Charting the Trump train’s global economic trajectory
I’ve been on the road over the last few weeks, attending various mining conferences along Australia’s east coast. One of the key discussion points has been United States president-elect Donald…
Articles by Blair McBride
Infographic: Following uranium production and price trends in the US
The United States was the world’s leading producer of uranium until the 1980s. Though today other countries such as Kazakhstan, Namibia and Canada top the rankings of producers, the rise…
How oil and gas will fare in the Trump era
Trump is back, and the threat of tariffs looms large over China’s economy. On Wednesday, base and precious metal prices took a dive. Resource markets are deeply concerned about Trump’s…
Founders shares jump on new find, drilling expansion
Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) shares hit a new 52-week high of $4.43 apiece Thursday as it reported a new high-grade gold discovery at its Antino project in Suriname…
Agnico Eagle, Teck among winners of 2025 PDAC awards
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has unveiled the names of five award winners at its upcoming convention in Toronto on March 2-5. The Bill Dennis Award goes…
Probe Gold drills new high-grade zone at Novador in Quebec
Drilling by Probe Gold (TSX: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) has uncovered a new, relatively shallow zone at its Novador property, near Val-d’Or, Que. The company’s drills this past summer and fall…
Dolly Varden Silver logs high-grade hits at Homestake in BC as 2024 drilling wraps up
The final holes in Dolly Varden Silver’s (TSXV: DV; US-OTC: DOLLF) 2024 drill program at its Kitsault Valley project in northwest British Columbia returned high-grade results as it works towards…
Arizona Metals finds new copper-gold zone at Kay site
Arizona Metals (TSX: AMC; US-OTC: AZMCF) has discovered a new lens of mineralization in its Kay deposit on the namesake copper-gold project, outside the known deposit’s edge, the company reported…
Fireweed grows Boundary target beyond zinc-lead-silver resource in Yukon
Drill results from Fireweed Metals’ (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) Macpass project, which could hold one of the world’s largest undeveloped zinc deposits, expand an area outside of a resource update…
F3 Uranium logs strong results at PLN project, extends A1 shear
F3 Uranium (TSXV: FUU; US-OTC: FUUFF) has reported “ultra high-grade” drill results from the JR zone at its Patterson Lake North project in Saskatchewan, and discovered an extension to the…
Clues to when the next commodity boom will start abound – if you know where to look
It’s important to understand that the boom phase of a commodity cycle doesn’t kick off overnight. While there have been some green shoots — record gold prices, and copper (briefly) spiking…
Nuvau plans IPO to revive copper-zinc project in Quebec
Quebec-focused Nuvau Minerals aims to go public this month, a move it says will help it access provincial government support for exploration and development of its past-producing Bracemac McLeod copper-zinc…