector as it expands into lithium and helium. Minister Bronwyn Eyre says the new lithium development project coming to southern Saskatchewan, opens a whole new market for the province. “It’s full steam ahead, I think, in terms of lithium’s potential here […]

Lithium production project coming to Saskatchewan

Jun 3, 2020 | 11:01am

A new joint lithium exploration and development project is coming to Saskatchewan. Prairie Lithium Corp. (Prairie) and LiEP Energy Ltd. (LiEP) have collaborated to start the Prairie-LiEP Critical Mineral (PLCM) Joint Venture, a two-stage pilot project that will produce lithium hydroxide from oilfield brine in Saskatchewan. The first stage is set to begin this July […]

Estevan area and Saskatchewan lithium potential focus of subsurface mineral public offering

Apr 22, 2020 | 10:16am

The Government of Saskatchewan’s Subsurface Mineral Crown Disposition Public Offering raised $169,878 in revenue on Monday. This is the first subsurface mineral offering of the 2020-21 fiscal year. There were 81 subsurface mineral permit blocks posted, totalling 141,640.79 hectares. Of the 81 blocks posted, 16 received bonus bids and consisted of 51,917.96 hectares. Sun Valley […]

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