Nov. 9-A big South Carolina gold mine with a recent history of environmental violations has been fined again for breaking the rules, this time over discharges of two toxic materials near the small town of Kershaw in rural Lancaster County. The Haile Gold Mine, owned by the international corporation OceanaGold, recently paid a $12,600 penalty after the state's environmental agency cited the ......Read More
THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. NEWS AGENCIES VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE/ FRANKFURT:1A9/U.S.OTC:ASGOF) ("Asante" or theRead full newsRead More
Late last week, Joe Biden's vaccine mandate was denied by a U.S. appeals court.The mandate, which would require workers at private companies with more than 100 employees to undergo weekly testing or vaccination, was found to have "grave statutory and constitutional" issues.Now, I'm no constitutional scholar. I have no idea, based on precedent, whether or not the mandate could violate the Consti...Read More
The southwestern United States has a long history of mining and remains one of the nation's top mineral regions. The region has good infrastructure, an established regulatory and permitting regime and prospective geological terrain. Here are eight companies active in the area.BLUE MOON METALSExamining drill core at the Blue Moon zinc-silver project. Credit: Blue Moon Metals.Blue Moon Metals (TSXV:...Read More
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has extended the deadline for Noront Resources' (TSXV: NOT) investors to accept or refuse its bid from November 16 to the end of the month, as talks with rival Wyloo Metals regarding the imminent takeover of the Canadian miner progress."BHP and Wyloo Metals have continued their conversations and are considering a mutually beneficial arrangement regarding the acq...Read More
Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM) has released a first resource estimate for its flagship Fenelon gold project and an updated resource estimate for its Martiniere project, both located in the Detour-Fenelon gold trend in northern Abitibi, Quebec.Wallbridge's president and CEO, Marz Kord, says the estimates demonstrate that Fenelon continues to grow from a small, high-grade deposit into a potential multi...Read More
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) wants to increase the design capacity of its hydrometallurgical cobalt refinery in Cobalt, Ontario, to 6,500 tonnes of cobalt annually from 5,000 tonnes. The decision was made due to a strong demand for battery-grade cobalt and client feedback.The company has also announced a name change to Electra Battery Materials - pending shareholder approval - reflectin...Read More
I'm just going to straight-up say it. The Biden administration has nothing to offer. It is writing its own obituary not even a year in.That isn't a political indictment. It's a functional one. Sure, politics can provide momentum, but it's starting from a baseline deficit that has been building for years, if not decades.Energy prices spiraling upwards, inflation at three-decade highs, policies that...Read More
Dr. Rob Stevens (Ph.D., P.Geo.) is a professional geologist and educator. He has trained numerous brokers, analysts, and ...Read More
Sponsor Content. The old axiom that the most important aspect of real estate is location can also hold true for miners. If you're sandwiched between two large mines, one of them with more than four million ounces of gold in the ground, in a jurisdiction that is experiencing a gold rush, then chances are you've got a good shot of finding a healthy haul of the yellow metal. Add billionaire...Read More
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana tribes and conservation groups sued state environmental regulators Wednesday after Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration dropped a legal claim against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines. The lawsuit was filed in state district court in Lewis and Clark County by attorneys for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Fort Belknap...Read More
Cave Creek Museum is home to a fully operational stamp mill that was used to extract gold more than a century ago. The Arizona Gold Mining Experience offers a glimpse into what it was like to be an Arizona miner in 1910.Read full newsRead More
Aben Resources Ltd. has executed a formal option agreement with ERead full newsRead More
Comet Resources Ltd (Comet or the Company) (ASX:CRL) is pleased to provide the results of specialist test work on natural flake graphite from its Springdale Graphite Project (Springdale) located in Western Australia. The results of ICP assay of spherical graphite purified to 99.96% with an intensive...Read full newsRead More
Spot gold was worth about US$1,850 an ounce at the time of writing, having risen above $1,865/oz earlier.US consumer price index data was at 30-year highs, IG market analyst Kyle Rodda said, and followed higher-than-expected China Produce Prices and CPI data."Everyone, including central bankers, still appears to be underestimating still the inflation pulse," he tweeted."Implied probabilities of Fe...Read More
The company is in the latter stages of a 15-hole program it began in August.Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Aben Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: ABN) (OTCQB: ABNAF) (Frankfurt: E2L2) has executed a formal option agreement (subject to regulatory approval) with Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: EPL) whereby Aben holds the exclusive right to earn a 100% interest, less 2% Net Production Royalty in the road-accessible Slocan Graphite Project located 34km northwest of Castlega...Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Pan American Silver Corp. [PAAS-TSX, NASDAQ] on Wednesday reported sharply lower than expected third quarter 2021 earnings as the company continues to grapple with the negative impact of COVID-related restrictions.The company reported third quarter adjusted income of US$37.8 million or 18 cents per share, which was well below the consensus estimate among analysts of...Read More
We're used to China dominating markets, aren't we?In the global EV market, the Middle Kingdom sold over 1 million more electric vehicles than the U.S. did in 2020, and it's far ahead of the United States in laying down the appropriate charging infrastructure. But China doesn't simply aim to control an industry - it has to dominate it. Did you ever wonder why Chinese chemical companies command...Read More
Steppe Gold (TSX: STGO; US-OTC: STPGF) has secured an investment of US$65 million in debt to fast-track its Phase 2 construction of the Altan Tsagaan Ovoo (ATO) gold and silver project in Mongolia.In a news release, the Mongolia-based precious metals company said that of the total US$65 million in loans, US$59.7 million has been funded through the Gold-2 National Program, facilitated through the C...Read More