“E3 Lithium’s ground-breaking technology will play an important role in providing large quantities of battery grade lithium to the auto industry while also creating high quality jobs for Canadians,” François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry said. “This project will help position Canada as a world leader in batteries and will strengthen the critical minerals sector in the Calgary region.”
The SIF investment supports all aspects of E3’s resource and technology development including drilling, piloting of the company’s proprietary ion-exchange technology for lithium extraction, process development and engineering including downstream lithium hydroxide conversion. The investment also supports additional development testing during the feasibility phase and the engineering and design of a definitive feasibility study.
“The breadth of the development costs this funding covers…
