Senator Doug Black.Alberta Senator Doug Black on Wednesday March 28 moved a second reading of the bill he introduced in February (2018) in a bid to have Ottawa declare that Kinder Morgan Canada's [KML-TSX] stalled Trans Mountain pipeline is in Canada's national interest.Despite opposition from environmental activists, and governments at the provincial and municipal level in British Columbia, the p...Read More
High-grade silver mineralization from Honey Badger's Thunder Bay Silver Project west of Thunder Bay, northwestern Ontario. Source: Honey Badger Exploration Ltd.Honey Badger Exploration Ltd. [TUF-TSXV] and TomaGold Corp. [LOT-TSXV] emerged as the most actively traded stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange Wednesday March 28 as investors reacted to positive news from both companies.After Honey Badger an...Read More
Aerial view of Viva Gold's Tonopah Project in southwestern Nevada. Source: Viva Gold Corp.Viva Gold, which recently changed its name from Aintree Resources, has a 100% interest in the Tonopah Project near Tonopah, Nevada, an advanced stage gold exploration project.The project sits on the Walker Lane Trend and consists of 444 unpatented mineral claims, 185 of which are subject to a royalty interest...Read More
Giga Metals Corporation (TSX.V: GIGA, FSE: BRR2) aims to be a premier supplier of the battery metals that will be needed as the world progresses to a future powered by clean energy. They are currently focused on two of the key metals, used in the batteries of electric vehicles: Nickel and Cobalt. Their Turnagain Project, located in north central British Columbia, is among the largest undeveloped n...Read More
Argonaut's El Castillo gold mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: Argonaut Gold Inc.Argonaut Gold Inc. [AR-TSX] has released updated technical reports from Mexican operations, including the Castillo Complex in Durango and its La Colorada Mine in Sonora state, Mexico.The El Castillo Complex is made up of the El Castillo and San Agustin Mines, which share infrastructure and resources.Highlights from the M...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Ely Gold Royalties (TSXV: ELY) (OTC Pink: ELYGF) Options Key Monitor Claims to Orla Mining Vancouver, British Columbia - March 28, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (TSXV: ELY) (OTC Pink: ELYGF) ("Ely Go...Read More
North Arrow sample bags from the Q1-4 2017 sample being loaded on to the Hamlet's truck to be moved to the beach for pick up. Source: North Arrow Minerals Inc.North Arrow Minerals Inc. [NAR-TSXV; NHAWF-OTC] on Wednesday March 28 reported final diamond recoveries from composite mini-bulk samples extracted from four units within the Q1-4 kimberlite at the Naujaat Diamond Project, Nunavut.The samples...Read More
While accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said, "The manner in which this war against drugs is being waged is equally or perhaps even more harmful than all the wars the world is fighting today, combined."The death toll from the drug war is much less than the actual warfare throughout the world. However, his sentiment is quite appropriate because a signi...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop War Eagle Mining (TSXV: WAR) Announces Exploration Update Vancouver, British Columbia - March 28, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) War Eagle Mining Company Inc. (TSXV: WAR) ("War Eagle" or the "Company") is pleased to announce...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comI'm doing my best to take a few days off this week, and have the pleasure of spending time with some friends here in a fairly remote corner of Vietnam's magnificent coastline.This is one of the most pristine places I've ever been- a high-end resort nestled at the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere overlooking Vietnam's postcard-perfect Vinh Hy Bay.I've traveled extensiv...Read More
Ashley Bucsek, a mechanical engineering PhD candidate at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded a President's Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue her research career at the University of Minnesota.The fellowship, originally established in 1984 at the University of California and expanded to multiple partner universities starting in 2011, encourages women and minority PhD recipients to pursue a...Read More
Morgan Bazilian, executive director of the Payne Institute for Earth Resources and research professor in public policy at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by The Washington Post about Shell's Sky scenario, which imagines a future in which the increase to the global average temperature is held "well below" 2 degrees Celsius, the goal set forth in the Paris climate agreement. Fro...Read More
Colorado School of Mines was ranked 19th among public colleges in the United States and first among public colleges in Colorado in a 2018 list by Buffalo Business First, a sister publication to the Denver Business Journal.Business First used a 22-part formula to develop their rankings, incorporating data such as admissions selectivity, retention and graduation rates, alumni earnings, tuition and h...Read More
George Sowers, professor of practice in mechanical engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by the Denver Business Journal about the $642 million in Air Force satellite launch contracts awarded this month to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX. Sowers was vice president and chief scientist at ULA before joining the space resources faculty at Mines.From the story:ULA, an 11-y...Read More
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME - Only a few years ago during the depths of the mining industry downturn, Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had on its hands with its Rosebel open-pit gold mine in Suriname an aging, high-cost operation that faced closure in 2018, as costs were projected to rise well above the prevailing gold price. But the intermediate gold producer didn't give up on the ailing asset and instead...Read More
Barrick Gold's founder and chairman emeritus, Peter Munk, passed away Wednesday, peacefully and surrounded by his family at the age of 90.Munk, an iconic Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in Budapest in 1927. When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, he escaped with his family, ultimately arriving in Toronto in 1948 at the age of 20.Even though he didn't have social connections or a...Read More
Canadian miner Kinross Gold (TSX:G) (NYSE:KGC) may soon make a decision about whether or not to restart operations at its La Coipa gold and silver mine in northern Chile, as it expects to receive the remaining permits to resume mining by July.Operations at La Coipa mine, located in Chile's Atacama Region, were halted in 2013, when the targeted orebody run out of riches. But the results of a pre-f...Read More
South African DRDGold approved Wednesday a deal proposed by Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) to exchange some its assets for a 38% stake in the mid-tier gold miner.The transaction, valued at R1.3 billion (roughly $110 million at today's rates), also gives Sibanye the option to buy another 12.1% of DRDGold shares - enough to give it control of the firm.The assets the precious metals produc...Read More
Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (15,169.94, down 46.24 points)Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Healthcare. Down 50 cents, or 5.25 per cent, to $9.03 on 10.5 million shares.Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down five cents, or 1.32 per cent, to $3.74 on 9.4 million shares.Crescent Point Energy (TSX:...Read More