Episode 14: Lithium 101 and the effects of national wine day

We dig further into the lithium boom in our lead up to an in-paper special on the commodity that's all abuzz thanks to Elon Musk and Tesla Motors' (NASDAQ: TSLA) gigafactory in Nevada. Matt suffers the effects of overly embracing national wine day, but rallies to provide an exclusive update on Oban Mining (TSX: OBM; US-OTC: OBNNF) and some socio-political events in Colombia and the Kyrgyz Republic. Lesley digs deep into the geology and fundamentals of lithium following an extensive interview with Pure Energy Minerals (TSXV: PE). Other lithium plays include: Nemaska Lithium (TSXV: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF), Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC), and Orocobre (TSX: ORL; ASX: ORE). Bonus pop culture coverage: We play the Price is Right with U.S. interest rates, why Matt might make a poor stock broker, and deep shaft sinking! Timeline: Macro Economic: 2m5s Lithium 101: 7m45s Political News Rundown (Colombia and Centerra): 26m01s Oban/Osisko Mining: 32m55s Twitter Hashtags: 40m50s Stories referenced in this episode: Lithium Americas finds a partner in Chilean giant SQM: http://www.northernminer.com/news/lithium-americas-finds-a-partner-in-chilean-giant-sqm/1003770732/ Pure Energy’s head start on Nevada lithium rush: http://www.northernminer.com/financial-matters/pure-energy-gets-a-head-start-on-nevada-lithium-rush/1003761548/ Nemaska Lithium revs its Whabouchi project: http://www.northernminer.com/news/nemaska-lithium-prepares-for-a-big-year-at-whabouchi/1003772091/ Cementation sinks deepest shaft in the US: http://www.northernminer.com/news/cementation-sinks-deepest-shaft-us/1003773617/ Editorial: Gold, iron ore rallies fade: http://www.northernminer.com/commodities-markets/editorial-gold-iron-ore-%e2%80%a8rallies-fade/1003773600/ Music Credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/