U.S. Critical Shortages Now 4, 7, 8, and 19 Times Worse

Metals the U.S. needs are facing incredible demand, and we mine almost none of them You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Outsider Club. [Click here]( to manage your e-mail preferences. [Outsider Club logo] U.S. Critical Shortages Now 4, 7, 8, and 19 Times Worse [Gerardo Del Real Photo] By [Gerardo Del Real]( Written Feb. 11, 2019 According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, there are now 70 lithium-ion battery megafactories under construction across four continents, 46 of which are based in China, with only five currently planned for the U.S. Simon Moores, managing director for Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, recently testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Moores last testified in October of 2017, just over a year ago when the total number of megafactories was just 17. Since that testimony in October of 2017, planned lithium-ion battery capacity in the pipeline for the period of 2019-2028 has risen from 289GWh to 1,549GWh (1.54TWh) in Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s February 2019 Assessment. This is the equivalent of 23-24 million sedan-sized electric vehicles. [$1 Stock Set to Soar $8 in the Weeks Ahead]( Get the stock market’s biggest bang for your buck… Every $1 share you buy of this small mining company could make you $8. This company is in a unique position to supply an extremely rare resource. And shares are poised to soar on runaway demand from America’s biggest defense technologies — jets, submarines, aircraft carriers, and missiles. How many $1 shares will you be holding when this stock takes off? [Click here to watch my new video.]( Moores testified that the megafactories are being built almost exclusively to make lithium-ion battery cells using two chemistries: nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) and nickel-cobalt-aluminium (NCA). Moores went on to explain that lithium demand will increase by over eight times, graphite anode by over seven times, nickel by a massive 19 times, and cobalt demand will rise four-fold, which takes into account the industry trend of reducing cobalt usage in a battery assuming a 100% utilization rate where each plant scheduled is built and operating at full capacity. Where will the supply come from? How will supply chains develop if companies and countries don’t accelerate their commitment to sourcing these materials? [bmi lithium graphic] [Billionaire backs tiny stock set to potentially double this month]( The greatest investor in the mining space just plunked down a huge stake in a small copper company in South America. My three-‘commandment’ trading strategy has identified it as a potential 80-100% play this month. [Click here to see how to invest.]( Lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite supply is necessary and, in the U.S. where its near non-existence is — pardon the pun — critical, if the U.S. is going to have a chair at the critical materials supply chain table. There are opportunities but investment dollars have thus far been scarce and government, as always, has been slow to recognize the vulnerability and act with any kind of urgency. Tesla is the sole U.S. lithium-ion battery manufacturing producer with its Nevada Gigafactory. Idaho has a well-known and defined cobalt belt that provides the U.S. an opportunity to secure the highest-risk lithium-ion battery raw material — cobalt. In 2018, China was responsible for 56% of the world’s flake graphite supply. China also accounted for 100% of the world’s uncoated spherical graphite supply, which is the processed anode material that is used in lithium-ion batteries. According to the testimony, U.S. cobalt dependency comes in at 100%. 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The 20-page strategy outlines objectives including improving awareness of WA’s battery material prowess and improving competitiveness of the industry. A new approach developing these critical supply chains in the U.S. can provide for high-paying jobs and sustainable tax revenue. Whether it’s cobalt, graphite, lithium, nickel, or uranium, the U.S. is in a vulnerable position that requires action, but like our deficit and our infrastructure, I worry that future generations will have to do the work that current politicians refused to. I’ll be watching closely for the outcome of the Section 232 investigation and negotiations with China. If you speculate in the space, you should as well. I’ll also be adding to my favorite way to gain exposure in this transformational megatrend. [A play I was early on but one whose best days are ahead of it.]( To your wealth, [gerardo-sig] Gerardo Del Real Editor, [Junior Mining Monthly]( and [Junior Mining Trader](. 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