The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Thursday veto of the contentious Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska has again irked the proponent Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE American: NAK).In a statement on Friday, Northern Dynasty president and CEO Ronald Thiessen accused the EPA of "regulatory overreach" in once more recommending a pre-emptive strike. When the same tactic was de...Read More

While the search for new gold deposits across the world never lets up, explorers are picking?EUR?up the pace seeking out critical?EUR?minerals.?EUR?Here's a glimpse of eight companies exploring for precious and critical minerals in countries across?EUR?the Americas, Europe and the South Pacific.Acme Lithium A drill rig at ACME Lithium's Clayton Valley lithium brine project in Nevada. ACME LITHIUM...Read More

Roscan Gold (TSXV: ROS; US-OTC: RCGCF) has entered into a royalty financing agreement with Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) to raise gross proceeds of $10 million. The royalty is related to the company's Kandiol?(C) project in Mali, West Africa.Osisko will initially acquire a 1% net smelter return royalty for upfront consideration of $5 million, and retains the option to purchase a second...Read More

A month after the federal government forced three Chinese companies to divest their stakes in three Canadian juniors with critical minerals projects, Australia's Winsome Resources (ASX: WR1) has agreed to purchase Sinomine Rare Metals Resources' holdings in Power Metals (TSXV: PWM; US-OTC: PWRMF).Winsome will pay $2 million for Sinomine's interest in Power Metals, which holds the Case Lake project...Read More

Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE: GROY) has agreed to sell mineral rights and interests on 12 prospective properties in Quebec and Ontario to junior miner Val-d'Or Mining (TSX: VZZ).The Vancouver-based gold royalty firm said the pact allows it to retain a 0.5%-1% net smelter return royalty on the properties.Streaming and royalty firms provide upfront financing for exploration and development to precious m...Read More

Volkswagen AG has begun searching for a site in Canada to build its first battery cell factory in North America, a part of the German carmaker's planned expansion of its electric vehicle (EVs) battery business outside Europe.Canadian Industry Minister Fran??ois-Philippe Champagne signed the document - described as an addendum to a memorandum of understanding inked with VW in August this year -...Read More

The Pebble scheme has been embroiled in a face-off with regulators and at least one Congressional committee over the development of the scheme, which became symptomatic of the problems faced by firmsRead More

Our times of boom to bust are the perfect illustration of the credit cycle first presented in its fullness in the 1920s. Why then? Because this was the first decade after most countries created central banks. They caused some very odd behavior that made 19th-century-style economics seem to have less explanatory power.That was when a few economists working in Vienna put together a model for underst...Read More

Imagine a captive, bound and hapless...There he is, chained down pitifully in his cell, resigned to his inevitable punishments. Fifty lashes across the back are due him.Then comes the retributional day...This unfortunate winces in anticipation of his 50 lashes - yet his "merciful" captor issues a mere 25.This he interprets as "good news."He momentarily forgets the fundamental fact that he absorbed...Read More

Back in 2015, about a year after Russia annexed Crimea, Russian hackers wrested control of Ukraine's power grid and cut off electricity at three different companies.Some 30 substations were switched off, and about 230,000 people were left without electricity for up to six hours.They didn't have lights or, in many cases, heat.Being left without heat in the dead of winter isn't just an inconvenience...Read More

Additional Drilling Planned at Palos Verdes in January 2023 Prismo Metals Inc. (CSE: PRIZ) (OTCQB: PMOMF) (theRead full newsRead More

It seems there's been one global crisis after another since COVID-19 shut the world down in 2020. With markets fluctuating wildly and economies in turmoil, investors have been left dizzied at best, and at worst have suffered disastrous portfolio losses. Across the board, market participants have que...Read full newsRead More

The delivery and installation of new processing facilities as part of the mine's life extension and plant expansion project has faced delays and cost overruns because of Covid-related supplyRead More

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ZCCM's dividends are based on its 20% ownership of the mine, which has been hit by operational setbacks this year.Read More

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Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThe firm is scheduled to provide formal 2023 guidance on February 23 but a brief...Read More

Lundin Gold's three year production and cost guidance has been backed by analysts won over by gains at the firm's Fruta del Norte gold operation in Ecuador.Read More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSORED  Lithium prices opened this year on just under $45,000/t and rapidly climb...Read More

Global Atomic homes in on Dasa financingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Uranium revival takes off as reality hits on energy, geopoliticsSPONSORED‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money', written by John Ma...Read More