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Nevada lithium mine project gets $250M investment

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

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A global investment firm is putting a quarter of a billion dollars into a mine project in northern Nevada at the site the largest known lithium deposit in the United States.

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Nevada fund invests $100K in ‘profound’ AI platform for energy projects

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

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BuildQ, an AI-powered platform for energy project development, received the first $100,000 investment from FundNV, a for-profit, pre-seed venture capital fund.

Largest investor pulls out of Nevada lithium mine project

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

February 26, 2025 - 4:02 pm

The decision to pull out of the project comes after the price of lithium plunged by around 80 percent, after its peak in 2022.

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NV Energy filed a regulatory rate review with the Public Utilities Commission to recover costs from investments made prior to last summer’s “record-breaking heatwave.”

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