How miners can pass their ESG exams
As many miners will testify, there has been a rather burdensome focus on ESG data and disclosure in recent years. They must navigate multiple, and sometimes conflicting, disclosure frameworks accompanied…
Articles by Blair McBride
Uranium developer Denison options Saskatchewan lithium brine project
Uranium-focused Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) and lithium explorer Grounded Lithium (TSXV: GRD; US-OTC: GRDAF) have signed a deal that bets on low-cost extraction methods in Saskatchewan. The agreement…
Mining’s top 10 ESG trends for 2024
A range of sustainability and ESG forces will shape the business of mining in 2024, building on the trends of 2023, a year characterized by a surge in investor scrutiny,…
Energy metals snapshot: Eight companies hunting for green technology metals
Green metals are critical to new decarbonization technologies including lithium-ion batteries, electric and hybrid vehicles, while rising demand for nuclear energy projects is spurring the increase in uranium prices. Here…
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame celebrates industry-making feats of five new inductees
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (CMHF) held its 36th annual induction ceremony on Thursday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, welcoming five new honourees, and bringing total membership up…
Churchrock could pump out 31M lb of US uranium over three decades, Laramide PEA shows
A new report gives Laramide Resources’ (TSX: LAM; US-OTC: LMRXF; ASX: LAM) Churchrock uranium project in New Mexico a 31-year life, and shows it could become one of the few…
High-grade results ‘bode well’ for Graphite One feasibility this year
Graphite One (TSXV: GPH; US-OTC: GPHOF) says results from its summer drilling program have returned high-grade graphite mineralization at its Graphite Creek project in western Alaska and will help it…
Laurion scores high-grade gold at Ishkoday in Ontario
Laurion Mineral Exploration (TSXV: LME; US-OTC: LMEFF) says its fall drilling program has returned bonanza grades from the Ishkoday project that sits near a historic mine dating from before World…
The Northern Miner’s top 10 most clicked stories of 2023
As we start 2024, The Northern Miner takes a look back at the top 10 most-clicked stories on our website in 2023. No. 1: Video – Robert Friedland warns we’re ‘on the…
Channel samples at Frontier Lithium’s Pennock pegmatite return high grades
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) has reported high-grade results from the summer channel sampling program at its Pennock pegmatite in northwestern Ontario. Highlights of the results include 3 metres…
The biggest global mining news of 2023
The mining world was pulled in all directions in 2023: the collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, a bad year for cobalt and nickel, Chinese critical mineral moves, gold’s…
Follow the money: Mapping $285.2M in uranium financings in the Athabasca Basin
As uranium spot prices continue to climb and hit US$86.35 per lb. in late-December while demand for the energy metal increases, exploration is heating up in Canada’s uranium hotspot of…