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A Quarter Billion For Lithium, AI Breakthroughs For Satellite Imagery, And Teck's Big Bet On Zinc

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March 08, 2025

Lithium Americas Lands A New Quarter Billion Dollar Investment

Lithium Americas (NYSE: LAC) landed a new $250 million investment from Orion Resource Partners to advance the development of their Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada. Orion Resource Partners have also publicly stated they will consider doubling their total investment into Lithium Americas to help fund the future development and expansion of the project.

Planet Labs And Anthropic Partner For Satellite Imaging Breakthroughs

Planet Labs (NYSE: PL) launched a partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic to leverage their popular large language model Claude to better understand geospatial satellite imagery. Planet Labs’ satellite data represents one of the single largest datasets ever created that is focused solely on continuous observation of Earth, and leveraging leading AI has the potential to enable real time pattern recognition that could lead to breakthroughs for national security, wildfire prevention and even optimizing large agricultural operations.

Teck Makes Bet On Bunker Hill Mining For Zinc

Teck (NYSE: TECK) made a new $40 million investment into Bunker Hill Mining (TSXV: BNKR) to restart the iconic Bunker Hill mine located southeast of Couer d’Alene, Idaho. The Bunker Hill mine was previously one the largest producing mines in Idaho for zinc and lead. Teck’s investment increases their stake in Bunker Hill from 6.6% to approximately 35%.

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