"Deer Horn Signs Strategic Partnership Agreement with Fenix Advanced Materials to Explore Synergies for Critical Metals and Cleantech https://t.co/1wwyoqfD5V"Read full newsRead More

Western Copper and Gold Corporation (TSX:WRN, NYSE AMERICAN:WRN) is pleased to announce that Ms. Tara Christie has been appointed to Western's Board of Directors, effective April 3, 2019.Read full newsRead More

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A Peruvian judge on Wednesday ordered three years of jail time for three lawyers representing indigenous villagers who have blockaded shipments from a massive copper mine operated by Chinese miner MMG Ltd.The ruling, which a lead prosecutor confirmed on television news channels, promises to further polarize a dispute between MMG and the Quechua-speaking village of Fuerabamba, in Peru's southern co...Read More

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The story of how two prospectors, down to their last nickels, discovered diamonds in Canada's frozen north is the stuff of legend.Back in 1982, Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson laid low in a pup tent by day while their competitor De Beers hauled 45-gallon drums of rock samples to a nearby outpost for transport to South Africa. Using the long hours of summer sunlight north of the 65th parallel, the...Read More

A mix of political populism, higher commodity prices and the expectation electrification will spur demand for some raw materials has led resource-holding governments to change the rules for miners operating in their countries.In most cases, governments are seeking to increase their share of profits, rather than all-out resource nationalism, although Mongolia has been trying to nationalise a stake...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), has committed to sole fund all of the 2019 exploration programs with junior Encounter Resources (ASX: ENR), covering the highly sought after gold regions of Tanami and West Arunta in Western Australia.Newcrest, which has five joint ventures (JVs) with Encounter in the area, covering a total of 5,900 km2, will have the right to increase...Read More

Premier Gold Mines (TSX:PG) announced this week that it entered into an agreement with Americas Silver Corporation to acquire an option to purchase a 100% interest in the San Felipe property in Mexico.To move forward with the deal, Premier has to pay $7 million on closing and make additional payments of $1.9 million upon the making of a positive construction decision and then upon achieving commer...Read More

It's high quality and the price is a bargain, but the risk may be too great for Chinese buyers looking for a quick profit.Newcastle thermal coal prices have lost almost $20 a ton, or almost 19 percent, since early March, making supplies from Australia cheaper than Chinese domestic grades for the first time since April 2018, but there's a catch. Coal from the world's second-biggest exporter has bee...Read More

Goldcorp shareholders approved Newmont Mining Corp's $10 billion takeover offer on Thursday, removing one of the last remaining hurdles to create the world's largest gold producer.While some Goldcorp shareholders had voiced concerns in recent weeks, in the end there was little push back against blessing the biggest-ever corporate takeover in the gold sector's history, according to Refinitiv data.T...Read More

Illinois-based Philippi-Hagenbuch announced this week the launching of a new version of its Autogate Tailgate specifically designed for off-highway trucks and roll-off containers that require a 100% positive seal.In a press release, the truck customization company said that the new machine can be paired with its fluidic seal material to create a water-tight seal that contains liquid materials with...Read More

The outlook has improved for Pretium Resources, (TSE: PVG). The miner's shares climbed nearly 9% Thursday, after announcing "robust economics" and plans to ramp-up production, exploration, and resource numbers at its Brucejack gold-silver mine in British Columbia.The Brucejack mine is increasing throughput to 3,800 tonnes per day, up from 2,700 tonnes per day over the course of the year - a 4...Read More

For all the concerns expressed recently that there isn’t enough cash being injected into junior mining stocks, when it comes to the really interesting ones it can be hard to persuade them to take your money.   This position was laid bare by Auryn Resources executive chairman Ivan Bebek, in an interview in which he discussed the company’s recent fundraising. Auryn (TSX:AUG) first...Read More

While a casual glance at lists of stocks trading at 52-week lows usually comes up with at least a few metal and mining stocks, this one industry seems to dominate today's list of low-flying tickers, with a slew of miners trading at year-long lows. The following TSX index stocks represent some of the bigger cap miners with moderate to strong sell signals.Two big-name precious metals stocks are goin...Read More

Between 1973 and 2008, just prior to the U.S. housing crisis, the price of a barrel of crude oil rose from under US$3 to over US$160, marking a gain of 5,200%Yet science continues to show us that the consumption of fossil fuels is doing irreparable damage to our ecosystems and the environment, and with billions of dollars being directed at clean energy technologies, some experts are forecasting th...Read More

Private capital tracker Preqin says in an report, that contrary to expectations, 2018 was another bumper year for the industry, particularly for natural resources investments.Fundraising by unlisted funds for investment in natural resources - oil and gas, timberland, farmland, water and mines - set a fresh record in 2018, totalling $93 billion, and is likely to top $100 billion as more data become...Read More

Two years ago - nearly to the day - I wrote to you about how to create your own marijuana exchange-traded fund (ETF).Heeding that advice would've netted you thousands of percent by now.At the time, there were no weed ETFs that focused on the recreational side of the market in Canada or the U.S. It was illegal in either country.Undeterred, we offered you a list of stocks poised to deliver rapid pro...Read More

Publisher's Note: An earlier version of this article implied that the Union of Concern Scientists supports the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act. It does not and we are sorry for the error.What could Bill Gates, many environmentalists, and President Trump all agree on?What kind of legislation could nine Republican senators and six Democratic senators all introduce together?In short, one of the most im...Read More