Lithium Investments: Richard Mills: Strategic Investor For International Lithium tnr.v, czx.v, alk.ax, lmr.v, tsla, rm.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax, jnn.v, abn.v, res, mcp, avl.to, quc.v, cee.v, sqm, fmc, roc, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, lit, nsany, byddf, gm, dai, rno.pa, hev, aone, vlnc

  

  "We are always searching for the catalyst for particular investment idea. We have our big picture Macro Catalyst in action now with S&P putting US on Negative outlook and Bill Gross selling all US Treasuries. Powerful Macro trend of Peak Oil multiplied by Inflation will make Electric Cars the reality in the nearest future. Gas prices here will be the very good incentive for keeping the topic in the headlines.

  We have an industry catalyst in Electric Cars now: China has announced that Electric cars will be strategic industry in its 12th Five Year Plan, IMF talks about Peak Oil and higher Oil prices and new Electric Cars are hitting the roads and showrooms.

  On the company level catalyst comes when strategic investors are buying stakes in the new players after few months spent on full due diligence of the company and its properties. TNR Gold is already a part of Byron Lithium index and we think that International Lithium will get on the radar screens now after its IPO." 

  The story of TNR Gold and its IPO for International Lithium slowly moves into the market place, it is still hardly on the radar screens, but people like Richard Mills are following it for a while. Richard was one of the first following Lithium story and we have discussed here quite a few of his articles. His "Lithium ABCs" is the Lithium 101 investment guide in this sector. He was covering the names we have discussed in The Energy Report: Lithium Powers The Green Revolution long before they have become fashionable in the market place.

  It is very important to note that all Lithium developers with strong teams and portfolios have secured now strategic investors, question is not whether there is enough lithium for the Green Revolution, but to have now secure supply for the years to come. Nobody would like to be in at the mercy of the Lithium OPEC in the future.

  Here the name of the new strategic partner of TNR Gold and International Lithium - Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium - brings another perspective: China now, in a sharp contrast to the US Trillions of debt, has over 3 Trillion dollars in reserves and is moving very fast into the future and post carbon economy. Millions of people are moving from poverty into the urban life in China every year. Personal mobility is a dream for hundreds of millions and now it can be achieved only by introducing Electric Cars. In Beijing you can buy only Electric Car now - otherwise you have to wait for your luck at the plates lottery.

Please, do not forget, that we own stocks we are writing about and have position in these companies. We are not providing any investment advise on this blog and there is no solicitation to buy or sell any particular company here. Always consult with your qualified financial adviser before making any investment decisions.  

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Strategic Investor For International Lithium

TNR on AOTH

By Richard (Rick) Mills
Ahead of the herd

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information

TNR Gold Corp. TSX.V – TNR has spun out its rare metal projects into its wholly owned International Lithium Corp TSX.V – ILC. The flagship project of International Lithium Corp is the Salar de Llullaillaco - the Mariana Project.

Infrastructure can make or break a project. Fortunately ILC’s Mariana Project is well situated with road access, a railroad nearby and deep sea port access readily available. The town of Tolar Grande is within 120 kilometres, providing needed labour and inventory for the operating camp.

Lithium makes an excellent battery for use in a wide range of applications - batteries using lithium have been found to have a high energy to weight ratio, can be moulded into amazing shapes and have longer lives than conventional batteries.

And when used as a rechargeable battery there is no memory effect. 

There are significant savings to be had in the pricing of lithium from brines for lithium miners with quality projects close to all necessary infrastructure.

With the average market price of lithium carbonate trading at $5,500-6,000/tonne, SQM’s Atacama mine producing at under $2,000/tonne and with emerging developers such as Lithium America’s just releasing a projected production cost of under $1,500 per tonne, lithium extraction from brines in Argentina and Chile looks like a very lucrative business model.

Most of the world's lithium comes from a small group of producers:

• Talison
• Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), the Chilean national mining and chemical company
• Chemetall, part of Rockwood Holdings 
• FMC, part of FMC Corporation

Talison is the only one of the four not producing from brine operations in South America.

Ahead of the Herd Special Report – Brine Mining

From a regional perspective, it is clear what the smart money is doing in regards to the lithium market.

Magna International, Frank Stronach, Toyota, and Mitsubishi are all familiar names who have invested into lithium projects in the area - the Olaroz salar, the Cauchari salar, Rio Grande and others.

End users such as Toyota and Mitsubishi are investing into these early stage projects and signing off-take agreements because of the security of supply issue.

Strategic Investor

"The involvement of a strategic investor from the outset has been the goal that we have diligently worked towards since first announcing the spin-out of ILC. The strategic investor offers significant support in our future endeavours and ILC will complement the relationship through our exploration technical strengths and ability to source out, identify and acquire opportunities." Gary Schellenberg, CEO, TNR Gold Corp.

ILC has entered into a strategic relationship agreement with a prominent Asian-based company - Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. Jiangxi Ganfeng specializes in the research, development, manufacturing and sale of lithium products worldwide. 

Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co. has committed to an initial 9.9% equity share in ILC through participating in a financing and intends to provide instrumental future support towards the development of ILC's projects from a financial and technical perspective.

Ganfeng Lithium is based in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, China and has developed a comprehensive lithium product chain - lithium metal and alloys, inorganic and organic lithium chemicals for the primary and secondary lithium battery market, pharmaceutical and new material industries.

Ganfeng's principal market is in China with international exports to Europe, Japan, USA and India.

Ganfeng Lithium was founded in the year 2000, was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in August 2010, has recently reported USD6.3 million net income from total revenues of USD54 million in 2010 and currently has a market capitalization of approximately US$680 million.

"We welcome Ganfeng Lithium as a strategic investor in International Lithium with a prime directive to support the advancement of our core projects and ultimately as an integral member to assist us in realizing our goal to become a recognized international lithium and rare metals explorer and developer." Mike Sieb, President International Lithium Corp.

Conclusion

The International Lithium Corp TSX.V – ILC story is starting with all the right ingredients and given projected lithium industry growth, it’s definitely one that should be on investors radar screens. Is it on yours?

If not, maybe it should be.

Richard (Rick) Mills
rick@aheadoftheherd.com
www.aheadoftheherd.com

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Legal Notice / Disclaimer

This document is not and should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any investment. Richard Mills has based this document on information obtained from sources he believes to be reliable but which has not been independently verified.

 Richard Mills makes no guarantee, representation or warranty and accepts no responsibility or liability as to its accuracy or completeness. Expressions of opinion are those of Richard Mills only and are subject to change without notice. Richard Mills assumes no warranty, liability or guarantee for the current relevance, correctness or completeness of any information provided within this Report and will not be held liable for the consequence of reliance upon any opinion or statement contained herein or any omission.

Furthermore, I, Richard Mills, assume no liability for any direct or indirect loss or damage or, in particular, for lost profit, which you may incur as a result of the use and existence of the information provided within this Report.

Richard Mills does not own shares of any companies mentioned in this report

TNR Gold Corp. TSX.V – TNR is an advertiser on Richards website aheadoftheherd.com"

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