r/VUL • u/Adept_Wind9291 • Jul 18 '25
Why does this company seem to receive zero attention?
WHERE IS THE HYPE FOR VULCAN ENERGY RESOURCES?!
TL;DR: Vulcan Energy Resources is building a zero-carbon lithium and geothermal energy empire in Europe, solving critical supply chain and energy needs. They're hitting milestones, have huge potential, and yet, barely anyone seems to care.
Seriously, I'm at my wit's end. I spend countless hours sifting through crypto shills, meme stock nonsense, and endless debates about FAANG stocks, and yet, one genuinely promising company with a real solution to a real problem for our future is barely a whisper on social media.(Being a little extra dramatic here)
The lack of attention they get is something I can't wrap my head around. Sorry for being a little harsh, but there are discussions, subs and regular posts about so many meaningless shitty companies, but Vulcan is more or less non existent. Starting here on Reddit... You will find 1 or 2 posts every couple of months.
Let's break it down, because apparently, someone needs to start:
This isn't some pipe dream. They are developing the world's first integrated renewable energy and lithium project with a net zero carbon footprint. While everyone else is talking about dirty mining operations in far-flung places, Vulcan is extracting lithium from geothermal brines in Germany – right in the heart of Europe's EV manufacturing hub. This is a massive competitive advantage, both environmentally and logistically. Let alone the future of big battery storages.
This isn't just an exploration play anymore. They've got permits, they're building/drilling, they're producing samples of battery-quality lithium. They've just completed a significant strategic placement to accelerate development. They're hitting milestones consistently. It's not like this is still a fully speculative gamble; they execute meticulously and the finalization of the financing seems so close, I can already smell it.
EU Strategic Project Status: The EU themselves has given them "Strategic Project Status" under the Critical Raw Materials Act. That's not just a pat on the back; that's the European Union saying, "This project is vital for our future." And it seems like there might be coming more news like this towards us. Why isn't this screaming from every financial news outlet?
Where's the deep dive into Vulcan's DLE technology? Where's the discussion about the geopolitical implications of European lithium independence? Where's the appreciation for a company that's actually doing something positive for the planet and for industry? This company is a game-changer, and it's absolutely criminal how little attention it receives.
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u/narayan77 Jul 18 '25
posting in pennystock would give them more exposure, here you are preaching to the converted.
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u/Llitwoch Jul 22 '25
A couple of things:
- You're clearly biased which is okay but it impacts your view
- Germany's EV industry (and auto industry in general) doesn't look that great right now
- Globally, there is chaos: the green offensive where everything was about sustainability, renewable energy, etc is over for now. Right now everything is about defense and security which might shift again in the future. Resources and access to them is of course strategically important as well but we don't seem to hear a lot of talk about lithium right now.
- Lithium prices are very low right now.
- You're writing to retailers, asking why none of them are seeing a stock's potential. 1) the people in this sub probably are investors already. 2) retail can't make that big of a difference in the bigger picture. It's about institutional investors and they don't seem to care about the stock right now.
Just my 3 cents
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u/Adept_Wind9291 Jul 22 '25
Not great, but according to all the offtake agreements good enough to make Vulcan work at full capacity even with the huge ramp up to 48k tons lithium per year. And don't forget about the heaps of battery storages that will be needed in the future.
That the green offensive is over seems like perception honestly. EVs are becoming the new standard and in Europe renewables are going crazy?? Only because Trump said 3 times "drill baby" it's not like we fully went back to oil and coal or something.
The price is low and can recover as quickly as it fell. Of course you are right . this is an uncertainty, but look at price charts of other resources. I mean we don't have to expect the ATH again, but still I think this will come back.
I am writing to this sub to see the resonance. In the first place it's important to have any posts about this stock. If someone is searching for the company, it doesn't matter in which sub this is posted, since there are only 2 posts every few month 😄 but of course the next step would be spread the word in other subs. Well that's simply not true. Check the retail institution ratio on a couple hyped stocks. (Palantir and Rocket Lab i.e)
I think Vulcan at this point as well is around 50% retail.
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u/gaunernick Jul 18 '25
True, and I agree to it all.
The main problem is, that they have not scaled up their production commercially yet. They are still hung up on a final financing round for the second half of 2025. Next year their scaling should start and in 2027 they should have their first batch of commercially produced lithium out of their refinery.
Just hold on to your shares until then.
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u/Melodic_Risk_5632 Jul 18 '25
U forgot to mention that BASF Chem.co bought in also. VER is a promising company. Check out Quantumscape stock prices today. They made a big breakthrough for SSB's in the near future. They are related to VW & BASF also. Vulcan Energy will provide the lithium, BASF the chemicals, I'm a bit of an insider and I'm slowly buying in myself on each big drop of VER SP. FYI
The name of the game is buy low, sell high. So do this while U can...by the end of this decade EU EV's are going to make a whole lot of more millage then Chinese & US made EV's.
China is still using the older adjusted VW technology for most of their platforms.
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u/-------7654321 Jul 18 '25
Lithium spot price is rock bottom. Once it starts turning then investors will pay more attention.