Vision Lithium Inc. (TSXV: VLI) is a junior exploration company focused on lithium and copper battery-mineral assets in Canada. Its portfolio includes the Godslith, Cadillac, Sirmac and Dome Lemieux properties. Its most advanced project is Sirmac in Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec, where a 2023 NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment studied direct-shipping lithium ore from the Dyke #5 deposit. The company completed a non-brokered private placement of 14,000,000 flow-through shares at $0.02/share in Dec 2025. In September 2026 it granted Osisko Metals an option to acquire 100% of its Red Brook property for staged cash payments of $100,000 a year and shares, and consolidated its shares 15-for-1, trading on the consolidated basis from 28 Sep 2026.
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 3.1/10 is weaker than the peer average of 4.9/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not yet determined: mill, tailings facility, grid power.
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Quebec: Fraser PPI 2025 is 79.39 of 100 (rank 23 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Vision Lithium's properties (Godslith, Cadillac, Sirmac and Dome Lemieux) are in Canada, a Tier-1 jurisdiction.
Infrastructure (40%)6.4/10
Confirmed road access at Sirmac Lithium Property (Dyke #5 deposit), Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec, Canada; existing mill, grid power, and tailings facility not yet researched, counted at a neutral 5/10 until established.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No producing mine within 50 km in our reference list (nearest listed: Eleonore (Dhilmar Eleonore LP), 235 km). That list doesn't cover every mining district yet, so a longer distance isn't scored as remote.
Acquisition Susceptibility
A relative ranking of how closely this company matches the profile of juniors that have actually been acquired — not a probability, and not a reason to buy. Acquisitions are rare: only a few dozen significant deals happen a year across a universe of thousands of juniors, so even a high score here describes a long shot. The strongest signal in the research, a producer that already owns part of the company, is scored from its disclosed strategic shareholders. A producer that is a joint-venture or earn-in partner on the project, rather than a shareholder, isn't captured yet.
How this score is built
- Disclosed pending dealSub-score: Not scored
No pending acquisition or merger disclosed (checked)
Not scored: having no deal in flight isn't held against a company.
Weight 26.25% - Producer's strategic stakeSub-score: Not scored
No producer holds a disclosed stake on file (holder register researched) See holders
Not scored: most juniors that do get bought had no prior toehold, so a missing stake says little either way.
Weight 25% - Distance to a producing mineSub-score:0/10
Nearest producing mine: Eleonore (Dhilmar Eleonore LP), 235 km
10 next to a producing mine, 8 at 20 km, 5 at 50 km, 0 beyond 200 km.
Weight 22.5% · 46% here - Lifecycle stageSub-score:6/10
Stage: Preliminary Economic Assessment
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 31% here - JurisdictionSub-score:9/10
Canada: jurisdiction score 9/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 14% here - CommoditySub-score:2/10
Primary commodity: Other
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 9% here
Weight is each input's share of the full score. “Here” is its share of this company's score: inputs that aren't scored are left out and the rest re-weighted, never counted as zero.
Your Rankings
Management Team
Vice President, Exploration of Starr Peak Mining Ltd. (TSXV: STE), the company's Quebec-based exploration lead on its Abitibi Greenstone Belt properties (Normetmar, NewMetal, Rousseau and Turgeon Lake); also President & Chief Executive Officer of Vision Lithium Inc.
President, CEO & Director of Amex Gold Mining Inc. (CEO since December 2016) and Executive Chairman of the Board of Vision Lithium Inc. 20+ years of capital markets and management experience across resource and tech sectors; also serves in leadership roles at several other junior miners. Has been capital markets advisor to Nemaska Lithium since 2011, and was the vendor of the Whabouchi lithium property, which he sold to Nemaska Lithium in 2009.
A Director of Vision Lithium Inc. (TSXV: VLI) and the founder of ABE Resources in 1996 (now Vision Lithium), over which he presided until 2007. P.Eng., MBA. A graduate of the University of Toronto (B.Sc. Mining Engineering, 1960) and Western University (MBA, 1964), with more than 50 years of practical and executive mining experience at all levels. From 1975 to 1990 he led the Selbaie project from an advanced exploration project through feasibility to a 7,500 tpd producing mine; the Selbaie mine was Quebec's largest base metal producer for a quarter century. From 1990 to 1994 he was VP Mining for Aur Resources, leading the $280M development and start-up of the 4,000 tpd Louvicourt Cu-Zn-Ag-Au mine near Val-d'Or, Quebec. A director of several listed junior resource companies and a technical advisor to others. Based in Val-d'Or, Quebec. Source: visionlithium.com/management/.
A Director of Northern Shield Resources Inc. (TSXV: NRN), appointed to the board as announced by the company in November 2012; also Director & Vice President, Exploration of International Prospect Ventures Ltd.; Advisor & Consultant to Carlton Precious Inc.; and a director of Thunder Gold Corp. and Vision Lithium Inc. PhD, P.Geo., MSc (Geology). Managing Director and Principal Geoscientist for Caracle Creek Chile SpA and President, Principal Geoscientist and a Director of Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. (Canada), an international geological and geophysical consulting group he co-founded in 2001. Almost 30 years in the mineral exploration business across fieldwork, management, research and project finance, and nearly 20 years as an officer, director and technical advisor with public and private companies, having taken several private firms public. A registered geoscientist with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO), an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geology at Lakehead University, and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Served as President of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada from 2010 to 2012 and as a PDAC Director from 2002 to 2010. Appointed Vice President, Exploration of International Prospect Ventures in 2018.
P.Eng., MBA. Holds a B.Sc. in mining engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and an MBA with a specialisation in corporate finance from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. More than 12 years of experience in the mining field spanning both technical knowledge and management: he participated in the construction and commissioning of the Meadowbank gold project in Nunavut, was responsible for the mine engineering department at consulting company SGS Geostat, and was the engineer in charge of supporting in-pit operations for Glencore Zinc internationally. More recently he was managing director of Sayona Quebec, developing the Authier lithium project, and currently works for Greenstone Gold Mines. Based in Montreal, Quebec. Source: visionlithium.com/management/.
Chief Financial Officer of Cartier Resources Inc., CFO since 2010; also Chief Financial Officer of Vision Lithium Inc. 24+ years accounting experience (15 in mining), 9 years in public accounting prior; B.A. Accounting, Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
No smart-money tracking (institutional/large-investor activity) for this miner yet — this is a planned feature, not live data.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Vision Lithium is a junior explorer focused on lithium and copper battery-mineral assets in Canada, with the Godslith, Cadillac, Sirmac and Dome Lemieux properties. Its most advanced project is Sirmac in Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec, where a 2023 NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment studied direct-shipping lithium ore from the Dyke #5 deposit, whose measured and indicated resource is 9,319 t of lithium carbonate equivalent (6,529 t measured and 2,790 t indicated), with 1,271 t inferred. In September 2026 it granted Osisko Metals an option to acquire 100% of its Red Brook property for staged cash payments of $100,000 a year and shares, and it consolidated its shares 15-for-1, trading on the consolidated basis from 28 September 2026.