Mineral Resources
ASX:MIN
Chief executive Chris Ellison has spent years assembling a billion-dollar bet on Australian lithium. Even he concedes the market is now in uncharted territory.
Mining industry insiders believe Gina Rinehart and Mineral Resources' Chris Ellison are both well positioned to pounce on distressed assets in the critical minerals sector on the ASX.
The diversified miner has ambitions to corner lithium in Australia, break the country's iron oligopoly, get into oil, and build billion-dollar gas facilities – all at once.