American Lithium Minerals, Inc., engages in mineral exploration for lithium and rare earth minerals in the United States, Canada, and Tanzania. It explores for cobalt, nickel, manganese, Gold, Silver, Copper, and rare earth metals. The company acquires The La Grande Plata, a Silver Project Located in the Andes of northern Chile and The Furano, a Copper-Gold Project consists 9,000 hectares of exploration licenses located in the Tarapaca Region. The company was formerly known as Nugget Resources Inc. and changed its name to American Lithium Minerals, Inc. in March 2009. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.