Just ahead of a runoff presidential election in Colombia that will determine current president Iv??n Duque's successor, The Northern Miner caught up with the country's Minister of Mines and Energy, Diego Mesa Puyo at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention on June 13 in Toronto. Colombia has been trying to diversify its mining sector away from thermal coal, and Mesa...Read More
This week's episode features former Ontario Securities Commission chair and CEO Maureen Jensen in conversation with Northern Miner senior reporter Henry Lazenby at the Global Mining Symposium. Maureen discusses the shortage of millennial talent in the mining industry, the challenge of reaching net-zero by 2030, prospects for war and instability, and the importance of avoiding politics in the board...Read More
Canada's Adventus Mining (TSX-V: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSX-V: SRL) have reached a preliminary investment protection agreement (IPA) with Ecuador's government for their Curipamba-El Domo copper and gold project.As part of the deal, the partners have committed to investing US$270 million over the next 12 years in the project. The figure doesn't include the US$50 million both miners have inv...Read More
Mexico-focused precious metals miner Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) is expanding its footprint into the U.S. with the acquisition of Gold Standard Ventures (TSX: GSV; NYSE: GSV), whose main asset is the South Railroad open-pit project located on the Carlin trend in Nevada.Earlier this year, Gold Standard completed a robust feasibility study for the South Railroad gold project, outlining a mill...Read More
These are bewildering times. The state of the economy seems more up in the air than usual. Some say a recession is already upon us. Others that one will come yet this year, or in 2023. Others, including CPM Group, state that a recession is inevitable and imminent, but it might be 2024, 2025, or even 2026 before it arrives. The reality is that there still is a lot of slack in major parts of the Nor...Read More
One of the world's leading gold-focussed royalty companies today, the roots of Franco-Nevada's successful journey lie in the purchase of its first royalty on the Goldstrike mine in 1986. But ask Pierre Lassonde, the company's co-founder who planned the purchase, and he will tell you that he "didn't really know what he was doing." In fact, soon after the purchase, his partner, Seymour Schulich,...Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Engold Mines Ltd.'s [EGM-TSXV; GWRRF-OTC] assays from quartz veins encountered in an upper portion of drill hole AZS22-83, targeting the Aurizon gold deposit at the 100%-owned Lac La Hache property in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, have returned significant gold values, including 2.5 metres grading 11.4 g/t AuEq (gold equivalent) and 7.11 metres grading 7...Read More
Share this articleVANCOUVER - NGEx Minerals Ltd. [NGEX-TSXV] has reported the discovery of a third zone of high-grade copper-gold mineralization at the Los Helados project in Chile.NGEx is the majority partner and operator at the large-scale Los Helados deposit, subject to a joint exploration agreement with Nippon Caserones Resources Co. Ltd. The project is located in Chile's Region 111.The new zo...Read More
It's incredibly tempting to solely blame Biden for the soaring gas prices in the U.S. Those lovely stickers that keep ending up stuck to the pump are amusing, but there's so much more to it than that. A more accurate message would be, "I Couldn't Do That Alone - Even If I Tried!"In fact, the president has almost been impressing me lately with his attempts to restabilize oil prices. He seems...Read More
Natural Resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson has said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the fragility of global supply chains have "heightened" the importance of critical minerals as he welcomed mining company delegates on the opening day of PDAC 2022.Wilkinson described the transition to net-zero as a "competitive race" between the world's largest economies, with demands for minerals like li...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is designing new reporting mechanisms for its employees and training modules for top leaders to spot "unacceptable" behaviours in the workplace, the company said four months after the release of a report that revealed patterns of racism, sexism and harassment among its global workforce. Carolyn Chisholm, director of Rio Tinto's external affairs, said tha...Read More
While prices for battery-making products such as lithium spodumene, carbonate and hydroxide have rallied by 1,553%, 1,057% and 744%, respectively, since mid-2020, the lithium market will struggle to remain balanced in the medium-term, Bank of America (BofA) says in a new research note.According to the bank, the upward pressure has been driven by a confluence of factors, including supercharged dema...Read More
Canadian explorer Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR; US-OTC: LMRMF) is looking for graphite and lithium - critical ingredients for the anode and cathode of lithium-ion batteries driving the global push towards decarbonization.The junior miner is advancing its wholly-owned flagship La Loutre graphite project in the Grenville graphite belt of southern Quebec, approximately 180 km northwest of Montreal.The...Read More
Lithium is a critical metal for the global push for decarbonization. It is needed to produce the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage technologies that promise more sustainable, low-carbon transportation systems and energy networks.The U.S. is positioning itself as a leader in this transition to a cleaner energy future. Last November, the Biden admi...Read More
Relationships between the mineral exploration and mining sector and Indigenous peoples within Canada and around the world vary across a broad spectrum - from respectful and mutually beneficial to antagonistic and harmful. We see these diverse variations play out on a global stage and how companies navigate this increasingly complex socio-political environment is a primary factor in whether a proje...Read More
These are exciting times for Canadian explorer and developer G2 Goldfields (TSXV: GTWO;US-OTC: GUYGF) says Dan Noone, the company's chief executive, as it advances the Oko-Aremu gold project in Guyana."In less than two-and-half years, we've progressed from discovery to our first resource on the project, and this marks a major milestone in unlocking the full value of a project that has the potenti...Read More
Natural Resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson has said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the fragility of global supply chains have "heightened" the importance of critical minerals as he welcomed mining company delegates on the opening day of PDAC 2022.Wilkinson described the transition to net-zero as a "competitive race" between the world's largest economies, with demands for minerals like li...Read More
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