Eye on Lithium: Harvard boffin ‘Li’ makes battery discovery; PLL, PMT, GL1 rated ‘strong buys’

Harvard scientists push solid-state lithium battery tech with newly published research
Three big gun ASX lithium stocks are strong broker consensus buys
Today’s ASX lithium gainers led today by: LSR, EPM, EVR

Your lithium roundup for Friday January 12.

Forget sodium-tastic lithium killers dreamt up by AI-fulled think tanks (or at least just shift them to one side for the moment), because another new technological breakthrough (in the research stage) has come to our attention.

And the good news for lithheads is – it uses a shedload of lithium and has the potential to revolutionise EV batteries.

‘Li’ leads new lithium battery research… (can’t make this up)

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have reportedly developed a new lithium metal battery that blows away charging times and capacity of current options on the market.

The new tech is a solid-state battery design that can apparently be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times and can be recharged in a matter of minutes.

And get this, no other report we’ve read on this seems to think this amusing or somehow portentous, but the senior researcher and author of the Harvard department’s paper published on Nature Materials is called ‘Li’.

Xin Li, to be exact, who works for a Harvard spinoff called Adden Energy.

In a media statement this week, Li noted:

“Lithium metal anode batteries are considered the holy grail of batteries because they have 10 times the capacity of commercial graphite anodes and could drastically increase the driving distance of electric vehicles.”

Li and Harvard/Adden believe the new battery design could help make EVs more affordable, noting:

“Our research is an important step toward more practical solid-state batteries for industrial and commercial applications.”

Research looks… solid. And tasty, like chocolate

The scientists aren’t the only ones working on solid-state battery tech, of course, but they believe their tackling of a particular problem – dentrites – makes their research particularly… solid.

According to Li and the Harvard team’s research paper, one of the biggest challenges with current lithium-ion anode batteries is the formation of dendrites on the surface of the anode.

These are small fern-like growths that spread into the electrolyte, running interference between anode and cathode, and a primary reason for the shorting out of batteries and even causing them to catch fire.

Per the research, the team’s battery “sandwiches different materials of varying stabilities between the anode and cathode. This multilayer, multi-material design prevented the penetration of lithium dendrites not by stopping them altogether, but rather by controlling and containing them.”

Added Li:

“In our design, lithium metal gets wrapped around the silicon particle, like a hard chocolate shell around a hazelnut core in a chocolate truffle.”

Mmm… sounds delicious.

Strong lithium stock buys on the ASX right now

Meanwhile, shifting over to the ASX, here’s something, via Commsec data.

Looking through the lens of ‘broker consensus’, which is the average recommendation of five or more contributing brokers and research providers on a 1-5 scale (with 1 scored as a Strong Buy, 5 as a Strong Sell and 3 a Hold), we can tell you the following – sourced from and calculated by Morningstar.

“Strong Buys” for lithium plays on the ASX right now include the following big guns:

• Piedmont Lithium (ASX:PLL) (down -57% over the past 12 months; market cap: $128.6m)

• Patriot Battery Metals (ASX:PMT) (up 9.5% over the past 12 months; market cap: $461.1m)

• Global Lithium Resources (ASX:GL1) (down 64% over the past 12 months; market cap: $197m)

Friday: FULLY CHARGED

Lodestar Minerals (ASX:LSR) +33% (hmm, but on not much volume at time of writing)

Eclipse Metals (ASX:EPM) +25%

EV Resources (ASX:EVR) +17%

Friday: RUNNING LOW

MTM Critical Metals (ASX:MTM) -16%

Stellar Resources (ASX:SRZ) -13%

ASX lithium form guide:

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CODE COMPANY TODAY WEEK 1 MONTH % 12 MONTH % PRICE MARKET CAP ADV Ardiden Ltd 0% -3% 0% -51% 0.17 $10,627,976 AGY Argosy Minerals Ltd 2% -9% -13% -82% 0.1225 $168,528,900 1MC Morella Corporation 10% 10% 10% -61% 0.0055 $30,893,997 AML Aeon Metals Ltd. 0% -18% -18% -69% 0.009 $9,867,606 ASN Anson Resources Ltd 0% -12% -18% -45% 0.115 $147,860,004 AVZ AVZ Minerals Ltd 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.78 $2,752,409,203 CXO Core Lithium 8% -19% -16% -82% 0.21 $416,702,431 EMH European Metals Hldg -4% -16% -37% -50% 0.34 $44,813,608 EUR European Lithium Ltd 0% -13% 30% 15% 0.091 $126,875,765 GLN Galan Lithium Ltd -2% -10% 3% -49% 0.6 $215,618,091 INF Infinity Lithium -1% -8% -8% -23% 0.092 $43,021,065 INR Ioneer Ltd 2% -12% -5% -71% 0.1325 $274,483,579 JLL Jindalee Lithium Ltd 0% 2% 8% -47% 0.99 $59,885,216 LIT Lithium Australia 3% 3% 14% -37% 0.032 $37,887,942 LKE Lake Resources 0% -8% -8% -86% 0.115 $163,581,141 LPD Lepidico Ltd 0% -6% -6% -53% 0.0075 $57,287,310 LPI Lithium Pwr Int Ltd 0% -1% 3% 18% 0.555 $353,852,270 LTR Liontown Resources 0% -6% 12% 0% 1.5 $3,632,977,133 MIN Mineral Resources. -1% -8% 2% -28% 63.2 $12,421,664,278 MLS Metals Australia 0% -3% -3% -35% 0.034 $21,217,230 AKE Allkem Limited 0% 0% 18% -13% 9.83 $6,304,350,967 PLL Piedmont Lithium Inc -4% -12% -13% -56% 0.345 $132,349,248 PLS Pilbara Min Ltd 0% -2% 5% -5% 3.79 $11,375,788,832 QPM Queensland Pacific -1% -4% -2% -55% 0.05 $101,633,286 PSC Prospect Res Ltd -5% -8% -1% -29% 0.084 $40,773,213 RLC Reedy Lagoon Corp. 0% 0% 0% -48% 0.005 $3,097,704 SYA Sayona Mining Ltd 1% -13% -3% -76% 0.0555 $566,131,281 TKL Traka Resources 0% -33% -36% -68% 0.002 $1,750,659 TON Triton Min Ltd 0% -6% 0% -41% 0.022 $34,350,639 VUL Vulcan Energy -1% -13% 0% -69% 2.2 $383,722,808 GL1 Globallith -6% -35% -40% -66% 0.75 $208,212,239 BMM Balkanminingandmin 0% -20% -23% -69% 0.1 $7,104,051 LEL Lithenergy 1% -4% -4% -31% 0.535 $54,595,300 ARN Aldoro Resources 1% -18% 18% -60% 0.098 $13,058,503 NMT Neometals Ltd -9% 5% 11% -77% 0.205 $140,105,321 IGO IGO Limited 2% -6% 1% -44% 8.135 $6,020,279,113 AAJ Aruma Resources Ltd 0% -4% -13% -60% 0.026 $5,119,179 PAM Pan Asia Metals 0% -23% 32% -57% 0.165 $27,689,768 AX8 Accelerate Resources -3% -15% -6% 42% 0.034 $20,058,561 AM7 Arcadia Minerals 0% 1% -5% -70% 0.07 $7,633,507 AS2 Askarimetalslimited 0% 0% 6% -75% 0.17 $13,217,536 BYH Bryah Resources Ltd 0% 0% 0% -49% 0.013 $5,636,894 EMS Eastern Metals 0% 0% 33% -51% 0.036 $2,967,345 FG1 Flynngold -3% 14% -10% -42% 0.057 $8,597,731 FRS Forrestaniaresources 10% 21% 21% -78% 0.034 $5,015,358 GSM Golden State Mining 0% -10% -19% -73% 0.013 $3,631,818 IMI Infinitymining 0% 0% -14% -51% 0.12 $14,250,407 LRV Larvottoresources 0% -6% -8% -52% 0.068 $15,205,592 MMC Mitremining 0% -2% -8% -18% 0.23 $13,038,154 RAG Ragnar Metals Ltd 4% 0% 9% 94% 0.024 $10,901,562 CTN Catalina Resources 0% 0% 0% -50% 0.004 $4,953,948 TMB Tambourahmetals -4% -4% -18% 10% 0.115 $9,952,842 TEM Tempest Minerals 13% 0% 13% -67% 0.009 $4,091,068 EMC Everest Metals Corp -1% -2% -14% -5% 0.081 $13,389,215 WCN White Cliff Min Ltd 0% 11% -9% -23% 0.01 $12,765,593 WML Woomera Mining Ltd 4% -7% -16% 53% 0.026 $30,453,475 AZL Arizona Lithium Ltd 4% -13% -33% -60% 0.027 $97,678,643 CRR Critical Resources 3% -8% -16% -60% 0.0185 $32,001,305 KGD Kula Gold Limited 0% 0% -27% -41% 0.016 $6,709,852 LRS Latin Resources Ltd 2% -8% 7% 92% 0.23 $628,606,395 PNN Power Minerals Ltd 0% -7% -10% -65% 0.19 $16,601,459 WR1 Winsome Resources 3% -22% -25% -58% 0.78 $141,234,639 KZR Kalamazoo Resources -2% 20% 20% -44% 0.1325 $23,357,406 MTM MTM Critical Metals -16% -12% 304% 26% 0.097 $11,435,265 QXR Qx Resources Limited -4% -8% -4% -55% 0.022 $25,531,791 SCN Scorpion Minerals -6% -6% -30% -57% 0.03 $13,102,598 AZI Altamin Limited 0% 11% 15% -22% 0.06 $25,687,316 ENT Enterprise Metals 0% 0% 0% -56% 0.004 $3,207,884 KAI Kairos Minerals Ltd 0% -10% -19% -38% 0.013 $34,071,858 STM Sunstone Metals Ltd 0% -7% -7% -66% 0.013 $45,340,553 PGD Peregrine Gold 5% 9% 24% -31% 0.305 $19,428,979 AVW Avira Resources Ltd 0% 33% 0% -33% 0.002 $4,267,580 NVA Nova Minerals Ltd 6% -7% 6% -51% 0.34 $67,484,788 GT1 Greentechnology -2% -20% -18% -76% 0.225 $72,967,982 BNR Bulletin Res Ltd 4% 4% 22% 27% 0.14 $39,637,799 CAI Calidus Resources 9% 1% 21% -40% 0.2175 $122,354,269 MRR Minrex Resources Ltd -7% -13% -18% -66% 0.014 $16,273,013 A8G Australasian Metals -7% -7% -13% -33% 0.14 $7,818,074 EFE Eastern Resources 0% 0% -11% -58% 0.008 $9,935,572 MQR Marquee Resource Ltd -4% 0% -7% -25% 0.027 $11,574,763 SRZ Stellar Resources -13% -13% -13% -46% 0.007 $9,192,212 LSR Lodestar Minerals 33% 0% -11% -20% 0.004 $6,070,192 NWM Norwest Minerals 4% -16% -7% -40% 0.027 $7,476,807 AOA Ausmon Resorces 0% 0% 0% -50% 0.003 $3,020,998 VKA Viking Mines Ltd 7% 14% 45% 100% 0.016 $15,378,876 IPT Impact Minerals 8% 18% 30% 86% 0.013 $34,376,447 SRI Sipa Resources Ltd 0% -4% -22% -19% 0.025 $5,703,953 VMC Venus Metals Cor Ltd 3% 3% 3% 36% 0.1025 $18,972,868 RGL Riversgold 0% -8% -14% -57% 0.012 $11,611,937 ZNC Zenith Minerals Ltd 0% 7% 11% -42% 0.15 $52,857,132 RAS Ragusa Minerals Ltd 0% -6% -18% -73% 0.033 $4,705,760 G88 Golden Mile Res Ltd 0% -10% -14% -11% 0.018 $5,929,011 EPM Eclipse Metals 25% 43% 25% -58% 0.01 $16,500,434 EVR Ev Resources Ltd 17% 8% 56% 0% 0.014 $13,195,060 WC8 Wildcat Resources 3% -8% -11% 2025% 0.6375 $741,419,636 MNS Magnis Energy Tech 0% 0% 0% -90% 0.042 $50,378,922 RIO Rio Tinto Limited 1% -3% 1% 9% 129.855 $47,664,161,878 THR Thor Energy PLC 3% 10% 14% -47% 0.032 $5,767,126 YAR Yari Minerals Ltd 0% -9% 0% -44% 0.01 $4,823,578 MXR Maximus Resources -4% 26% 8% 0% 0.043 $14,427,260 DRE Dreadnought Resources Ltd 0% -4% -16% -72% 0.027 $93,934,970 MM1 Midasmineralsltd 0% -7% 13% -35% 0.13 $11,277,142 M2R Miramar 0% 19% -11% -67% 0.025 $3,721,739 LLI Loyal Lithium Ltd 9% -18% 14% 3% 0.36 $27,484,815 LRD Lordresourceslimited 0% -5% -15% -71% 0.062 $2,302,192 WMC Wiluna Mining Corp 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.205 $74,238,031 AUN Aurumin 0% 12% 32% -54% 0.029 $10,394,849 ZEO Zeotech Limited 3% 0% -14% -25% 0.03 $50,269,269 ALY Alchemy Resource Ltd -10% -10% 0% -63% 0.009 $11,780,763 LIS Lisenergylimited 0% -6% -14% -58% 0.155 $99,231,036 GW1 Greenwing Resources 0% -12% 15% -59% 0.115 $20,038,920 KTA Krakatoa Resources -3% -26% -33% -36% 0.028 $13,691,109 TYX Tyranna Res Ltd 0% -6% 0% -29% 0.017 $55,886,231 DAF Discovery Alaska Ltd -7% -17% 47% -14% 0.025 $6,324,337 FTL Firetail Resources 0% -1% -22% -58% 0.07 $10,423,389 IR1 Irismetals -2% -10% -22% -27% 0.845 $111,357,085 LNR Lanthanein Resources -5% 0% -9% -52% 0.01 $13,543,025 DAL Dalaroometalsltd 0% 0% 4% -76% 0.025 $2,068,750 TKM Trek Metals Ltd -5% -3% -17% -49% 0.038 $20,523,074 CY5 Cygnus Metals Ltd -4% -8% -12% -74% 0.115 $34,987,097 TUL Tulla Resources 0% -100% -100% -100% 0 $118,262,971 WES Wesfarmers Limited 1% 2% 6% 22% 57.72 $64,988,357,915 LLL Leolithiumlimited 0% 0% 0% -8% 0.505 $498,553,663 OCN Oceanalithiumlimited -2% -22% -31% -80% 0.09 $4,975,038 A11 Atlantic Lithium 2% -1% -17% -35% 0.425 $261,625,744 CMD Cassius Mining Ltd 0% -10% 3% 71% 0.036 $18,093,980 VSR Voltaic Strategic -5% -5% -14% -31% 0.018 $9,178,974 SGQ St George Min Ltd -3% -3% 6% -52% 0.034 $34,444,503 LLO Lion One Metals Ltd 2% -5% -5% -21% 0.9 $13,486,634 PAT Patriot Lithium 3% -8% -13% -48% 0.165 $10,962,741 PL3 Patagonia Lithium 0% -7% 0% 0% 0.13 $6,386,705 BUR Burleyminerals 0% -12% -6% -24% 0.145 $14,978,030 CHR Charger Metals 13% 6% -20% -64% 0.175 $11,270,727 RMX Red Mount Min Ltd 0% 0% 0% -40% 0.003 $8,020,728 DLI Delta Lithium -2% -28% -28% -27% 0.325 $234,774,505 LM1 Leeuwin Metals Ltd 8% 0% -22% 0% 0.14 $6,090,717 ENT Enterprise Metals 0% 0% 0% -56% 0.004 $3,207,884 FIN FIN Resources Ltd 5% -5% 17% 24% 0.021 $12,985,374 DTM Dart Mining NL 0% 0% 0% -74% 0.016 $3,641,274 NIS Nickelsearch 5% -1% -16% -56% 0.066 $13,453,174 EG1 Evergreenlithium 0% -3% -8% 0% 0.165 $9,277,950 MAN Mandrake Res Ltd -3% -8% -5% -14% 0.037 $23,398,877 FBM Future Battery -1% -7% -7% 26% 0.067 $36,295,407 LPM Lithium Plus -2% -16% -34% -33% 0.28 $24,506,637 KOB Kobaresourceslimited 10% 8% -6% -43% 0.077 $7,379,167 EMC Everest Metals Corp -1% -2% -14% -5% 0.081 $13,389,215 LRD Lordresourceslimited 0% -5% -15% -71% 0.062 $2,302,192 IEC Intra Energy Corp 0% 0% 0% -63% 0.003 $4,982,345 REC Rechargemetals 0% -11% -7% -26% 0.093 $10,355,734 SLM Solismineralsltd -9% 0% 7% 56% 0.145 $12,544,113 AZS Azure Minerals 1% 1% 3% 1130% 3.69 $1,683,354,040 DYM Dynamicmetalslimited -10% 9% 20% 0% 0.18 $7,000,000 TOR Torque Met -2% 9% 7% 31% 0.235 $32,045,779 SBR Sabre Resources -6% -3% 7% -36% 0.029 $11,224,752 ICL Iceni Gold 6% 23% 20% -37% 0.069 $15,883,214 TMX Terrain Minerals 0% 20% 20% 0% 0.006 $8,120,567 MHC Manhattan Corp Ltd -25% 0% -25% -40% 0.003 $11,747,919 MHK Metalhawk. 0% -12% -8% -32% 0.115 $11,432,661 NKL Nickelxltd 12% 7% -19% -37% 0.047 $3,688,237 TMB Tambourahmetals -4% -4% -18% 10% 0.115 $9,952,842 ANX Anax Metals Ltd 0% -7% 8% -53% 0.027 $13,054,976 PMT Patriotbatterymetals 1% -16% -13% 6% 0.91 $456,120,145 BM8 Battery Age Minerals 0% 3% 8% -59% 0.205 $18,273,062 L1M Lightning Minerals -5% -16% -28% -43% 0.105 $4,644,757 ADG Adelong Gold Limited 0% -9% 0% -23% 0.005 $3,498,278 TOR Torque Met -2% 9% 7% 31% 0.235 $32,045,779 AL8 Alderan Resource Ltd 0% -17% 0% -50% 0.005 $5,534,307 OZM Ozaurum Resources -4% -14% 22% 64% 0.12 $19,843,750 FL1 First Lithium Ltd -5% -16% -17% 117% 0.39 $28,721,183 PLN Pioneer Lithium -3% -3% -8% 0% 0.185 $5,400,750 WYX Western Yilgarn NL -2% -12% 14% -23% 0.092 $4,667,805 RDN Raiden Resources Ltd -6% -11% -8% 616% 0.034 $95,636,344 PFE Panteraminerals 0% 0% 0% -56% 0.051 $6,763,750 GRE Greentechmetals 5% -10% -22% 179% 0.39 $24,612,605 OLY Olympio Metals Ltd 0% 5% -5% -36% 0.105 $6,677,947 SUM Summitminerals 0% -5% -10% -32% 0.095 $4,527,427 JBY James Bay Minerals 0% -8% -7% 0% 0.275 $8,922,375 SCN Scorpion Minerals -6% -6% -30% -57% 0.03 $13,102,598 JNO Juno 0% -15% -2% 5% 0.093 $16,920,909 CC9 Chariot Corporation -5% -5% -28% 0% 0.52 $40,332,362 OBM Ora Banda Mining Ltd -2% -2% 2% 164% 0.235 $409,624,769 RON Roninresourcesltd 0% -13% -27% 0% 0.165 $6,076,127 ASR Asra Minerals Ltd 0% 0% 0% -67% 0.007 $11,455,470 PFE Panteraminerals 0% 0% 0% -56% 0.051 $6,763,750 TG6 Tgmetalslimited 3% -4% -52% 218% 0.35 $18,389,297 HAW Hawthorn Resources -13% -12% -3% -28% 0.087 $33,501,561 KM1 Kalimetalslimited -2% 0% 0% 0% 0.65 $50,385,783

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