** BofA Global Research resumes coverage of Canadian miner Sigma Lithium SGML.O with "buy" and price target of $12
** PT represents 95.12% upside to stock's last close on Monday
** U.S-listed shares of SGML rise 4.7% to $6.44 premarket
** Brokerage resumes coverage as it expects an upside in co's net asset value, as well as price momentum of lithium ore spodumene
** "We stick to assumption that market pricing has bottomed and steadily improves through 2H, following momentum from recent CATL production cut, mining permit deadlines and china's anti-involution drive" - BofA
** Despite some near-term liquidity risk, and assuming the price forecast, SGML's low opex will allow them to survive a troughed market, brokerage adds
** As of last close, SGML shares down 45.2% YTD
(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)
((Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))