Lacklustre interest among youth a big problem for mining
As a career choice, mining has seen better times. As they contemplate their careers and enter post-secondary education, the focus of young people has been on anything but mining, which, in…
Articles by Blair McBride
TSX Venture gains over holiday-shortened Sept. 6-9 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose over the Labour Day-shortened Sept. 6-9 trading session by 2.1% or 13.55 points to end the week at 645.57. C3 Metals boasted the highest…
TSX gains during Sept. 6-9 trading week
Over the Sept. 9 trading period, the S&P/TSX Composite Index gained 502.49 points or 2.6%, to 19,773.34. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index jumped 5.48 points or 6.25% to 93.23 and…
NWT safety commission, companies launch investigation following death at diamond mine
An investigation is underway at the Gahcho Kué Mine site in the Northwest Territories following the death of a worker in an accident there on Thursday.Inspectors from the territorial Workers’…
Spending details of $3.8B Critical Minerals Strategy expected in fall, says government
Details of how the federal government plans to spend its multi-billion dollar Critical Minerals Strategy will be announced sometime in the Fall, says Natural Resources Canada.The Strategy was announced in…
Neo Performance Materials inks deal to acquire Hudson Resources’ rare earths project in Greenland
Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO) will acquire an exploration licence from Hudson Resources (TSXV: HUD) for its Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex in southwest Greenland, under a binding agreement announced Monday. The…
K92 reports 10.8M oz gold-equivalent resource for Blue Lake porphyry, near its Kainantu mine
K92 Mining (TSX: KNT) has released a first resource for its Blue Lake gold porphyry project, only 4 km southwest of its Kainantu mine in Papua New Guinea. Inferred resources total…
B2Gold, AngloGold shelve Gramalote gold JV in Colombia
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; JSE: ANG;) have put their Gramalote gold joint venture in Colombia on hold. In a news release on Aug. 3,…
Vital Metals upbeat on test results of first rare earths processing
Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML) has in less than three months progressed from shipping out its first load of mixed rare earth carbonate to receiving positive results on the first…
Video: A focus on corporate values can drive change in mining, says consultancy owner
ESG is something that needs to be integrated into the business rather than something on the side, and has evolved from “nice to have” to “must have,” said Orix Geoscience…
Video: Mining veteran explains why fossil fuels are needed on path to green economy
Building a net-zero economy is critical, but using fossil fuels still will be necessary for decades to come, said Pierre Lassonde, co-founder of Franco-Nevada on June 8 in Toronto at…
Canada’s Top Ten precious metals juniors
The following companies are the Top Ten Canadian-headquartered precious metal juniors that are developing projects but are not yet in production, ranked according to market capitalization as of June 7…