Gold, copper equities to rise, metals flat: analysts
Stocks in certain gold and copper producers are expected to gain this year even as a surge in the metals’ prices subsides, BMO Capital Markets says. Investors may seek attractive…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Analysis: Rate cuts may boost mining M&A
As summer holidays beckon, investors typically exchange their screens for a beach. However, with increased volatility in the market and more rate cuts expected this month by both the Bank…
NextSource looks to tap Saudi perks for US$280M graphite anode plant
NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT; US-OTC: NSRCF) says it will cost US$280 million to build a new graphite anode plant in Saudi Arabia for electric vehicles as the company expands globally. The…
Victoria Gold must rapidly secure landslide site: expert
Victoria Gold (TSXV: GCX) must quickly stabilize its Eagle gold mine site to prevent another landslide and a spill to neighbouring property, a landslide expert says. The company suspended operations and…
E3 Lithium study pegs Alberta project cost at $2.5B
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) says its Clearwater project with Canada’s largest resource of the battery metal will cost US$2.5 billion to build in the same oilfields where Alberta’s petroleum…
Copper price slides from record on Chinese stockpiles
The price of copper has slid from its record high after China’s real estate turmoil increased storage of the wiring and plumbing metal. A pound of copper was at US$4.376…
B2Gold slashes Calibre stake
B2Gold (TSX: BTO, NYSE-A: BTG) has sold down its stake in Nicaragua producer Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) to less than 10%, citing market conditions and corporate strategy. The…
Barrick-backed Dakota Gold seeks Homestake-style lode
Dakota Gold (NYSE-A: DC) intersected more high-grade gold mineralization at the Maitland gold project in South Dakota showing similarities to the nearby former Homestake mine that produced 40 million oz….
South Africa’s unity rule may boost mining
South Africa’s new coalition government with a pro-business party could help the world’s leading platinum producer improve its troubled power and rail networks getting metal to market, analysts say. The…
Sacked Nickel 28 CEO repays $3.2M
The CEO of a Canadian company with a small stake in a Papua New Guinea (PNG) nickel-cobalt mine is repaying about $3.2 million in shares and resigning from the board…
Snowline Gold’s first resource shows large-scale, high-grade potential in Yukon
Snowline Gold’s (TSXV: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) Valley deposit dwarfs most other projects in grade and metal, according to the most anticipated initial resource for a Yukon asset in decades. Valley…
How to attract Silicon Valley and Gen Zs
Silicon Valley could help the mining industry solve problems from funding to smelting but tech wizards shouldn’t necessarily run a mine, panellists told a conference on financing trends in New…