Canadian miners drive value in TSX Top 30 rankings
Seven out of the 30 companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange’s TSX30 list, which ranks the top-performing stocks over three years, are in the mining sector. While the industry at…
Articles by Henry Lazenby
Fission set on 2025 Patterson Lake South construction start
With construction of its Patterson Lake South uranium mine planned to start in 2025, Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) is managing important upcoming milestones to realize its vision of…
BC Supreme Court rules Mineral Tenure Act not addressing Indigenous consultation duty
First Nations leaders praised the British Columbia Supreme Court’s recent ruling that the province must consult with Indigenous groups before granting mineral claims, upholding the Crown’s duty to consult. The…
Idaho gold rush: These 3 companies work towards near-term production
A 21st-century gold rush is unfolding in Idaho — a state that, historically, has been overshadowed by its U.S. northwest neighbours’ rich mining legacies. Now emerging as an epicentre for…
Navigating the deep: The Metals Company eyes late 2025 ocean mining start
In the dark waters of the abyssal plain between Mexico and Hawaii lies the expansive Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ), where Canadian outfit The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) plans to pioneer…
O3’s Vizquerra powers Marban Alliance toward feasibility
O3 Mining (TSXV: OIII; US-OTC: OIIIF) president and CEO Jose Vizquerra has a simple goal. “My purpose, personally, is to be the first Peruvian to build a mine in Canada,…
Hecla eyes early 2024 Lucky Friday restart after underground fire
The U.S.’s biggest silver producer Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) expects to restart its idled Idaho-based Lucky Friday mine operations early in the New Year after a fire and a groundfall…
Manitoba declares itself Canada’s ‘critical metals Costco’
In announcing her Progressive Conservative Party’s new Critical Minerals Strategy in late July, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson declared the Prairie province open for mining business. “Manitoba is like the Costco…
Beaver Creek: Osisko’s Windfall will ‘outlive all of us,’ says CEO Burzynski
Quebec-focused Osisko Mining‘s (TSX: OSK) chairman and CEO, John Burzynski, expects the company’s flagship Windfall project’s resource to double to a staggering range of 15-20 million oz. gold at double-digit…
Beaver Creek: Wide disconnect between equities and commodity prices offers buying opportunity
The discrepancy between mining company valuations and commodity prices is at its worst levels in decades, the Precious Metals Summit in Colorado heard this week. “This is probably the worst…
Beaver Creek: Mining tycoons ponder gold’s role in looming financial ‘reset’
Mining magnates Frank Giustra and Rob McEwen had a friendly audience yesterday at the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colo., as they outlined the key role they expect gold…
Beaver Creek: Critical minerals shine at precious metals summit
The mining sector, a longstanding pillar of the global economy and even more important now with rising attention to critical metals and secure supply in Western nations, is facing emerging…