Q&A: The Metals Co. plunges into the deep
You may have heard of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean. It’s a stretch of area from Hawaii to Mexico, which has been targeted by the deep-sea mining sector….
Articles by Blair McBride
What happens when the tax gets axed?
Canada’s major political parties have all tabled plans to chop the carbon tax but there’s been little discussion on reforming the emissions levies applied to industry, which has fomented uncertainty…
Avalon bumps Separation Rapids lithium resource by 28% in Ontario
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) has boosted measured and indicated tonnage at its Separation Rapids hard rock lithium project in northwestern Ontario by 28% over a resource from…
Silver X Mining raises tonnage 18% at Peru property
Silver X Mining (TSXV: AGX; US-OTC: AGXPF) has raised the measured and indicated tonnage at its Nueva Recuperada Property in southwest Peru by 18% over a preliminary economic assessment from…
Aya Gold ups Boumadine’s tonnage 160%
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; US-OTC: AYASF) boosted the indicated resource at its Boumadine project in Morocco by 160% and the inferred resource by 24% over the previous report…
Collective drills best hole yet at Guayabales
Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) has drilled the best intercept yet at its Guayabales project in western Colombia, with one hole returning a result as high as 23.36 grams gold…
Which projects may gain if Trump overhauls permitting?
In early February, two weeks after President Donald Trump’s inauguration and flurry of executive orders, Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) CEO Ron Thiessen sent an optimistic letter to…
Site visit: NMR seeks Forrest-inspired phoenix at Blackjack in Australia
Native Mineral Resources (ASX: NMR) only recently acquired its primary asset in Queensland, but it has set an aggressive schedule to restart production. The Sydney-based explorer bought the Far Fanning…
Juniors shine on TSXV 50 ranking
A handful of Canadian juniors have rocketed to the top of the TSX Venture Exchange’s 50 highest-performing emerging companies last year, according to data from parent company TMX. Power Nickel…
Anglo sells Brazil assets for $500M, targets June to demerge Amplats
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has set a June deadline to demerge its platinum business and has agreed to sell its nickel unit for $500 million (C$709.7 million) as the company’s effort…
Giustra among backers investing $57M in explorer
Several investors led by mining entrepreneur Frank Giustra and his Fiore Group are putting $36 million into Botswana-focused Premium Resources (TSXV: PREM; US-OTC: PRMLF) while another is retiring the nickel-copper-cobalt…
Chips, silver, and HPA: Finding profit in the AI gold rush
Earlier this month, we watched the unfolding of what was described as America’s ‘Sputnik moment.’ Where U.S. tech giants were caught with their pants down, suddenly exposed by China’s potentially…