Winnipeg Free Press: U of M researchers, exploration firms team up for lithium hunt

Fiona Odlum — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:39:32 +0000

A pair of University of Manitoba earth science professors will partner with two lithium exploration companies on a $1.5-million academic grant that could lay the groundwork for sustainable critical minerals extraction in the province.

Prof. Mostafa Fayek had spent time trying to establish a lithium consortium in Manitoba to share best practices when federal academic funding body NSERC opened applications for an Alliance Mission grant that allows private-sector participants.

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Global News: Japanese company considering Manitoba for $1.6B lithium ion battery facility

Fiona Odlum — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:41:19 +0000

A document obtained by 680 CJOB shows that the manufacturing facility would create lithium ion battery separators to support electric vehicle manufacturing in North America.

“Really simplistically, it just prevents electrons from going in the wrong place. You want them to go out in the circuit,” Robert Parsons, an EV expert and a supply chain instructor at the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business, said while describing how a lithium ion battery separating facility would work.

“So that’s basically what the purpose of (a lithium ion battery separator) is, it’s a specialized component that is critical in any kind of a lithium ion battery.”

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Winnipeg Free Press: U of M researchers, exploration firms team up for lithium hunt

Global News: Japanese company considering Manitoba for $1.6B lithium ion battery facility