It is said that to produce any good, what cannot be grown must be mined. By this token, governments and the general public tend to conveniently forget that the energy revolution and, by extension, the global effort to reduce anthropogenic carbon emissions depend squarely on the abundant and reliable supply of critical metals mined from the ground. With the recent release of the Canadian federal g...Read More
Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) is investing in a 200-megawatt (MW) solar power plant designed to accelerate its decarbonization program, in line majority owner Barrick Gold's (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap.NGM has entered a partnership with Arizona-based First Solar to manufacture all modules required to support the 200 MW plant, entirely in the United States. NGM has already co...Read More
Constantine Metal Resources' (TSXV: CEM) flagship Palmer property in southeast Alaska has been given a budget of US$18 million for its upcoming work program. Palmer is an advanced stage copper-zinc-gold-silver exploration project with road access and located within 60 km of the deep sea port at Haines.The joint-venture project with Dowa Metals & Mining currently hosts resources at the Palmer and...Read More
In its first updated resource since 2021, Osino Resources (TSXV: OSI; US-OTC: OSIIF) has increased indicated resources for its Twin Hills gold project in central Namibia by more than four times. The additional ounces come from resource expansion in the Twin Hills Central, Bulge and Clouds areas, and delineation of additional resources from new areas. The project's indicated resource estimate n...Read More
Energy Fuels?EUR?(TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) made three commercial shipments of uranium, vanadium and rare earth elements (REE) through its Utah-based White Mesa mill last week, a feat which the company described as rare and one that depicts its ability to become a "clean energy and critical mineral hub" in the United States. The company shipped natural uranium concentrates (U3O8) to the Metropolis Wo...Read More
U.S. miner Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; OTC: TLOFF) said on Wednesday it had bought three more drill rigs to expand exploration at its Tamarack nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota, which already has among its clients electric vehicles (EV) giant Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).Talon currently holds a 51% interest in the Tamarack project, the only high-grade development-stage nickel project in the U.S. The r...Read More
I just received an order from Amazon for these two products.They come in identical packages.But inside these two boxes are very different things.Inside one of these small boxes is a dangerous, highly toxic substance that's estimated to kill 900,000 people every year.In the other is a harmless, non-toxic material which will act as the "glue" that holds together all future technologies.It's a materi...Read More
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Share this article VANCOUVER - Great Atlantic Resources Corp. [GR-TSXV; PH0-FSE] reported additional gold assays for the third drill hole (GP-21-151), and gold assays for the fourth hole (GP-21-152) and fifth to eighth holes (GP-21-154 to GP-21-156) of the 2021 diamond drilling program at its 100%-optioned Golden Promise gold property in central Newfoundland.Highlights from the recent gold assays...Read More
Exactly one day before Russia invaded Ukraine, a major South American nation announced it was building a 400-mile-long gas pipeline from the fastest-growing oil-and-gas shale basin on the planet. That nation was Argentina.And the $5 company I'm going to tell you about will be pumping a lot of its gas through that very pipeline.The company practically already has guaranteed customers for its energ...Read More
We spoke with Jeffrey Wilson, who is CEO and President of Precipitate Gold Corp. (TSXV: PRG, OTCQB: PREIF), a mineral exploration company, actively exploring its Motherlode Project, in Newfoundland and its 100% owned Ponton and Juan de Herrera projects, in the Dominican Republic. The Company's Pueblo Grande Project is subject to an Earn-In Agreement, with Barrick Gold Corporation, whereby Barrick...Read More
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: Gold) aims to start producing copper and gold from its Reko Diq project in Pakistan's Balochistan province in 2027, the company's CEO Mark Bristow said at a conference call on Tuesday. The project, which was suspended in 2011 due to a dispute over the legality of its licencing process, is expected to have an initial capital cost of about US$7 billion - according to...Read More
Having recently optioned the former Gasp?(C) copper mine from Glencore Canada, Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; OTC: OMZNF) is ready to begin drilling on the property this week, focusing on the re-evaluation of copper mineralization near the past-producing Mount Copper open pit.The drill campaign will be divided into two phases: Phase 1 (10,000 metres) is primarily designed to evaluate extent of near-su...Read More
Having recently completed its environmental assessment (EA) process with the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) says the federal EA for its Valentine project is also approaching a ministerial decision.Site-specific permitting pertaining to provincial jurisdiction, including acquisition of mining lease, has already commenced. Concurrently, Marathon has been notified...Read More
Western Australia-focused gold producer Novo Resources (TSX: NVO; OTC: NSRPF) has agreed to sell its entire stake in New Found Gold, consisting of 15 million shares or about 9% of NFG's share capital, to a corporation controlled by Canadian mining investor Eric Sprott. Pursuant to arm's-length negotiations, Novo will receive total consideration of $125.9 million, representing a 9.3% premium to NFG...Read More
Zeb Nickel (TSXV: ZBNI; US-OTC: ZBNIF) has discovered a new gold zone at its at its namesake nickel project located in Limpopo, South Africa. Two out of the eight drill holes from its recently completed program intersected high-grade gold, the company said. The gold zone is located adjacent to and beneath the nickel and platinum group element (PGE) mineralized zones of its flagship project....Read More
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON: GLEN) has inked a multi-year agreement with General Motors (NYSE: GM) to provide the automaker with cobalt from its Murrin Murrin operation in Australia.The U.S. car producer has committed to making all-electric vehicles by the end of the decade, setting the goal of having 30 new EVs models, equivalent to 1 million electric cars, in the market by 2025."...Read More
This week's episode features Ana Gabriela Juarez, president of CTA Environmental Consultants and founder of WIM Central America. Ana discusses her work as the president of an environmental consultancy focused on mining, as well as the challenges women face in the mining industry, particularly in South America. She also describes some of the educational initiatives WIM Central America has undertake...Read More
In this video we look at the major drill results and related share price performance of New Found Gold, the TSXV's largest market ...Read More