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Is the lithium market heading for another surplus - or is a major supply shortage coming?
YJ Lee, aka the Lithium Whisperer, joins Howard Klein and Matt Fernley on Rock Stock Recap to challenge Goldman Sachs’ bearish lithium price forecasts and explain why he believes the next lithium bull market could be approaching.
We explore China's surging electric truck demand, the global battery energy storage (BESS) boom, falling lithium inventories, delayed mine supply, and whether sodium-ion batteries pose a real threat to lithium demand.
With lithium stocks under pressure, is the recent sell-off a buying opportunity? And what are investors missing about the lithium supply-demand outlook for 2027–2030?
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(00:00:00) Goldman’s Lithium Surplus Faces Bullish Challenge
(01:04:47) Standard Lithium Update
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Nouveau Monde Graphite (NYSE: NMG, TSX: NOU) CEO Eric Desaulniers joins Howard Klein and Matt Fernley to discuss the company’s path to graphite production in Quebec, construction at the Matawinie Mine, financing for the Bécancour anode material plant, and partnerships with Panasonic and Eni.
We also explore graphite prices, China’s dominance of the supply chain, U.S. tariffs and export controls, growing demand for natural graphite, and a potential sulfur byproduct opportunity that could add significant value to the project.
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(00:00) NMG’s Path To Full Production
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Surge Battery Metals (TSXV: NILI) Chairman Graham Harris and lithium expert Iain Scarr join Howard Klein and Matt Fernley to break down the Nevada North pre-feasibility study.
They discuss Nevada North’s grade, recovery, operating costs, second-mover advantage behind Thacker Pass, technical risks, project financing and what still needs to be proven before construction.
Could Nevada North become the next major US lithium project?
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(00:00) Nevada North PFS Sets The Stakes
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Epsilon Advanced Materials founder Vikram Handa discusses the economics of building a competitive battery materials supply chain outside China.
We cover why LFP cathode manufacturing may be more of a CapEx game than an Opex game, the case for integrating US lithium refining with LFP production, and why hard carbon could become a key bottleneck for sodium-ion batteries.
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(00:00) Epsilon’s Battery Materials Expansion
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Intro and outro audio credit: Jamie Klein
Lithium inventories are heading into a October-November restocking period. In this week's Rock Stock Recap, Howard Klein and Matt Fernley discuss what China's post-Golden Week demand could mean for lithium prices, inventories and a potential market tightening.
Plus: copper market risks, AI-driven metals demand, rare earth M&A, and the latest developments across critical minerals and mining equities.
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(00:00) Copper Caution, Lithium Catalysts And Rare Earth M&A
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Galan Lithium (ASX: GLN) Managing Director JP Vargas and CFO Ross Dinsdale join Rock Stock Channel (Howard and Matt) to respond to the recent share price sell-off and outlines what has - and hasn’t - changed at Hombre Muerto West.
Management discuss first lithium chloride sales, production ramp-up, winter weather impacts, low-cost economics, Phase 2 financing, funding flexibility, and the path toward cash flow.
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(00:00) Galan Lithium Sell-Off
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Lithium inventories have now declined for 30 consecutive weeks, EV demand is improving, and strategic interest in lithium assets is picking up. In this week’s Rock Stock Recap, Howard Klein and Matt Fernley discuss lithium market fundamentals, Global Lithium’s takeover bid, renewed financing activity, Q2 Metals and Sigma Lithium, plus why copper deficit forecasts may be overstating the long-term supply gap.
The episode also covers SQM’s $3 billion Salar Futuro plan, rising mining costs, U.S. critical-minerals funding and the growing role of government capital in the sector.
Plus: stay tuned for a First Phosphate (CSE | NASDAQ: PHOS) update covering the company’s latest financing activity.
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(00:00) Lithium Deals And Critical Minerals Capital
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Join Matt Fernley on site at Q2 Metals’ (TSXV: QTWO) Cisco Lithium Project in James Bay, Quebec, as he explores the deposit, infrastructure, drilling programme and development plans.
He speaks with the Q2 Metals team about the upcoming PEA, resource conversion, metallurgy, permitting and what makes Cisco’s large spodumene-bearing pegmatite system stand out.
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Amanda Van Dyke of the Critical Minerals Hub joins Howard Klein to discuss the growing critical minerals supply gap, why mine development is taking longer and becoming more expensive, and how seafloor mining could emerge as a major new source of nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese.
We also examine The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC), U.S. critical minerals policy, deep-sea mining economics, permitting, technical risks, and what investors should watch as the sector moves toward commercialisation.
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Standard Lithium (NYSE: SLI) CEO David Park joins Howard Klein to discuss the Franklin Project PEA, Southwest Arkansas, and the growing potential of the Smackover Basin as a major U.S. lithium hub.
We cover Franklin’s $5 billion after-tax NPV, project financing and the path to FID, plus the importance of Equinor, LG Energy Solution and Trafigura in de-risking Standard Lithium’s growth strategy. We also discuss direct lithium extraction, U.S. critical minerals policy and what investors may be missing in Standard Lithium’s valuation.
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(00:00) Standard Lithium’s Smackover Ambition
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