While some of the big miners were promoting messages of female empowerment for International Women's Day, the numbers show they fall well behind other global businesses in representation at the top.Only BHP beats the 29% average for FTSE 100 companies' proportion of female directors (non-executive or executive), with a third of its nine-member board women. The Big Australian also recently pro...Read More
There was no change to the composition of miners in the ASX 100 or 200, but five miners were added to the ASX 300.They were growing gold miners Ramelius Resources and Silver Lake Resources, high-grade producer Mount Gibson Iron, uranium play Paladin Energy and contractor Macmahon Holdings.Paladin was also added to the All Ordinaries.Also making the All Ords was newly listed Coronado Global Resourc...Read More
Scrap battery cathode materialAmerican Manganese Inc. [AMY-TSXV; AMYZF-OTCPINK] said Friday March 8 that it continues to process cathode scraps through the company's lithium-ion battery recycling pilot plant.Using the company's patent-approved process, the scraps underwent separation and leach operations, yielding a pregnant leach solution (PLS) containing cathode metals (cobalt, lithium, nickel...Read More
An underground driller at work at the now closed Max molybdenum mine near Trout Lake, British Columbia. Note the veins of massive molybdenite. Photo Courtesy Roca Mines Inc.Cameo Cobalt Corp. [CRU-TSX; CRUUF-OTC; SY7N-FWB] shares were active Thursday March 7after the company said it had closed the previously announced acquisition of the Max Mine and Willa properties. Both are located in British Co...Read More
Northern Vertex's Moss Mine located 80 miles southeast of La Vegas in Mohave County, western Arizona. Source: Northern Vertex Mining Corp.Northern Vertex Mining Corp. [NEE-TSXV; NHVCF-OTC] said Friday March 8 that it has delivered the largest gold shipment to date from its Moss Mine in northwest Arizona.The company said it shipped an estimated 1,004 ounces of gold to a third party refiner. "These...Read More
Colombia Energy Minister Maria Fernanda Suarez.Colombia Energy Minister Maria Fernanda Suarez is aiming for greater transparency in the way the country's resources are managed.She said Colombia hopes to achieve that goal by completing the digital transformation of the country's National Minerals Agency by the end of 2019."We are aiming for full transparency of the land mass," said Suarez during an...Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to build the first nuclear reactor in America since the 1970s. And it has the uranium investment community buzzing with excitement.Is this the beginning of a new dawn for nuclear energy?Or just another dead end?Two weeks ago, Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced the DOE would officially launch the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) program.The project will be o...Read More
With several underground mines and two processing plants at its Segovia and Marmato operations in Colombia, Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) is the South American country's largest underground gold and silver producer.Gran Colombia Gold's mining operations also incorporate an artisanal miner model that contracts third-party miners to work on its concessions and deliver mineralized mate...Read More
Crystal Lake Mining's (TSXV: CLM; US-OTC: SIOCF) maiden drill program has uncovered a new copper discovery consisting of more than 20 mineralized zones at its 430-sq.-km Newmont Lake project northwest of Eskay Creek in B.C.'s Golden Triangle.Last fall the company drilled 550 metres across four reverse circulation holes at the project's Burgundy Ridge target, hitting copper, gold and silver mineral...Read More
Last Tuesday, President Trump signed a new policy directive that laid out his long-promised plans for a U.S. Space Force.A day later, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan submitted a legislative proposal to Congress, requesting the authority and funds to establish the new military service.It's now up to the legislative branch to authorize it, which it should...I know a lot of people mocked th...Read More
According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, as of June 30, 2018, women comprised 16.7% of the mining sector, up from 16.1% in 2017 and 15.7% in 2014.That still makes mining the industry with the lowest proportion of females overall.The level of women in management rose from 14% in 2014 to 17.2% in FY18, while more significantly, the number of CEOs jumped from 2.7% to 7.5% over the same peri...Read More
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The Finnish Parliament has approved a motion to bring forward its ban on coal for energy use to May 1, 2029.Read full newsRead More
Western Copper and Gold Corporation ("Western" or the "Company") (TSX:WRN; NYSE American:WRN) announces that Julien Fran??ois, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Read full newsRead More
"PDAC 2019 Video Interview - Lobo Tiggre @duediligenceguy: "Uranium is Happening Now". View the interview at https://t.co/FXC7tPXbtK #uranium #gold #preciousmetals"Read full newsRead More
"PDAC 2019 Day 3 - We've put together some of the key events and interviews that took place on day three of this year's PDAC convention in Toronto. Hear what industry experts and mining executives had to say https://t.co/U0EfAQoesL #PDAC2019 #INNatPDAC"Read full newsRead More
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By: Ira EpsteinGold - 100 week average (~$1272/3 and rising) possible correction low. Biased down. Oversold.Gold/Silver ratio -- higher it goes, the more silver you load up in your shopping cart:Read More