About 70% of Canadians born in the mid-1990s aren't interested in pursuing careers in the mining or oil and gas industries reveals a new survey, based on 148 'Generation Z' respondents from school and universities. The global study by BDO, an accounting and business advisory group, also states that nearly half of the world's natural resources organizations find it difficult to attract and retai...Read More

Market analyst Wood Mackenzie warns that the ongoing metals and mined commodity price spikes, combined with heightened geopolitical tension, could result in long-lasting market changes.In recent months, factors including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, stimulated economies, thriving post-pandemic demand, and ongoing Covid constraints on logistics have put supply chains under immense stress, triggerin...Read More

New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG) has released assay results from 23 diamond drill holes designed to expand the high-grade gold mineralization at the Golden Joint and Lotto discoveries, located within a 1-km segment of the Appleton fault zone (AFZ).This corridor is part of more than 20 km of prospective strike along the regional-scale Appleton and JBP fault zones on the the company's flagship Queensway p...Read More

Hochschild Mining's (LSE: HOC) rare earths spin-off Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has withdrawn an environment impact assessment (EIA) application for its Penco Module project in central Chile to resolve issues raised by the South American nation's government on the protection of local flora and fauna. The company, which is focused on developing rare earth mineral resources and providing a supply...Read More

The London-quoted equity of Ariana Resources (AIM: AAU) gained more than 10% on Thursday after it announced an exploration alliance with the world's biggest gold producer, Newmont Corp (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT).The alliance will focus on copper and gold exploration in south-eastern Europe via Ariana's 75%-owned Western Tethyan Resources (WTR) subsidiary, focusing on prospective regions within Bosnia a...Read More

Wallbridge Mining Company (TSX:WM; OTC: WLBMF) has finished the underground development allowing it direct access to the Area 51 zone at its flagship Fenelon gold project. The deposit is 75 km northwest of Matagami in northern Quebec.The company calls reaching the Area 51 zone a 'significant milestone' in that it allows tightly spaced underground drilling, geologic mapping and grade control sampli...Read More

We recently nominated Mr. Vladimir Putin for a Nobel Prize. Today we elevate him once again, to a roll of honor higher yet.That is, we nominate him for membership in the canon catalog of saints...He suffers the blackened reputation of a brutish and even homicidal fellow - a reputation hard earned, it is true.Yet he has performed something of a miracle; hence our nomination. He has succeeded in uni...Read More

Following the first gold pour in December at Orla Mining's (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) Camino Rojo oxide gold mine in Mexico, the company is embarking on a 2022 exploration strategy that seeks to drive more value through the drill bit, COO Andrew Cormier tells The Northern Miner.The Vancouver-based developer is currently ramping up production and anticipates declaring commercial production at its first...Read More

Hochschild Mining's (LSE: HOC) rare earths spin-off Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has withdrawn an environment impact assessment (EIA) application for its Penco Module project in central Chile to resolve issues raised by the South American nation's government on the protection of local flora and fauna. The company, which is focused on developing rare earth mineral resources and providing a supply...Read More

This new world is chaotic and leveraged to the hilt. It is also desperately dysfunctional.Nowhere else it is more obvious than in two countries -both reduced to ashes in World War II. Both long since rising, phoenix-like, except in one key sector.Finally, 80 years later, the mantle of history and shame are being shed in the face of necessity.Let's dive a bit into where Germany and Japan stand toda...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - St. James Gold Corp [LORD-TSXV, LRDJF-OTCQB, BVU3-Frankfurt] on Wednesday released assay results from initial drilling at its Florin gold project in the Canadian Yukon. The company said assay results from five of the 16 initial diamond drill holes are "encouraging.''"These latest results show broad intersections of gold, including intermittent higher-grade intervals...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipThe tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Two additional diamond rigs are being mobilized to site, bringing the total diamond rig count to seven. The...Read More

Rockfire has drilled five diamond drill holes to validate the historical results from the 1970s, allowing for a JORC resource of 64 million tonnes 0.Read More

The tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining The company has 12 trona production royalties on assets in Wyoming,...Read More

The tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond Foundry is suing the US government over the "egregious" tariffs it has to pay to have its lab growns polished in China.The Silicon Valley start-up, which counts Leonardo DiCaprio among its high-profile backers, says the tariffs are higher than the actual cost of the polishing.It blames former president Donald Trump for imposing four punitive increases during his term, and J...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A Rolex watch that belonged to British rock icon Eric Clapton is expected to fetch at least $1.6m at auction.The gold Daytona (pictured), known as the Crazy Doc (reference 6239) leads The Geneva Watch Auction: XV by Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo.Clapton, 76, bought the watch in Italy in 1990 and went on to sell it at auction in 2003.Other highlights of the sale, to...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond manufacturers in Surat are now importing the vast majority of rough direct to the city, rather than via Mumbai.In the financial year to March 2020, rough imports to both cities were on a par, at just over $6bn.But in the 10 months to February 2022, Surat imported $13.2bn of rough, almost four times as much as Mumbai's $3.7m, according to new figures from the Gem and Je...Read More

The company saw ANLA archive its environmental licence application in October 2021 on the grounds that it did not have enough information to decide on the viability of the project.Read More

A focus on ESG and decarbonisation has left some wondering what gold mining's role is in the world. Calderon made a strong case for gold mining during a speech to the Melbourne Mining Club yesterday.Read More