A bankable feasibility study calculated the project's NPV post-tax was $217 million and its IRR 27.2%.Read More
While mining is best known for supplying the world with precious and base metals, technology metals - such as lithium, cobalt and transition metals - are needed for advanced applications, such as electric vehicle batteries, superalloys and within consumer electronics. Below, we provide an overview of eight juniors with exposure to these elements. Auxico ResourcesAuxico Resources (CNSX: AUAG) is a...Read More
A new multimillion-dollar agreement between Baffinland Iron Mines and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) that includes a substantial royalty increase, Inuit oversight of environmental monitoring and direct community benefits may have set a new standard for Indigenous involvement in mining projects.The parties' Inuit Certainty Agreement (ICA) will see the QIA's royalties from Baffinland's Mary R...Read More
Gold markets continue their bullish run with a major push higher during the trading session on Wednesday. Gold price surged all the way towards the $1825 level rather early in the session, showing a clear break out of the massive barrier underneath. Analysts have spent months predicting if and when the $1800 level would be reached, but now that the price of gold has cleared it, it is likely...Read More
Almost all TSX stocks have shown a sharp recovery from their record lows in March. Canadian broader markets have soared around 40% in the last three months, marking one of the epic recoveries of all time.However, there are some stocks that are still trading way below their fair values and could be readying for a solid upside. So, if you have some cash, consider these TSX stocks with attractive gro...Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) is an incredible gold stock. Since mid-2015, shares have exploded higher by 3,164%. That’s 30 times your money in just five years.This January, I’d named Kirkland my favourite gold investment of 2020. Year to date, shares are roughly flat. That’s an incredible outcome considering we just experienced one of the most disruptive economic shocks i...Read More
The ????pler mine in eastern Turkey. Image by Alacer Gold. SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM) and Alacer Gold (TSX: ASR)(ASX: AQG) announced Friday the receipt of shareholder approvals for the previously announced at-market merger. In May, Vancouver-based SSR Mining agreed to a deal to acquire its Canadian counterpart in an all-stock, zero-premium deal valued at C$2.4 billion ($1.7 billion).The business co...Read More
Image by Esa Niemel?? from Pixabay. ESG investing has grown roots; communities are more regularly finding their voices; governments want greater assurances around responsible practices; and employees want to work for companies that live up to these higher standards.This remains a frontier for miners. The fourth industrial revolution has, however, provided new tools to aid this transition toward b...Read More
Yellowknife Women's Society's covid-19 isolation shelter. Image from Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto is partnering with the Yellowknife Women's Society in Canada's Northwest Territories to support their covid-19 isolation shelter with a C$150,000 contribution, the company announced this week. As part of Rio Tinto's worldwide community investment in covid-19 relief initiatives, this funding will provide accom...Read More
Olympias tailings area in rehabilitation. (Image courtesy of Eldorado Gold) Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) announced on Friday a Q2 2020 preliminary production of 137,782 ounces of gold, a 50% increase over Q2 2019. Gold production at Kisladag mine in western Turkey increased by 130% over Q2 2019, and 19% over Q1 2020. Increased production was due to higher grade and tonnes of stacked ore an...Read More
Drill core. Image by QMX Gold. Infill drilling at QMX Gold's Bonnefond deposit in Quebec has intersected near-surface, high-grade gold. The company has released six drillhole assays from the eastern half of this deposit, which targeted shear zones around a deeper intrusive unit.The drill highlights include 4 metres of 6.02 g/t gold starting at 131 metres and 4.5 metres of 21.29 g/t gold startin...Read More
Midwest Resource Finance Group, whose sole director and shareholder is AustSino executive chairman Chun Ming Ding, has agreed to subscribe for 7.7 billion shares in AustSino at 1.3c each.Read More
Sales of rough and polished diamonds amounted to US$31.3 million in June, down 22% on the May figure. The company's monthly sales totalled just over US$400 million in January."June sales were expectedly low, as we continue making every effort to maintain stability of the diamond industry and support our customers," said Alrosa's deputy CEO Evgeny Agureev.Alrosa has been offering flexible sales ter...Read More
Revolution's flagship Schedule Optimisation Tool is said to be the industry's only financial optimisation tool for underground mines that lets mine planners improve productivity and profitability by optimising the net present value of the mine schedule.SOT came out of research by the Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation, a not-for-profit company of Laurentian Universi...Read More
Anaconda Mining Inc. (TSX:ANX, OTCQX:ANXGF) a production, development, and exploration Company, with mining and milling operations, in the prolific Baie Verte Mining District of Newfoundland, which includes the fully-permitted Pine Cove Mill, tailings facility and deep-water port, as well as ~11,000 hectares of highly prospective mineral lands, including those adjacent to the past producing, high-...Read More
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has served a dispute notice to the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government over the country's refusal to renew a licence for the Porgera mine.The world's second-largest gold producer says that PNG's decision to reject the application for the lease extension violated a bilateral investment treaty between the country and Australia, as well as international law governing...Read More
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I spent the 4th of July surrounded by ghosts...No, I'm not talking about the Founding fathers or the American revolutionaries who lost their lives in the fight for Independence.I'm talking about the "Ghost Fleet of Mallow Bay".I woke up early Saturday morning to trek down to the Potomac River in Southern Maryland. My friends and I own a bucolic compound nearby, where we planned to spend the holida...Read More
Despite the Federal Government's efforts to diversify the economy, earn more foreign exchange and create jobs, reports of illegal goldRead full newsRead More