Ontario Government Investing over $250,000 to Advance Lithium Processing in Northwestern Ontario

Ontario government investing over $250,000 to advance lithium processing in northwestern Ontario

A new research project in Thunder Bay will look at whether a forest industry by-product could be useful in lithium processing. Rock Tech Lithium, a mining company hoping to build a lithium refinery in Red Rock, will lead the research in partnership with Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper.

Lithium company to use provincial funding for mill byproduct research

The province has given Rock Tech Lithium over $262,000 to continue to study the use of crude tall oil from Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper's operations in lithium processing.

Lithium mining could gel with forestry

The Ontario government is spending $262,500 through the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund to support a new lithium-processing research initiative involving Ontario's forestry and mining sectors. Rock Tech Lithium in Northwestern Ontario will lead a research project with Thunder Bay Pulp…