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Super squeeze. The new commodities super cycle

November 28, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

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, geopoliticsSPONSOREDThat simple observation goes to the heart of what the father of market economics...Read More

Satellite Images Showed Warning Signs Before Williamson Dam Burst

November 28, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Experts say satellite monitoring of the dam that burst at the Williamson diamond mine, in Tanzania, would have revealed signs of instability.Thick gray sludge - waste from the mining operation - flooded an area at least five miles long after a wall in the tailings storage facility (TSF) was breached earlier this month.Value.Space, a UK based tech company, says Interferometric Synth...Read More

Faberge Launches Game of Thrones High Jewelry Collection

November 28, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Faberge has launched a series of high jewelry creations inspired by the TV fantasy drama Game of Thrones.The collection will be launched in a series of 'chapters' over the next two years, staring with Chapter One: Dragon. It features five designs, with each creation limited to 10 collectible pieces.It lifts design details from the dramatic sets, costumes, characters...Read More

Metalla buys First Majestic Silver royalty portfolio

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Self-styled royalty consolidator Metalla Royalty & Streaming (TSXV: MYA; NYSE-AM: MTA) has signed a deal to acquire a portfolio of eight precious metals royalties from First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) in exchange for US$20 million in Metalla scrip.The deal will add about 7 million silver-equivalent ounces at about US$2.90 per oz. on royalties covering an underlying 343 million oz. of meta...Read More

TNM Drill Down: Lundin leads week's top assays with Fruta del Norte in Ecuador

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence (www.miningintelligence.com).Projects in Ecuador, Australia and Canada led the Nov. 18-25 period. Drilling at Lundin Gold's (TSX: LUG) Fruta del Norte project in southeast Ecuador topped the chart, followed by De Grey...Read More

E3 Lithium awarded $27M in federal innovation funding

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Alberta-focused E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; OTC: EEMMF) has received a $27 million investment from the federal government's Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), the company said on Monday. The SIF, a program of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada provides funding for projects in manufacturing, agri-food, clean technology and health and biosciences.As Alberta's leading lithium developer a...Read More

Rupert Resources shares rise on Ikkari gold PEA outlining 22-year mine life

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Rupert Resources (TSXV: RUP) announced the results from its preliminary economic assessment (PEA study) for the company's 100%-owned Rupert Lapland project, including its flagship Ikkari gold discovery and Pahtavaara mine and mill located in northern Finland.According to the study, the after-tax net present value (at a 5% discount) comes to US$1.6 billion. The unlevered internal rate of return was...Read More

Sibanye-Stillwater to spend $821M advancing Finnish lithium project

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) approved on Monday a ?,?588 million ($821.6 million) investment to advance its Keliber lithium project in Finland.The South African miner said its board-approved capital expenditure program would start with construction of a lithium hydroxide refinery within Finland's Kokkola Industrial Park, located about 480 km north of Helsinki. T...Read More

BHP averts strike at world's biggest copper mine

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Unionized workers at Escondida mine in northern Chile have accepted BHP's (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) latest offer and will not move forward with a strike that was planned for Nov. 28 and 30.Workers at Sindicato 1, which represents more than 2,000 members, backed on Monday the agreement reached last week between union representatives and the Australian miner.The deal, which was subject to vo...Read More

UK, South Africa seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

London and Pretoria announced a partnership to promote the responsible exploration, development, production, and processing of critical minerals in South Africa.In a statement, both governments said that this new collaboration will start with the launching of regular ministerial and technical dialogues between South Africa's Department for Mineral Resources and Energy and the U.K.'s Department for...Read More

JV Article: Metal Energy expands high-grade nickel zones at past-producing Manibridge mine

November 28, 2022 / www.northernminer.com

Metal Energy Corp. (TSXV: MERG; US-OTC: MEEEF) a Toronto-based battery metal exploration company, is actively expanding high-grade nickel sulphide mineralization at the past-producing Manibridge mine in the world-class Thompson Nickel Belt of northern Manitoba.The company is expecting to complete a 10,000-metre diamond drill program in December at Manibridge, a former Falconbridge operation that p...Read More

About Black Fiday's "Blowout" Numbers

November 28, 2022 / dailyreckoning.com

It's official - good times are here again!Black Friday's sales set a new record this year, up 2.3% over 2021. Thanksgiving online sales were also up 2.9%. So don't listen to any gloom and doom talk about a recession. Just look at the numbers.That's what they'll tell you. Well, here's what they won’t tell you:All of those sales figures are nominal. In other words, they don't account for infla...Read More

Mountain Province Finds More Kimberlite Near Arctic Circle

November 27, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province Diamond (MPD) says it has found more kimberlite during explorations at its Kennady North project in Northwest Territories, Canada, on the edge of the Arctic Circle.It's in addition to the kimberlite identified earlier this year, also on land surrounding the Gahcho Kue mine. The two finds are 450 meters apart.MPD said in a statement that the kimberlite was "a...Read More

Mehta Fails in Bid to Unfreeze $932m Assets

November 27, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Fugitive Indian diamond merchant Jatin Mehta has lost his legal challenge against the freezing of his assets, worth $932m, by a British court.The high court in London ruled that the worldwide freezing order (WFO) imposed in May 2022 on Mehta and his family must continue.He is accused of defrauding15 lenders out of more than $1bn lent to his companies Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery...Read More

Government Backs India's Lab Grown Industry

November 27, 2022 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - India's government has pledged its support for the country's growing lab grown diamond industry as it aims to reach $5m of annual exports.Piyush Goyal (pictured), minister for commerce and industry, said it was working aggressively to develop both the growing and manufacture.He urged industry leaders in Surat to prepare a vision document and said he would share it with Pr...Read More

I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I'm Just Tired

November 26, 2022 / dailyreckoning.com

The midterm elections, the "most important elections of our lifetimes," are over. Whoever won, it wasn't really going to change much. Today's system is simply too deeply entrenched.While the much-touted differences between America’s political parties get obsessive, hysterical attention, the sameness of Imperial corruption, waste and squalor regardless of who’s in power gets little noti...Read More

Western Copper and Gold Announces Extension of Rio Tinto's Rights

November 25, 2022 / bit.ly

Rights associated with the Investor Rights Agreement have been ExtendedWestern Copper and Gold Corporation (Read full newsRead More

PDAC reveals 2023 award-winners

November 25, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

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 awards, now in their 45th year, will be presented during the 2023 PDAC Conve...Read More

US inflation act unnerves EU trade partners

November 25, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

EU capitals have become anxious that the US$369 billion in financial support and tax breaks contained in the IRA will put their own industries - including electric vehicle manufacturers - at a seriousRead More

Turquoise Hill sets Rio Tinto vote for December

November 25, 2022 / www.mining-journal.com

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 meeting has been repeatedly delayed because of setbacks in how key minority...Read More

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