Lithium firms’ shares rise after Rio Tinto buyout chatter
Shares in a handful of lithium players gained Friday after speculation in the daily publication The Australian that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) might bid to buy…
Articles by Blair McBride
Global Atomic shares rise on progress update for Dasa uranium mine in Niger
Global Atomic (TSX: GLO; US-OTC: GLATF) shares gained 10.5% Friday after the company said 10,000 tonnes of development ore has been brought to the surface at its Dasa mine in…
Baselode Energy logs high-grade uranium hits at Ackio in Saskatchewan
Baselode Energy (TSXV: FIND; US-OTC: BSENF) shares rose 8.3% in morning trading after the company released high-grade uranium results from two new drill holes at its Ackio prospect in northern…
Li-FT’s first resource for Yellowknife lithium project places it third in Canada
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF) has posted a first resource for its Yellowknife project in the Northwest Territories, acquired only two years ago, that ranks it as the third…
Lack of capital rises to top risk in EY mining survey
Capital is the top risk facing the mining industry this year, up from the number two spot last year, as tough financing and economic conditions make it more difficult to deliver…
Quebec snapshot: Eight companies seeking gold, base metals, lithium and more
Quebec has a rich mining history and prospective geology for precious and base metals, critical minerals and more. Just as important, the provincial government offers an array of incentives to…
Drill hits deepen deposit size at Renegade Gold’s Newman Todd in Red Lake
Recent drill results from Renegade Gold (TSXV: RAGE; US-OTC: TGLDF) increases mineralization at its Newman Todd deposit in northwestern Ontario, building on previous high-grade results this month showing mineralization goes…
YMP celebrates 2024 Eira Thomas and Peter Munk award winners
Scott Berdahl a Yukon-based geologist with a lifetime of experience prospecting in the bush and Ella Cullen, a New Zealander now living in Portugal who co-founded a business focused on…
Nevada King Gold’s high-grade hits cap off strong summer of drilling
New drill results from Nevada King Gold (TSXV: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) returned high grades and confirmed mineralization lies relatively flat across the Atlanta project’s central part. Its shares rose. …
Electra teams with Ontario First Nations investment firm on battery recycling
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSXV: ELBM) has launched the Aki Battery Recycling joint venture with Indigenous economic development firm Three Fires Group to find critical minerals in scrap. The…
Magna Mining PEA update hikes return five-fold for Crean Hill nickel project
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Magna Mining’s (TSXV: NICU; US-OTC: MGMNF) Crean Hill project near Sudbury, Ont. bumps its internal rate of return more than five times to…
Gowest Gold preps to go private as Chinese investors hold almost half of shares
Gowest Gold (TSXV: GWA) is about to go private after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved a plan for shareholders to buy the company’s remaining shares. Under the plan,…