article from baystreetnot sure this has been posted yet. Some interesting tidbits in this read...link here :
https://www.baystreet.ca/stockstowatch/6145/Chinese-Lithium-Buyers-Finally-Arrive-in-North-America
some of the important facts listed :
Lithium-ion battery producer Ganfeng Lithium recently acquired interests in clay deposit projects for the purpose of lithium production in Mexico—which SRK Consulting has estimated to contain a total lithium carbonate equivalent of 8.8 million tons Ontario-based Frontier Lithium Inc. (TSX.V:FL) (OTC:HLKMF) recently closed a $2 million financing, which will be used to advance its 100%-owned PAK Lithium Project in the mining district of Sudbury. The PAK deposit has a current Measured and Indicated Resource of 7.5 million tonnes of 2.02% Li2O and an inferred Lithium Resource of 1.8 million tonnes of 2.10% Li2O.
In Quebec, Nemaska Lithium (OTC: NMKEF) (TSX: NMX) looks to have found a solution to its financing challenges on its Whabouchi Lithium Mine construction, through a combined CAD$600 million investment proposal from the Pallinghurst Group. The Whabouchi Mine investment is in line with Pallinghurst’s desire to focus exclusively on critical batter and fuel-cell related materials supplies.