South African miner Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) trusts that Yamana Gold's (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) shareholders will back its planned US$6.7-billion takeover of the Canadian gold miner.The proposed merger, which would create the world's fourth-largest gold miner and that is expected to surpass Agnico Eagle (TSX, NYSE: AEM) in a year to take third place, has been criticized by Gold Fields inves...Read More
NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE; NYSE: NXE) said that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has accepted its draft environmental impact statement (EIS), which it submitted last month, for its Rook I uranium project in Saskatchewan. The CNSC's acceptance has advanced the project into the next phase which will include assessments from provincial and federal authorities, the company said. Alongsid...Read More
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV; OTC: CVVUF) has discovered a significant zone of basement-hosted uranium mineralization during its summer drilling program at the West McArthur project in Saskatchewan. West McArthur is a joint venture project with Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) the world's largest public uranium company. CanAlaska currently owns about 70% of the JV and is the operator.During the seco...Read More
Shares of Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) fell to their lowest in a year after the company reported a "weak" performance in its second quarter and said that it would be re-evaluating its 2022 guidance. The company's total gold production fell by 10% to 27,240 oz. in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 30,375 oz. in the same quarter last year. Wesdome's flagship mine, Eagle River near Wawa, On...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) flagged on Friday a cost increase of $300 million for the ongoing expansion of its massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.The world's second largest miner said the cost and schedule reforecast, completed in June, now pegs the total project cost estimate at US$7.1 billion, almost US$1.8 billion higher than its original estimate in 2015. The com...Read More
All week long, we've had the privilege of gazing deeper into the kaleidoscope of space than any generation before. Cosmic cliffs, sparkling galaxies, gleaming stars, distant planets, and even evidence of water and clouds... It's all on display in the first images to be relayed from the James Webb Space Telescope.The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope in history. It bo...Read More
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CEO.CA caught up with Joel Freudman, Co-founder and CEO of TRU Precious Metals (TSXV: TRU, OTCQB: TRUIF, FSE: 706) to discuss their drilling plans, leadershi...Read full newsRead More
Sarama Resources Ltd. ("Sarama" or the "Company") (ASX:SRR, TSX- V:SWA) is pleased to provide an update on the planned +50,000m drilling program at its 100%-owned(4), multi-million ounce Sanutura Project (the "Project") (news release dated May 12, 2022). The drilling program was designed to material...Read full newsRead More
We spoke with Dave O'Brien, President and CEO, and Executive Director of Stuhini Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: STU), a mineral exploration company, with a portfolio of exploration properties, in western Canada. The Company's flagship asset is Ruby Creek Molybdenum Property, located approximately 20 km East of Atlin, BC. The road accessible project hosts a world-class molybdenum resource, with multiple...Read More
Guys like Elon Musk and Larry Ellison like to talk a lot of smack about California.And while criticisms of overzealous regulation and high taxation are credible, I still love the Golden State.In fact, I was in the Bay Area last weekend and loved every second of it...The food, the people, the tremendous views of golden-hour sunsets over the ocean.California is a magical place. It's also an incredib...Read More
The U.K. is facing a crisis. No, not our mounting supply issues, soaring cost inflation or the sudden change in political leadership; rather, the plummeting numbers of drinking establishments and graduate mining engineers. A survey in 1577 found that there were over 16,000 alehouses, taverns (generally larger than alehouses and also served wine) and inns in England and Wales. With a combined p...Read More
Japan's Panasonic is deepening its ties with electric vehicles (EVs) maker Tesla by planning a battery plant in Kansas, which will cost US$4 billion.The facility is expected to supply the EV giant with a new high-capacity battery and boost Panasonic Energy's production capacity by fiscal 2028 from the current level of roughly 50 gigawatt-hours per year to 150 to 200 GWh.The Japanese company, the w...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is investing US$188 million to increase the production capacity for low-carbon, high-value aluminum billets at its Alma smelter in Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., by 202,000 tonnes.The existing casting centre at Rio Tinto's Alma plant will be expanded to accommodate new state-of-the-art equipment, including a casting pit and furnaces, allowing a larger portion of th...Read More
Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) has reported its preliminary second quarter operating results, showing total gold production of 1 million oz. and copper production of 120 million lb. During the quarter, it managed to sell all of the gold produced and 113 million lb. of copper.The gold output represents a 5.4% increase over the first quarter of 2022, which Barrick has said would be its lowest p...Read More
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) and Japan's Nippon Steel have joined forces to develop solutions for lower-carbon steelmaking, a process responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse emissions.The companies will research ways to optimize premium lump ore produced by Anglo American's mines in Brazil and South Africa to decrease emissions in the traditional blast furnace (BF) steelmaking process.The partn...Read More
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Tartisan Nickel (CSE: TN; US-OTC: TTSRF) has announced results of a positive preliminary economic assessment for its flagship Kenbridge nickel project, adjusting the mine plan to focus solely on mining resources from underground. Located in the Kenora mining district of northwestern Ontario, the Kenbridge project currently has an existing shaft to a depth of 622 metres.The PEA indicates a nine-yea...Read More