Plummeting platinum group prices could worsen shortage: report
The price of platinum group metals (PGM) has fallen by 42% this year and could widen a supply deficit if unprofitable mines are sidelined, according to a new report by…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Vista Gold taps Wheaton for $20M royalty to advance Mt. Todd project in Australia
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM, NYSE: WPM; LSE: WPM) is buying a 1% gross revenue royalty on Vista Gold’s (TSX: VGZ; NYSE-AM: VGZ) Mt. Todd project in Australia for US$20…
Barsele takes over Gold Line while advancing Agnico-led project in Sweden
Barsele Minerals (TSXV: BME; US-OTC: BRSLF) is buying Gold Line Resources (TSXV: GLDL; US-OTC: TLLZF) in an all-share deal to consolidate projects in Sweden and Finland, the companies said on Wednesday. Gold Line…
Barrick says outside actors to blame in fresh abuse allegations at North Mara in Tanzania
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) says a human rights group making allegations of forced expulsions to expand the North Mara mine in Tanzania is incorrect. Ottawa-based MiningWatch Canada contends…
Solaris taps US$80M Orion financing to advance Warintza copper project in Ecuador
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; US-OTC: SLSSF) has secured US$80 million in funding from Orion Mine Finance Management for the Warintza copper-gold project in Ecuador. The deal is made up of US$60…
Global mining stars due at third annual Saudi green metals conference
Saudi Arabia seeks to funnel more petro-dollars to battery metal projects with an all-star lineup at its third annual Future Minerals Forum in January. Leaders of the world’s largest…
Green Tech eyes Ontario’s first lithium mine at Seymour as metal price drops
Green Technology Metals (ASX: GT1) is considering its multi-stage $1.8 billion Seymour lithium project to start output in 2026 as Ontario’s first mine for the battery metal. The project including…
Roosen seeks partner for Cariboo gold project ‘beachhead’ in BC
Sean Roosen, part of the team that discovered and developed the Canadian Malartic gold mine, which vies to be Canada’s largest by production, is looking for a corporate partner to…
TNM Drill Down: Treaty Creek gold assays ‘astound’
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data company Mining…
Ex-FBI leader advises Fenix nickel mine in Guatemala after US drops sanctions
A former FBI director is helping a billion-dollar nickel mine in Guatemala reopen after United States sanctions shut it for alleged Russian bribery. Louis Freeh, who ran the bureau from…
Bluestone CEO grapples with activism in Guatemala as new president brings change
Lundin-backed Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR) wants to advance its Cerro Blanco gold project under Guatemala’s incoming reform-minded president but it faces anti-mining activists who don’t play by the same rules….
Gold, silver to rise as political, economic risks grind
Gold and silver prices have been on a roller coaster over the past two years as prices have responded to the changing political and economic environment. A key shift came…