PGM (6E) production from the company's flagship Tharisa mine in the western limb of the Bushveld Complex rose 8.9% quarter-on-quarter to 39,000 ounces, with rougher feed grades up 7.8% to 1.52 g/t.Read More
With the copper price trending in record territory after nearly doubling over the past 12 months, mining veteran and industry luminary Rob McEwen tells The Northern Miner the time had finally come to unlock the inherent value of its large-scale, advanced Los Azules copper project in Argentina.McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) announced this week it would spin out the Los Azules copper project in...Read More
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has announced high grade results from the ongoing 25,000-metre drill program at its Magino gold project in Ontario. The drill program is taking place as construction of an open pit mine at Magino advances toward expected first production in 2023.This year's drill program is primarily focused on tightening the drill spacing within the Elbow Zone, with a secondary focus on dr...Read More
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency warned that demand for critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements needed for clean energy technologies is going to explode by 2040, and cautioned that "how policy makers and companies handle the challenges around reliable and sustainable supply will determine whether critical minerals are a vital enabler of cle...Read More
Canadian junior Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR, US-OTC: LMRMF) is exploring for graphite and lithium - critical materials used in the lithium-ion batteries driving electric vehicles (EVs) and in grid-level energy storage systems.Lomiko's flagship asset is its high-grade La Loutre project in Quebec, about 120 km northwest of the port of Montreal. It is also earning a 70% stake in Critical Elements Lit...Read More
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) has revealed further delays to the permitting timeline for its Florence copper project in Arizona as the company tries to convince the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the mine will not harm the state's water supply.The Vancouver-based miner plans to inject sulfuric acid and water deep underground to extract the already and naturally...Read More
I'd be a bald-faced liar if I said I didn't care whether you followed the trading and investment advice I give you every Friday in these pages.But the truth is - whether you do or don't take my advice - somewhere, someone else is, and they are raking in the cash.It could be you. Like the reader who could have cashed in a 94% gain over the July Fourth holiday if they had followed my lead on some ho...Read More
When we emerged from the throes of the pandemic, a lot of people were drawing comparisons to the Roaring '20s, certain that pent-up demand and government largesse would fuel an exuberant economic boom.But that's not what I saw. And it's not what I'm looking at right now.No, what I'm seeing right now reminds me a lot more of the early 2000s - the period defined by a red-hot housing bubble and soari...Read More
Kenorland Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce it has entered iRead full newsRead More
Copper down but fear not, because it's coming homeRead full newsRead More
No lost time injuries at the Beatons Creek conglomerate gold projRead full newsRead More
Exciting news from Ariana Resources (LON: AAU) on Wednesday as it revealed that gold is now confirmed at the Kokkinoyia Sector of the Cyprus-based Magellan...Read full newsRead More
Barrick CEO practices what he preaches on the exploration frontRead full newsRead More
We have some big news at INK this week. Beginning today, we are accepting litecoin for payment on Canadian Insider and we are offering a special rate to celebrate! In our latest Insights, we explain the rationale for the move and our outlook for the share prices of the credit card companies. We also wonder if Binance may consider BC as a place to register. Click here to read. Read More
The Canadian stocks opened sharply lower on Thursday — partly due to continuously diving oil prices and investors’ fears about new COVID-19 variants. This morning, the S&P/TSX Composite Index was trading at 20,215 with about 1.4% losses for the day. Energy stocks like Nexgen Energy, Crescent Point Energy, and MEG Energy were among the worst-performing stocks at the open. Let’...Read More
The focus on finding undervalued stocks is on. Indeed, in this market, which has seen some volatility today amid what appears to be risk-off sentiment, this shift could be accelerated in the near term. Accordingly, those seeking safe places to hide are increasingly looking at value picks.That said, there doesn’t happen to be a wide variety of value stocks on the market today. Few are trading...Read More
As the world transitions to clean energy, rising demand for "green" metals is contributing to renewed optimism in the growth prospects for Canada's mining industry, according to a KPMG in Canada report released on July 8, Risk and Opportunities for Canadian miners.Minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel are critical to the green and digital transition now underway to achieve a below 2 ?C future....Read More
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE; UUUU) has shipped the first container of 20 tonnes of mixed rare earth carbonate concentrate to Neo Performance Materials' (TSX: NEO) Silmet rare earth separation facility in Sillamae, Estonia.Produced at Energy Fuels' White Mesa mill in Utah, 508 km southeast of Salt Lake City, the concentrate will be separated into rare earth oxides and other valued-added rare e...Read More
The government of Australia has been ordered to consider the risks carbon dioxide emissions pose to young people when approving new coal mines or expansions to existing ones, the federal court said today.The case, brought by eight students and an octogenarian nun, centred on Whitehaven Coal's planned expansion of an operation in New South Wales. The project aims at producing as much as 10 milli...Read More
Vancouver-based Ero Copper (TSX: ERO, NYSE: ERO) has provided an exploration update on its ongoing drill programs for the MCSA mining complex and the NX Gold mine, both in Brazil, with a highlight hole of 67 metres of 9.21% copper at MCSA.The company's primary asset is a 99.6% interest in the Brazilian copper mining company, MCSA, which owns the MCSA Mining Complex in Bahia state. Copper ore is mi...Read More