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This entrepreneur is cashing in on lithium – from Alan Bond’s old office

This entrepreneur is cashing in on lithium – from Alan Bond’s old office

Robert Martin left school at 15 before making his money in mining services. Now he is chairman of a string of ASX-listed companies with projects in Canada.

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There’s a wave of lithium money heading for Canada, and Robert Martin is riding it from Alan Bond’s old offices in downtown Perth.

The lithium entrepreneur looks out on the offices of iron ore giants Rio Tinto and BHP from high up in what was once known as Bond Tower in St Georges Terrace, but his focus is on faraway Ontario and Quebec.

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Brad ThompsonReporterBrad Thompson writes across business and politics from Western Australia for The Australian Financial Review. Brad is based in our Perth bureau. Connect with Brad on Twitter. Email Brad at brad.thompson@afr.com

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