Lithium Research Vault

Pay-per-call primary-source data on lithium & battery-metals producers and DFS-stage developers, built for AI agents — production, AISC, reserves, ownership, royalties, offtakes, financials and developer feasibility economics (NPV / IRR / capex), every number cited to an SEC / ASX / TSX / SEDAR filing and FX-normalized to USD. Most paid data APIs wrap free feeds (Yahoo, news, sentiment); this wraps a curated corpus where every figure is extracted from a regulator/IR filing, the source doc cached and indexed, and mine rows span every JV operator (Greenbushes → IGO + Albemarle + Tianqi). Anyone can wrap Yahoo; rebuilding this takes a team months.

USDC on Base mainnet · x402 44 companies · 43 producing mines + 23 developers No live web — curated, filing-cited corpus

🌍 Explore the interactive mine map → every tracked lithium mine on a world map; filter, hover, and click through to a free profile for each.

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Endpoints & pricing

EndpointPriceReturns
GET /vault/summary $0.02 Headline snapshot — one row: latest production, volume-weighted AISC, cash/debt/EBITDA/FCF, reserves, top holder, source filing.
GET /vault $0.05 Full structured extract — every period of financials, production, AISC, mine economics, reserves, ownership, royalties, offtakes, developer DFS economics (NPV/IRR/capex), market cap & lithium spot + 30 recent filings.
GET /vault/comparables $0.20 Cost-curve & peer ranking vs the whole tracked universe — AISC cost-curve percentile, resource-size rank, balance-sheet survival rank. Answers “who survives the downcycle?” Every figure cited.

All three take ?entity=<ticker|mine name>&level=<company|mine>. Unknown entities return 400 before payment — you're never charged for a miss. One entity per call.

Try it & wire it up

Free sample (no payment): /vault/example · discovery: /openapi.json. Or use the MCP wrapper in Claude / Cursor / Codex (npx -y lithium-vault-mcp) — exposes all three tiers as tools, your agent pays the x402 fee from its own wallet. On npm · GitHub · agentic.market · Official MCP Registry.

# Free sample (no payment)
curl https://clink-lithium-vault.fly.dev/vault/example
# Paid call — your agent handles the 402 automatically
curl "https://clink-lithium-vault.fly.dev/vault?entity=Greenbushes&level=mine"

Mines by size — 66 lithium mines · 43 producing + 23 developer

This vault is mine-oriented, so coverage leads with the mines. Each is queryable at level=mine (operators aggregated across JV partners) and ranked by annual output — actual production for producers, expected nameplate for developers. Every row leads with LCE-equivalent output so hardrock and brine compare on one axis (1 t LCE ≈ 7 t SC6); hardrock mines show their native SC6-eq figure underneath. Projects whose nameplate isn't yet extracted show "—".

Producing mines (43) — actual annual output

Salar de Atacama
ALB, SQM
233 kt/y
LCE actual
Greenbushes
ALB, IGO, TIANQI
200 kt/y LCE-eq
1,400 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Arcadia
HUAYOU
161 kt/y LCE-eq
1,130 kt/y SC6-eq actual
Pilgangoora
PILBF
133 kt/y LCE-eq
930 kt/y SC6-eq actual
Wodgina
ALB, MIN
107 kt/y LCE-eq
750 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Bikita
SINOMINE
86 kt/y LCE-eq
600 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (petalite+spod)
Mt Marion
GFL, MIN
86 kt/y LCE-eq
600 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Jianxiawo
CATL
65 kt/y LCE-eq
455 kt/y SC6-eq capacity (suspended)
Kathleen Valley
LTR
55 kt/y LCE-eq
384 kt/y SC6-eq actual
Mt Holland
SQM, WES
54 kt/y LCE-eq
380 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Kamativi
YAHUA
50 kt/y LCE-eq
350 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Goulamina
GFL
48 kt/y LCE-eq
337 kt/y SC6-eq actual
Qarhan Salt Lake — QSL concession
QSL
47 kt/y
LCE actual
Sabi Star
CXLI
41 kt/y LCE-eq
290 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Cauchari-Olaroz
LAR
34 kt/y
LCE actual
Mt Cattlin
RIO
30 kt/y LCE-eq
210 kt/y SC6-eq capacity (C&M)
Olaroz
RIO
30 kt/y
LCE actual
Xiangyuan
ZIJIN
30 kt/y LCE-eq
210 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Yongxing lepidolite ops
YONGXING
30 kt/y LCE-eq
210 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Lijiagou
YAHUA
27 kt/y LCE-eq
190 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Fenix
RIO
27 kt/y
LCE actual
North American Lithium
ELVR
27 kt/y LCE-eq
188 kt/y SC6-eq actual
Grota do Cirilo
SGML
26 kt/y LCE-eq
184 kt/y SC6-eq actual
Finniss Lithium Operation
CXO
24 kt/y LCE-eq
170 kt/y SC6-eq capacity (C&M restart)
Sal de Oro / Hombre Muerto North
POSCO
22 kt/y
LCE-eq actual (LiOH)
Bald Hill
MIN
20 kt/y LCE-eq
140 kt/y SC6-eq (nameplate ~165 kt dmt pa of 5.1% concentrate = 140 kt dmt SC6-eq pa)
Jiangte Mining
JIANGTE
20 kt/y LCE-eq
140 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Mibra
AMG
19 kt/y LCE-eq
130 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Bougouni
HAINM, KOD
18 kt/y LCE-eq
125 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Yiliping Salt Lake
QSL
15 kt/y
LCE nameplate
Lakkor Tso
ZIJIN
11 kt/y
LCE actual
Jiajika No. 134 Vein
YOUNGY
11 kt/y LCE-eq
75 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Yelonggou
CXLI
11 kt/y LCE-eq
75 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Uis Mining Complex
ATM
7 kt/y
LCE-eq actual (lithium pilot circuit)
Centenario-Ratones
ERA
6.69 kt/y
LCE actual
Cachoeira
CBL
6.43 kt/y LCE-eq
45 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
3Q / Tres Quebradas
ZIJIN
5.79 kt/y
LCE actual
Qarhan Salt Lake
ZANGGE
5.68 kt/y
LCE actual
Silver Peak
ALB
5.3 kt/y
LCE actual
Tanco
SINOMINE
4.29 kt/y LCE-eq
30 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate
Zabuye Salt Lake
TMD
4 kt/y
LCE actual (Phase I+II)
Mariana
GFL
3.8 kt/y
LCE-eq nameplate (LiCl)
Rincon
RIO
0.14 kt/y
LCE actual (starter ramp)

Developing mines (23) — expected nameplate

Shaakichiuwaanaan Project
PMET
114 kt/y LCE-eq
800 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, FS)
Murong
CXLI
75 kt/y
LCE nameplate (developer)
Colina Project
PILBF
71 kt/y LCE-eq
499 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, PEA)
Kings Mountain
ALB
60 kt/y LCE-eq
420 kt/y SC6-eq capacity target (restart)
Moblan
ELVR
43 kt/y LCE-eq
300 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, DFS)
Ewoyaa Lithium Project
ALL
43 kt/y LCE-eq
298 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, DFS)
Cinovec
EMH
38 kt/y
LCE nameplate (developer, DFS)
Manna
GL1
34 kt/y LCE-eq
236 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, DFS)
Carolina Lithium
ELVR
30 kt/y
LiOH nameplate (developer, BFS)
Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project
CRE
29 kt/y LCE-eq
204 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, FS)
PAK Lithium Project
FL
27 kt/y LCE-eq
190 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, DFS)
Bandeira Project
LTH
25 kt/y LCE-eq
177 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer, DFS)
Mamicuo Salt Lake
ZANGGE
22 kt/y
LCE nameplate (developer)
Neves Project
ATLX
21 kt/y LCE-eq
146 kt/y SC6-eq nameplate (developer)
Authier
ELVR
BP33 Underground
CXO
Buldania
LTR
Galaxy / James Bay
RIO
Nemaska Lithium
RIO
Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes
LAR
Sal de Vida
RIO
Wolfsberg Lithium Project
CRML
Zinnwald Lithium project
AMG

Companies — 44 total · 33 producers · 10 developers · 1 royalty

The corporate filers behind the mines, queryable at level=company by ticker. Producers operate at least one producing mine; developers are pre-production only.

Producers (33)

TickerCompanyStageHQ
ALB Albemarle Corporation producer United States
AMG AMG Critical Materials N.V. producer Netherlands
ATM Andrada Mining Limited developer United Kingdom (incorporated Guernsey; Johannesburg ops office)
CATL Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited China (Ningde, Fujian)
CBL Companhia Brasileira de Lítio Brazil (Minas Gerais)
CXLI Chengxin Lithium Group Co. Ltd. China (Suining, Sichuan)
CXO Core Lithium Limited producer Australia
ELVR Elevra Lithium Limited producer Australia (parent entity domiciled)
ERA Eramet S.A. France
GFL Ganfeng Lithium Group Co. Ltd. China (Xinyu, Jiangxi)
HAINM Hainan Mining Co. Ltd. China (Hainan)
HUAYOU Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd. China (Tongxiang, Zhejiang)
IGO IGO Limited producer (minority interest) Australia
JIANGTE Jiangxi Special Electric Motor Co. Ltd. (Jiangte Motor) China (Yichun, Jiangxi)
KOD Kodal Minerals plc UK
LAR Lithium Argentina AG producer Switzerland
LTR Liontown Limited producer Australia
MIN Mineral Resources Limited producer Australia
PILBF Pilbara Minerals Limited (PLS Group) producer Australia
POSCO POSCO Holdings Inc. producer South Korea
QSL Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd. (青海盐湖工业股份有限公司) producing China (Golmud, Qinghai)
RIO Rio Tinto plc / Rio Tinto Limited producer (diversified major; lithium is one of several segments) United Kingdom (plc, London) / Australia (Limited, Melbourne)
SGML Sigma Lithium Corporation producer Canada
SINOMINE Sinomine Resource Group Co. Ltd. China (Beijing)
SQM Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. producer Chile
TIANQI Tianqi Lithium Corporation producer_chemicals China
TMD Tibet Mineral Development Co., Ltd. (西藏矿业发展股份有限公司) China
WES Wesfarmers Limited producer Australia
YAHUA Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. Ltd. (四川雅化实业集团) China (Ya'an, Sichuan)
YONGXING Yongxing Special Materials Technology Co. Ltd. China (Yichun, Jiangxi)
YOUNGY Youngy Co. Ltd. (融捷股份有限公司) China (Chengdu, Sichuan)
ZANGGE Zangge Mining Co. Ltd. (藏格矿业) China
ZIJIN Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. China (Shanghang, Fujian)

Developers (10)

TickerCompanyStageHQ
ALL Atlantic Lithium Limited developer Australia (Atlantic Lithium Ltd is Australian-incorporated despite AIM primary listing)
ATLX Atlas Lithium Corporation developer United States
CRE Critical Elements Lithium Corporation developer Canada
CRML Critical Metals Corp developer Australia
EMH European Metals Holdings Limited developer Australia
EUR European Lithium Limited developer Australia
FL Frontier Lithium Inc. developer Canada
GL1 Global Lithium Resources Limited developer Australia
LTH Lithium Ionic Corp developer Canada
PMET PMET Resources Inc. developer Canada

Royalty — exception: the vault's only lithium-focused royalty company (operates no mine; pure NSR exposure to producing mines)

TickerCompanyStageHQ
ATUSF Altius Minerals Corporation royalty_streaming Canada