Rio Tinto eyes rare earths sector
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) is considering a move into rare earths and other critical minerals as it responds to shifting global market dynamics and trade tensions. Following the company’s annual…
Articles by Blair McBride
Infographic: Where uranium activity is banned in Canada
In contrast with Canada’s uranium hotspot, the Athabasca basin in Saskatchewan, exploration and mining of the energy metal has for at least 12 years been banned or largely restricted for…
Uranium juniors grapple with spot price whiplash
Junior uranium miners are considering alternative strategies to attract investors amid a disconnect between spot price enthusiasm and investor uncertainty. Equity raised by uranium miners on the TSXV jumped…
Artemis soars as Blackwater starts commercial output
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) shares skyrocketed to an all-time high Friday after the company said it had begun commercial production at its Blackwater open pit mine in central British Columbia,…
Energy Fuels books record uranium output, strong drill results at Arizona mine
Drilling at Energy Fuels’ (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) underground Pinyon Plain mine in northern Arizona has returned results as high as 20% uranium oxide (U3O8), while the company reported record…
Denison charts unique path towards production
Denison Mines (TSX: DML) is in a rare position – transitioning from project explorer/developer to potentially the producer of Canada’s next uranium mine. To make it even more of an…
Probe Gold’s high-grade hits to support PFS this year
Drilling at Probe Gold’s (TSX: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) Monique deposit in western Quebec has returned results as high as 12.8 grams gold per tonne, the company reported Wednesday. That result,…
Nova Scotia’s growth vs preservation dilemma
A move by Nova Scotia to lift its ban on uranium exploration and mining has reignited a critical debate. For over four decades, the province has prohibited uranium development due…
Viken ranks No. 2 for uranium resource: District Metals
A new estimate for District Metals’ (TSXV: DMX) Viken project in central Sweden raises uranium resources so much it’s now the world’s second largest deposit of the nuclear metal, the…
Infographic: Copper spheres of control in processing
A new infographic from MINING.COM and The Northern Miner reveals a stark divide in global copper processing power, with China firmly in control of more than half of global capacity. Nations within…
Mine receiver faces potential ‘contempt’ threat by Yukon
The Yukon government could hold PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the receiver of Victoria Gold and its former disaster-stricken Eagle mine in contempt if its representatives don’t appear to answer questions. In a…
NGEx rises on high-grade copper-gold hits at Lunahuasi
Drilling at NGEx Minerals’ (TSXV: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) Lunahuasi project in northwest Argentina has returned results as high as 22 metres grading 2.23% copper, 6.02 grams gold per tonne and…