US and Russia in race to ban uranium trade
The United States Congress is preparing for critical votes on legislation impacting the country’s uranium industry, focusing on the Nuclear Fuel Security Act (NFSA) and a potential ban on Russian…
Articles by Henry Lazenby
TNM Drill Down: OceanaGold hits high grades with Haile Underground drilling
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Dec. 8-15. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data company Mining Intelligence….
Double gold mine buy gives Genesis Minerals critical mass Down Under
Genesis Minerals (ASX: GMD), targeting growth in Western Australia, has purchased the Bruno-Lewis and Raeside gold projects from Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) for $48 million (A$53.5 million). The acquisition boosts…
Record investment propels BC as an attractive mining centre
As British Columbia breaks another spending record for mineral exploration, Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) B.C.’s president and CEO Keerit Jutla is convinced the province is turning the corner on…
Rio Tinto’s Nuton, Arizona Sonoran Copper ink option to earn 40% on Cactus project
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU) stock closed 10% higher in Toronto Thursday after the company signed a deal that could make a Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) subsidiary a…
George Cross remembered for a lifetime spent chronicling Canada’s mining heartbeat
Industry legend George Buchanan Cross, who covered Canada’s junior mining sector for five decades through the authoritative George Cross News Letter, passed away on Nov. 18 at the age of…
Kefi Gold and Copper’s Tulu Kapi build to put Ethiopia on global mining map
After three tumultuous years of civil war in Ethiopia, the founder of Kefi Gold and Copper (AIM: KEFI) pinches himself over the East African country’s emergence as a mining investment destination. Harry…
I-80 Gold reports best drill hits yet at Ruby Hill in Nevada
I-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; US-OTC: IAUCF) said Monday it had struck high-grade polymetallic mineralization at the Ruby Hill property’s Blackjack zone reporting the best assay results on the prospect yet….
Crude Anglo American email highlights cyber-hack threat
Subscribers to global miner Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) email newsletter service might have received an eyebrow-raising message from the company on Monday telling them to “GO F**K YOURSELF.” The company’s…
Dutch court orders Greenpeace off deep-sea mining vessel amid disputed ocean study
Activists with Greenpeace International have been ordered to vacate a research vessel charted by The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC), a pioneer in seafloor polymetallic nodule exploration in the central-eastern Pacific…
Media Luna West drilling points to future Morelos mill feed
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) has struck a rich vein at Media Luna West, pointing to mine life extension and added mill feed at the Morelos complex in Guerrero, Mexico,…
Q&A: Why the world could be headed towards a ‘minerals famine’
A waiting ‘minerals famine’ and supply chain issues may endanger environmental and technological progress, warns Peter Bryant, chair at Clareo, a strategy consulting firm. A 30-year industry veteran, Bryant says the…