A preliminary economic assessment from Labrador Iron Mines Holdings (US-OTC: LBRMF) on its 52%-held Houston project on the Labrador-Quebec border suggests a 12-year open pit producing 2 million tonnes per year of material grading 62% iron.With a year-round mining rate of 5,500 tonnes per day, the material, after on-site crushing and screening, would be loaded onto trains, at 10,000 tonnes per day,...Read More
This week's episode features a keynote presentation from the Global Mining Symposium with Paul Brink, president and CEO, Franco-Nevada, and Daniella Dimitrov, partner, Sprott Capital Partners, on the state of the mining industry and whether we are, in fact, heading into a new commodities super-cycle. The panel was moderated by Cecilia Jamasmie, senior editor, MINING.com.This week's Mining Minute...Read More
Billionaire Robert Friedland-backed High Power Exploration (HPX) said on March 8 that it had raised US$200 million for its proposed Nimba iron ore mine in southeastern Guinea, home to some of the world's highest-grade deposits, including the giant Simandou.The funds received will enable the Canadian company to fast-track development of the project, which is expected to produce an initial 15 milli...Read More
Appia Energy (CNSX: API; US-OTC: APAAF) a technology metals company exploring for critical rare earths at its 100%-owned Alces Lake property in Saskatchewan, has begun bench scale monazite processing and metallurgical testing at the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) pilot plant using sample materials collected from the high-grade rare earth elements (REEs), gallium and uranium property at Alces...Read More
Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V: BSK, FSE: MAL2; OTC: BKUCF), a member of the Grosso Group, is a leader in uranium discovery in Argentina, rapidly advancing a portfolio of surficial uranium deposits into low-cost producers. The Company's flagship, district-scale, Amarillo Grande Project has the potential to be both a leading domestic supplier of uranium to the growing Argentine market and a new inte...Read More
McEwen Mining presentation at the March 2021 BMO 30th Global Metals & Mining Conference.Read More
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After months of strength, markets have started looking a bit unstable now. Market participants are shifting to relatively safer bonds from overvalued stocks. Investors can consider these top three defensive TSX stocks to take shelter if markets continue to remain volatile.Algonquin Power and UtilitiesUtility stocks have a relatively low correlation with broader markets. That’s why investors...Read More
President Joe Biden said yesterday the America Rescue Plan was "going to start almost immediately".He said more than 85% of American households would get direct payments of $1,400 per person.Elsewhere market futures were mixed.In China, the National People's Congress is holding its week-long annual meeting in Beijing, where it's already announced plans to boost GDP by 6% this year and to overhaul...Read More
Speaking to an online discussion ahead of this week's Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual convention, Mantashe had acknowledged the challenges facing the sector but declared the country open for business.He outlined investments by Sibanye-Stillwater, Impala Platinum, Anglo American's Kumba Iron Ore and junior Orion Minerals, saying the announcements indicated South Africa was s...Read More
"If you want to know about the future, ask the young people who will make it happen. The older generation may have used up its vision getting us where we are."- Ivan SutherlandIn 1966, computer engineers at Harvard began working on the world's first virtual/augmented reality system.Two years later, they came up with a design and built a machine that looked like a torture device straight out of A...Read More
Osisko Metals (TSXV:OM) has reported assays for the first four holes drilled as part of an infill and hydrogeological program at the past-producing Pine Point zinc-lead project in the Northwest Territories, 60 km from Hay River. These drillholes targeted the R190 deposit in the West zone at Pine Point, which hosts higher-grade vertical prismatic deposits.Three of the holes were infill and the four...Read More