The blocks circled in red indicate the parcels which sold in the July 7 Crown mineral land sale. They include areas around Kisbey, north of Creelman, north of Bienfait and near Colgate. Ministry of Energy and Resources

The footprint of Saskatchewan’s burgeoning lithium play in southeast Saskatchewan is growing, as is the value of the bids for land, if not the total dollar amount.

The Government of Saskatchewan’s first subsurface mineral public offering of the fiscal year, held on Monday, July 7, 2025, generated $1,023,671 in revenue, primarily due to interest in lithium.

That’s down quite a bit from a similar sale a year before, which saw $5,935,425 in sales for 16 blocks. But the dollar value per hectare was notably up, with the highest value per hectare up approximately 37 per cent for the most valuable block from the previous sale.

Out of the 11 subsurface permits listed for this offering, four received bids covering a total area of 22,911 hectares. All the permits are prospective for lithium in formation water.

Nearly all of that million dollars was for Block 2, which straddles Highway 13 and centres around Kisbey and the townsite of Pheasant Rump First Nation. Most of it is within township 08-05-W2, but a bit extends to the north and several sections extend into 08=06-W2 to the west of Kisbey. That block engendered the highest bid, at $984,452. It came from Millennium Land Ltd. for a 2,852 hectare block. That’s $345 per hectare.

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In comparison, last year Millennium Land Ltd. bid $1,974,127 to acquire four permits for a total of 9,061 hectares east of Weyburn between Stoughton and Arcola. That worked out to $218 per hectare. This year’s high price block was in close proximity to last year’s.

The Nov. 25 Crown sale saw 12 of 13 blocks sold for a total of $2,270,322. The highest price per hectare in that sale was $252 per hectare.

This year Millennium Land Ltd. also bid $27,044.83 on a second block, covering 12,697 hectares, in the area north of Creelman and northwest of Ocean Man First Nation. Block 7 is much larger, centred on Township 11-10-W2, but extending roughly halfway into the townships north, east, southeast, and to a lesser extent, south. The whole block, checkerboard in nature, extends 14 miles north to south and 11 miles east to west.

Inland Country Earth Consulting acquired the remaining two permit blocks. One block, covering 3,854.236 hectares and located north of Bienfait, was principally in Township 03-06-W6, but extended to slightly to the north and south. It received a bid of $6,287. The second block, covering 3,507 hectares and situated southeast of Radville, received a bid of $5,888. That block, Block 9, was largely within Township 05-16-W2, and west of Highway 35 near Colgate

Notably, the Feb. 10 2025 Crown land sale was canceled. The posting date for that auction was Sept. 24, 2024.

The closing date for postings for the next Crown mineral land sale was July 15, for the Nov. 24 sale.

“Lithium is one of the 27 critical minerals found in Saskatchewan and several companies are actively pursuing lithium exploration and production in the province. Lithium will play a key role in the province achieving the goals outlined in Saskatchewan’s Critical Minerals Strategy, including doubling the number of critical minerals being produced in Saskatchewan and increasing Saskatchewan’s share of Canadian mineral exploration spending to 15 per cent, all by 2030,” the Ministry of Energy and Resources said in its press release.

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Lithium land sale brings in just under $6 million as SE Sask area grows

Lithium in SK, Part 34: Arizona Lithium all-in on Saskatchewan Prairie Lithium project as it sells its Arizona project

Lithium in SK, Part 33: Arizona Lithium’s path to commercialization this year

Lithium in SK, Part 32: EMP Metals announces results from step-out well near Stoughton

 

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Lithium in SK, Part 31: Critical Mineral Incentives implemented

Lithium in SK, Part 30: Hub City Lithium completes pilot, changes ownership structure, and is drilling near Stoughton

 

Lithium in SK, Part 29: Arizona Lithium begins drilling commercial production wells near Torquay

Lithium in SK, Part 28: Hub City Lithium operating direct lithium extraction pilot in Estevan

Lithium in SK, Part 27: Lithium Bank sells Estevan area land to unnamed buyer

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Lithium in SK, Part 26: Enter the big boys: 70-year-old Denison Mines buys into Grounded Lithium’s Kindersley project

Lithium in SK Part 25: Primacy of rights, revisited

Lithium in SK, Part 24: Hub City Lithium releases preliminary economic assessment for Viewfield project

Lithium in SK, Part 23: November Crown land sale shows expanding positions

Lithium in SK, Part 22: Arizona Lithium is running its pilot plant for Torquay project, elaborates on commercialization plans for 2025

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Lithium in SK, Part 21: Arizona Lithium begins work on future commercial site near Torquay

Lithium in SK, Part 20: Hub City Lithium again finds some of the high concentrations in Canada, announcing second test well results

Lithium in SK, Part 19: Grounded Lithium’s Kindersley project could cost $447 million to build, but bring in $350 million per year

 

Lithium in SK, Part 18: Hub City Lithium drills second targeted well in Viewfield area, near Stoughton

Lithium in SK, Part 17: Lithium prices have come down … to only US$70,000 a tonne. A decade ago, they were US$7,000

Lithium in SK, Part 16: Arizona Lithium closes Prairie Lithium deal

Lithium in SK, Part 15: Grounded Lithium lays out its development plan

Lithium in SK, Part 14: Prairie Lithium gets federal money, acquisition deal to close soon

Lithium in SK, Part 13B: Hub City announces highest lithium concentration to date, by a significant margin

Lithium in SK: Part 13: Coming into lithium with revenue already flowing from oil

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Lithium in SK, Part 12: Hub City Lithium shows promising results northeast of Weyburn

Lithium in SK, Part 11: A detailed video on lithium geology in SE Sask

Lithium in SK, Part 10: A helium explorer who found lithium responds

Lithium in SK, Part 9: And the acquisitions begin, with Prairie Lithium to be acquired by Arizona Lithium

Lithium in SK, Part 8: Ministry of Energy and Resources response to primacy of rights issues

Lithium in SK: Part 7b: The rent’s due, and so is the LLR

Lithium in SK, Part 7: Dealing with an embarrassment of riches – sorting out the primacy of rights

Lithium in SK, Part 6: Direct Lithium Extraction is the multi-billion dollar question

Lithium in SK, Part 5: Prairie Lithium – Old wells or new wells?

Lithium in SK, Part 4: Prairie Lithium pursuing the idea there could be lithium in those brines

Lithium in SK, Part 3: Crown land sale reveals sixth entrant in Saskatchewan lithium exploration race

Lithium in SK, Part 2: Saskatchewan government launches lithium incentives

Lithium in SK Part 1: As the race for lithium takes off, Saskatchewan is seeing the dawn of a new industry