Why choose stocks with large undeveloped deposits?
Before I became a mining analyst and editor at Fat Tail Investment Research in Melbourne, I worked as a geologist in the mining industry. But in all my time writing to…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Lithium rout derails projects around the world, though some persist
Low lithium prices are forcing a raft of companies to delay spending on projects from Quebec to Nevada, from South America to Australia. General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a…
Miners prefer Canada to overseas: KPMG
Canada’s increased government funding and protectionism are boosting outlooks compared with rising geopolitical risks in foreign countries, according to a new KPMG survey of industry executives. Nearly 80% of mining…
Global mining index soars as China, US stimulus converge
The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has gained 14% since Sept. 6 in its biggest jump this year after central banks cut interest rates, the United States signalled more battery metal…
How mining figures in the BC election
The NDP and Conservative parties vying to govern British Columbia agree critical minerals projects need to be fast-tracked through permit stages. This week they released their platforms on mining. Premier…
Denison deal shows slumping battery metals benefiting uranium sector
Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (CSE: FAT; NASDAQ: FMST), a junior with early-stage projects in Quebec and Manitoba, is pivoting into uranium through a cash and shares earn-in deal with Denison…
Washington mulls US$456M loan for American Rare Earths project capex in Wyoming
American Rare Earths (ASX: ARR; US-OTC: ARRNF) gained after reporting the United States is considering US$456 million in debt financing for the company’s Halleck Creek Wyoming project, one of the world’s…
Short-seller blasts New Found Gold for lack of resource after oodles of drilling
Shares in New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG, NYSE: NFGC) closed 5% weaker on Thursday after short-selling analyst Iceberg Research accused the explorer of misleading investors about its Queensway gold project in Newfoundland….
Osisko Metals seeks financing partner on huge Gaspé copper project in Quebec
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNE) is advancing the giant Gaspé copper project in Quebec with an economic study planned for February amid efforts to land a 20% partnership with provincial financing agency…
First Phosphate touts battery acid from Quebec rock ‘rarer than gold’
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS; US-OTC: FRSPF) has posted an initial phosphate resource for its Bégin-Lamarche project in Quebec after choosing a plant site to process the material for lithium iron…
Fed cuts rate by 0.5%, gold rises
The United States Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday as the majority of analysts expected. Gold…
Midnight Sun solves Zambian licence error
Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) says the Zambian government admits making a mistake in June when it posted the rejection of an exploration licence renewal for the company’s main Solwezi copper…