Mining companies and analysts have described U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to authorize the Defense Production Act to increase battery metals production and reduce the country's reliance on China and Russia as an "urgent" move that provides "further proof" of the minerals' growing importance in the geopolitical arena. The act gives the president authority to prioritize the production of sp...Read More
Shares of Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU) traded at their lowest value this year after the company revealed in its annual report that the ramp-up of its Pumpkin Hollow underground copper mine in Nevada continued to struggle in the first quarter of 2022. The company said it had lost a scoop due to a stope's sidewall failure in its underground mine earlier this year. "As a result, the company was not abl...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A | TECK.B) (NYSE: TECK), Canada's largest diversified miner, is facing eight charges filed by Chile's environmental regulator SMA, which claims the miner failed to comply with measures to avoid impacts on vegetation and animals at its Quebrada Blanca copper mine.The agency said audits carried out in 2019, 2020 and 2021 at the operation, located in Chile's northern Ta...Read More
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) might have the licence for its $2.4 billion lithium project in Serbia reinstated should the country's pro-mining president, Aleksandar Vu??i??, and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) win the elections this weekend, analysts say.The country heads to the polls on Sunday to vote for both president and parliament, with opinion surveys showing that Vu??i?? is likely to...Read More
U.S. and China-based researchers have developed a 3D, interconnected, thermally-conductive boron nitride network that greatly improves thermal conductivity in lithium-ion batteries.In a paper published in the journal Green Energy & Environment, scientists explain that although electric cars travel longer distances with shorter battery charging times, the lifespan of those batteries has also decrea...Read More
While the U.S. sits comfortably distant from any potential foes, a startling new set of numbers was just released by the United Nations.We are now seeing the most armed conflicts across the globe since the end of World War II.In many ways, it marks the end of an era.Pax Americana has long been used to describe the relative peace we've seen over the last fifty years.Many terrible wars were fought,...Read More
Jamie Beck, CEO of Filo Mining Corp. (TSX: FIL | Nasdaq First North Growth Market: FIL | OTCQX: FLMMF) and his team are in ...Read More
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Phase One, 3 of 15-hole Drill Program, is focused on determining the relationship to High Li Zone on the adjacent Jindalee PropertyExploration team is optimistic, as the third hole drilled demonstrated as thick sequence of claystone/siltstone with minimal overburdenGeologic data from core logging is...Read full newsRead More
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FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; OTC: FPOCF) is establishing a new subsidiary company, CO2 Lock Corp., that will pursue opportunities in large-scale, low-cost and permanent carbon [...]Read full newsRead More
Tharisa has exercised a farm-in option to invest US$27.0 million to increase its stake in Karo Holdings from 26.8% to 66.3%. The balance of the project will by held by The Leto Settlement.Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Megumagold Corp. [NSAU-CSE; NSAUF-OTC; 2CM2-FDSE] reported drilling a thick core intervals ranging up to 3.46 g/t gold over 23.28 metres, including samples grading up to 12.6 g/t gold over 1.35 metres, at the 100%-owned Elmtree gold project, located in New Brunswick, Canada. All seven holes were drilled into the west gabbro zone (WGZ) for a total of 707 metres. Refe...Read More
All investments made by firms from authoritarian regimes should undergo the complete security review process stated in the Investment Canada Act (ICA), a parliamentary committee said in a new report that analyzed the acquisition of Neo Lithium, a Canadian-listed company, by China's Zijin Mining. While all foreign investments undergo a preliminary national security screening by Canadian authorit...Read More
Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR; OTC: CLRMF) has received new assays from drilling at the Escape platinum group-copper-nickel deposit, part of its flagship Thunder Bay North project. The property is located near Thunder Bay, Ont., about 60 km southeast of the Lac des Iles mine owned by Impala Platinum.The latest drill results from the Steepledge extension area are highlighted by hole ELR22-115, which...Read More
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has upped its proven and probable sulphide reserves by 40% to 640.5 million tonnes grading 0.25% copper and 0.008% molybdenum. The increase allows the company to extend the life of the mine a further 23 years. During that time, the company anticipates producing 3 billion lb. copper and 53 million lb. molybdenum."Over the last two years there has been a...Read More
Mining was one of few industries that saw relatively little disruption at the start of the global Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. And although miners endured commodity price volatility, they enjoyed low or stable costs in the early part of the pandemic (remember the first-time-ever negative oil price of April 2020, when West Texas Intermediate went down to -US$37.63 per barrel?). Lower input cos...Read More