A metal you’ve heard of but know little about: Scandium
What’s special about scandium? The trusty sidekick has always been a key component of our most compelling and well-known stories, as even the strongest heroes sometimes rely on something…
Articles by Blair McBride
India invests $2B for SMRs as Saudi Arabia eyes nuclear power plans
Nuclear power continues to build momentum worldwide as India and Saudi Arabia this week advanced plans to further enter the energy sector, while the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (TSX: U.U…
Gladiator’s Cub assays highlight historical copper belt
Recent assays from step out drilling at Gladiator Metals’ (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) Whitehorse project in Yukon show the Cub East discovery is a developing high-grade copper-gold-silver centre inside the…
Sprott sees value as uranium stocks trail market
The recent selloff in uranium mining stocks has created a buying opportunity as rising long-term prices, stronger nuclear policy and constrained supply go largely unrecognized by investors, Sprott Asset Management…
Awalé gold-copper assays at Odienné point to bigger lode in West Africa
New assay results from Awalé Resources’ (TSXV: ARIC) Newmont- (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) backed gold-copper Odienné project in Côte d’Ivoire show the high-grade core of the BBM target extends under the…
Gold demand in China at decade low in June, WGC says
China’s physical gold demand remained near decade lows in June despite falling gold prices, suggesting cheaper valuations have yet to revive the world’s largest gold market. June withdrawals from the…
Assays hint at size, depth of Onyx Gold’s Argus system
Drill results at Onyx Gold’s (TSXV: ONYX; US-OTC: ONXGF) Munro-Croesus project have extended gold mineralization at the Argus North and Main targets and identified a new potentially gold-bearing zone. Highlight hole…
Greenland Mines lifts PGM oz by 31% at Skaergaard
An updated technical report for Greenland Mines’ (Nasdaq: GRML) Skaergaard palladium-gold-platinum project increased contained palladium-equivalent metal across resource categories by more than half while boosting grades by about 80%. The…
Elevate buys Marenica stake to build Erongo scale
Elevate Uranium (ASX: EL8; US-OTC: ELVUF) will buy another 15% of the Marenica uranium project in Namibia, tightening control to 90% of a growing asset as it tests whether its…
India to invest in foreign uranium mines
India’s state-owned power producer NTPC is looking to help finance overseas uranium mines to fuel the country’s plan to massively expand nuclear power generation in the coming decades. The world’s…
From The Archives: Deadly Yellowknife mine bombing
The 1992 Giant mine bombing in Yellowknife remains the only known multiple murder at a mine in Canada, and the deadliest act of labour-related violence in Canadian history. On Sept….
Ex-US Navy commander quits NovaRed copper firm over Noem hire
A retired U.S. Navy commander and Democratic congressional candidate this week quit his advisory board role with NovaRed Mining (CSE: NRED), saying he could not remain after the Vancouver company…