“As the world’s really thinking about and grappling with energy transition, critical minerals — things like copper, lithium — are obviously increasingly important,” said Loui Anastasopoulos, CEO of the Toronto Stock Exchange, in an interview.
The companies are ranked by their 2022 performance in three areas — market capitalization growth, share price appreciation, and trading volume. Other winners included Calgary-based solar energy company Westbridge Renewable Energy as well as renewable energy developer Greenbriar Capital Corp. “We’re in an environment where people are dying to get exposure to lithium, so it is a lot easier than it was three years ago.”
globeinvestor The long-term prospects of 'transition stocks' are far from assured. What will come when the full impact of such investments become the target of ESG is anyone's guess. Investors following signals from Trudeau's Ottawa best be treating placements as near-term trades.