Friedland also has a 50% piece of African Minerals, a private outfit searching for platinum.
"EV drivers want to pay their fair share, " says Jay Friedland, legislative director of Plug-In America.
"When (EV drivers) starting paying more than gas, it strikes as reverse discrimination, " Friedland says.
Friedland claims he wants to develop the Mongolian mine himself, or with a partner.
The Voisey's Bay find changed Friedland's fortunes and those of shareholders--but added to his controversial reputation.
Mr. Friedland came to prominence in the 1990s with a large Canadian nickel-deposit find.
That would be helpful if Friedland wants to raise more capital--or just sell out.
"I'm not in the business of giving investment advice, " Friedland recently told Bloomberg News.
Indigent Mongolia, Friedland says, has pledged to do everything necessary to help develop the site.
The coolest thing about the island, though, is its evening transformation, Ms. Friedland says.
WSJ: Kitchen Islands Get More Built-In Appliances, Storage and Features
"It's like my captain's chair, " says Ms. Friedland, a manager at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
WSJ: Kitchen Islands Get More Built-In Appliances, Storage and Features
Friedland describes the growing use of personal technology in public spaces as a chain reaction.
Mr. Friedland, who currently spends much of his time in Singapore, declined to comment for this article.
Mr. Friedland has been hit by setbacks before but is upbeat by nature, say some who know him.
Robert Friedland, the world's biggest mining enthusiast, is flogging yet another incredible idea.
Friedland issues a steady stream of press releases trumpeting ever more impressive results.
From the blog of Jeffrey Friedland, managing director over at Friedland Capital.
Based out of Los Angeles, Friedland serves as the Chief Style Director of the new Evite Postmark.
Friedland points to a number of society reactions to combat the bad etiquette.
But the real attraction is Friedland himself and his tales of copper and gold deposits buried under the Gobi Desert.
Friedland calls it "the treasure chest, " and claims it contains perhaps as much copper as Falconbridge's rich Collahuasi mine in Chile.
The Ivanhoe spokesman said the company's future is for all the company's shareholders to decide, not just Rio and Mr. Friedland.
Visiting a park recently, Friedland observed a woman pulling her child in a wagon while she talked on her cell phone.
While businesses and society institute these measures to combat the high-tech gadget abuse, the bad behavior will probably remain, Friedland says.
Whatever the case, the discovery has already been a bonanza for Friedland.
Some of his early mining promotions didn't make investors money, but Mr. Friedland was always able to drum up interest in new ventures.
He has been designing invitations for 25 years for his company Marc Friedland Communications, but Evite Postmark is his first dabble into digital formats.
But again, Friedland says, norms are changing, especially among younger users.
Through his latest endeavor, the Evite Postmark platform, Woolley hopes to bring greater refinement and elegance into the digital age, by partnering with designer Friedland.
Ivanhoe's early days in Mongolia saw setbacks, including a local protest in which an effigy of Mr. Friedland in a top hat was burnt in the capital Ulaanbaatar.
应用推荐