Martindale's Latest Conservative Valuation . Read on . Well nickel per lb as of yesterday mar 8, was $21.84 x 177,000,000 lb is approx $3,860,000,000. Yes almost 4 billion dollars and then there’s the Gold,Platinum, Etc... kinda a no brainer as to why the price is going up for Gug. Then we have the intangibles of Northvolt....someone is going to want what GUG has... GL!