Sweden lifts uranium ban
Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday voted to repeal a 2018 moratorium on uranium mining, clearing the way for exploration and mining from Jan. 1. The move by Sweden’s unicameral national parliament,…
Articles by Henry Lazenby
Texas Smackover sets grade high for lithium brine
Smackover Lithium, a joint venture between Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI; NYSE-A: SLI) and Norway state oil company Equinor (NYSE: EQNR), says it has North America’s highest lithium-in-brine grades in the…
Freeport expands BC’s AuRORA with near-surface grades
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has extended the AuRORA copper-gold-silver discovery made by partner Amarc Resources (TSXV: AHR; OTCQB: AXREF) in British Columbia. A batch of long, near-surface intercepts released on Monday…
Site visit: Revival Gold shows ‘exploration sizzle’ in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho – An underground discovery hunt in central Idaho could shuffle Revival Gold’s (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) development queue, CEO Hugh Agro said this week on a site visit….
Idaho bets on schools, speedy approvals to renew mining
BOISE, Idaho – Access to local skilled labour is now the choke point to building new mines, Idaho’s mining leaders told the Idaho Mining Conference this week in Boise. The…
McEwen drills thick oxides at Windfall in Nevada
McEwen Inc. (TSX, NYSE-A: MUX) has cut one of the thickest oxide hits yet at the Windfall area of its Gold Bar Mine Complex in Nevada, a result that may…
US, Australia target $3B for critical minerals plan
The United States and Australia signed a critical-minerals framework on Monday that aims to speed permits, mobilize public and private financing, and pilot market “price-floor” mechanisms to blunt non-market undercutting…
Myriad Uranium drills Wyoming project derailed by Three Mile Island
Vancouver-based Myriad Uranium (CSE: M; US-OTC: MYRUF) has a new permit to expand drilling at a Wyoming project where a past owner spent $25 million ($100 million today) in the…
Video: Equinox turns from building to earning
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) is pivoting from a construction phase to cash generation on the back of two Canadian start-ups, Executive Vice-President for Capital Markets Ryan King says. Greenstone…
K92 Mining’s Kainantu expansion pours first gold
K92 Mining (TSX: KNT; US-OTC: KNTNF) has produced the first commercial gold-copper-silver concentrate and poured 458 oz. of doré at the new Kainantu third-stage expansion in Papua New Guinea (PNG)….
Video: Eldorado Gold sets Q1 start at Skouries in Greece
The expansion of Eldorado Gold’s (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) Skouries mine in northern Greece is on track to start production in the first quarter next year, with commercial output targeted…
Video: Retail investors to drive gold miners: analyst
Gold’s rally has yet to translate into miners’ typical torque to bullion, Puerto Rico-based Adrian Day Asset Management says. With gold up about 60% this year and senior producer equities…