Garnet cuts the path for Heavy Minerals' production plansSPONSOREDheavy minerals limitedRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsCan EV battery metal continue its incredible bull run?SPONSOREDSheffield forges ahead at Thunderbird mineral sands projectSPONSOREDsheffield resources limitedThe remnants of Covid can be seen in soaring construction and operating costs which were...Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers says new CEO Al Cook will formally take over from Bruce Cleaver on 20 February.It announced last October that Cleaver, who has been at the helm since 2016, will become co-chairman of the company.Cook is moving from Equinor, Norway's state-owned petroleum company, where he was executive vice president of exploration and production international."I am very pleased to be...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A clerical error is being blamed after a leak of tailings (waste material) from the Ekati diamond mine, in Canada, was mis-reported as a more serious 12,000-litre diesel spill.Owners Arctic Canadian Diamond Company filed an incident report relating to the spill last December.But staff have since told Cabin Radio, the news channel for Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories, that...Read More
Copper prices have risen to their highest level in over seven months, supported by signs of resumed Chinese demand and supply disruptions in leading producers Peru and Chile.Read More
Capstone Copper is expected to release its initial production results along with 2023 guidance late this month.Read More
The soon-to-be lithium refiner and owner of leading electric vehicle manufacturer and critical minerals buyer Tesla instead believes that the refining and processing of lithium is key.Read More
Garnet cuts the path for Heavy Minerals' production plansSPONSOREDheavy minerals limitedRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsCan EV battery metal continue its incredible bull run?SPONSOREDSheffield forges ahead at Thunderbird mineral sands projectSPONSOREDsheffield resources limitedThe Perth-based company said December 2022 half-year production increased by 12% on a co...Read More
The drive passes a wind farm funded by Barrick Gold and various solar generation facilities but tucked away to the east of the Coastal Range and the Pacific Ocean, it also runs along part of theRead More
Most assets have a poor record over the past year. Gold is one of the few assets that posted a gain - not a major gain, but a gain.Gold has really taken off since late October, from below $1,630 to almost $1,930 today. That's a major move. What's going on?You might want to argue that it has to do with inflation. The trouble with that argument is that (official) inflation has been coming down for t...Read More
British Columbia-focused mineral explorers set a new spending record in 2022, hitting $740.4 million, announced Premier David Eby on Monday during an industry event in Vancouver.The figure surpasses the previous record a decade ago of $681 million and $660 in 2021.The rise was underpinned by an 84% increase in copper exploration budgets, with the province's so-called Golden Triangle in the northwe...Read More
The opening day of the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver saw some political sparks fly as natural resources minister, Jonathan Wilkinson and Conservative Party firebrand Pierre Poilievre delivered remarks.The opposition leader made the point that limelight-loving Liberal leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, had squandered the past eight years to build an al...Read More
Tearlach Resources (TSXV: TEA; US-OTC: TELHF) says new testing on old core samples from the Gabriel lithium property in Nevada grade 28% higher on average. The duplicate assay program was completed during a due diligence period before Tearlach committed to a joint venture on Gabriel with Blackrock Silver (TSX: BRC). Tearlach signed the joint venture with Blackrock on Jan. 10 and under the agreeme...Read More
Arras Minerals (TSXV: ARK) says drill results from three holes at its Beskauga copper-gold project in northeastern Kazakhstan suggest it holds high-grade zones. Diamond drill hole?EUR?Bg22012?EUR?returned 365 metres grading 0.54 gram gold per tonne, 0.4% copper, 2 grams silver per tonne and 35.3 million parts per million (ppm) molybdenum (0.9%?EUR?copper-equivalent or 1.06 grams gold-equivalent)...Read More
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; US-OTC: MARIF) has released the final batch of reverse circulation (RC) drill results from last year's infill drilling campaign at the Marimaca oxide deposit (MOD) in northern Chile, including the best copper intersection drilled to date on a grade-times-width basis.The latest drilling focused on the northern and central zones of the Marimaca deposit, following up on pr...Read More
Uranium Energy?EUR?(NYSE: UEC) says new drill results expand the footprint of high-grade uranium mineralization at its Christie Lake project in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin. Drill hole C-178-1 cut 15.6 metres grading 5.4% uranium oxide (U3O8) from 419.1 metres depth, including 3.4 metres grading 23% U3O8 from 426.6 metres downhole, UEC said in a news release on Monday. The intercept...Read More
The final three drill holes from Fury Gold Mines' (TSX: FURY; NYSE-AM: FURY) 2022 program have returned high-grade gold intercepts at its Eau Claire project in Quebec.Assays from the Hinge Target included 22.7 grams gold per tonne over 1.5 metres starting 181.5 metres downhole in 22EC-059. The intercept, about 155 metres below surface, "is one of the shallowest high-grade intercepts to date within...Read More
Yellowknife was founded on gold mining, and now lithium holds the potential of opening a new chapter for the Far North's second largest city.Just a short drive east of Yellowknife and off the paved, all-season highway the Ingraham Trail, Vancouver-based explorer Li-FT Power (CSE: LIFT) is preparing to turn its drills on 13 targets it calls the Yellowknife Lithium Project. "When you talk about th...Read More
Canex Metals (TSXV: CANX) says it has discovered a new "and potentially significant zone" of gold in its first drill hole testing the Shaft Target at the Gold Range project in northwestern Arizona.The discovery hole was drilled in the northern part of the Gold Range property, about 1.5 km northeast of the Central Zone and 2.4 km north of the Excelsior Zone.Drill hole GR22-110 intersected 27.4 metr...Read More
Dear Reader,It seems like every piece of tech these days gets the lofty "smart" label.Just speak into the ether and you can play your favorite song while also saving on electric bills.Smart speakers...Smart meters...Smart security systems...Smart watches...Smart glasses...Did you know Ray-Ban recently partnered with Meta to build glasses called Ray-Ban Stories?There are two cameras attached to the...Read More
Amazon's Buy with Prime will be open to all U.S. retailers January 31. The trend from product-based revenue to service-based revenue continues. Read more here.Read full newsRead More