How to invest in lithium explorers: pitfalls and pointers
Exploring for lithium, a key component in electric vehicle batteries, is all the rage as companies seek to plug the gap between low supplies and surging demand to fuel the…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Glencore bid for Teck faces stiff Canuck rules, pride as mining M&A activity triples
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) faces an uphill battle to buy Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) because of Canadian nationalism despite surging mergers and acquisitions in the critical minerals space. The…
Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada faces court in June
The top lawyer for Lithium Americas’ (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) Thacker Pass project, which is developing the largest lithium deposit in the United States in northwest Nevada, says it could…
Gold Fields deal gives Osisko option to fast-track high-grade gold at Windfall
The Windfall gold project in Quebec, boosted last week by a $600-million investment by Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI), may tweak plans to increase first-year production by a third,…
Colonial boss scores two kicks at same coal can for billions in B.C.
David Austin has already sold what may be the largest undeveloped metallurgical coal land package in western Canada for several billion dollars. Now, in a strange twist of fate, he’s…
RANKED: Top 10 new copper projects by mine life
Demand for copper, an economic indicator in itself because of its widespread use in wiring and plumbing, is expected to vastly expand as the world transitions to greener energy to…
Oroco rises on ‘robust’ copper resource at Santo Tomas in Mexico
Shares in Oroco Resource (TSXV: OCO; US-OTC: ORRCF) gained after the explorer said a deposit estimate for the Santo Tomas copper project in northwest Mexico “significantly” expands on 1990s studies. The…
Gold Fields buys half of Osisko’s Windfall high-grade gold project in Quebec
Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI), the eighth-largest miner by market value, has joined with Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) to back the Windfall gold project in Quebec, one of Canada’s…
Army gives glimmer of hope for Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska
The United States Army is improving the slim odds for the Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) Pebble project in southwest Alaska which has already been blocked by environmental…
Pensana taps major UK investor to fund rare earths project in Angola
London-based Pensana (LSE: PRE) is being backed by one of the United Kingdom’s largest asset managers and the Angolan sovereign wealth fund to build a rare earths refinery in England…
Nevada King drills decades-high gold assay at old Atlanta project
Nevada King Gold (TSXV: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) says assay results show the highest-grade intercept in almost 50 years at the past-producing Atlanta mine in southeast Nevada. Reverse-circulation drill hole AT23WS-022…
Ivanhoe taps Glencore for US$250M to start world-beating Kipushi early
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says it has signed off-take and financing agreements with Glencore (LSE: GLEN) to restart the world’s highest grade zinc mine at Kipushi in the…