Battery metals snapshot: Eight companies charging up
New sources of battery metals are needed more than ever before as demand rises for low-emissions vehicles. The eight companies featured below hope to meet that demand for critical minerals…
Exploration
Video: Fireweed Metals prepares Macmillan Pass resource update
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) is planning a resource update by June on its Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon, chief geologist Jack Milton says. The company, backed the Lundin family and Teck…
Dolly Varden Silver discovers new, high-grade gold zone at Homestake Ridge
Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV; USOTC: DOLLF) has discovered a new, gold-rich zone to the northwest of its Homestake Silver deposit, part of its Kitsault Valley project in British Columbia….
Alaska Energy boosts contained nickel at Nikolai project to 8 billion lb
Alaska Energy Metals (TSXV: AEMC; US-OTC: AKEMF) said on Monday that its Eureka deposit, part of its flagship Nikolai polymetallic project in Alaska, now contains one of the biggest known…
JV Video: Argentina Lithium & Energy drills Rincon West brine project
Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSX-V: LIT; US-OTC: PNXLF) is advancing the Rincon West brine project in the country’s north with exploration drilling, CEO Nikolaos Cacos says in a new video….
Cash crunch has junior miners feeling ‘despondent’
According to Mining Intelligence data, mining financings tumbled by around 13% last year, after falling a precipitous 45% the previous year. Numbers from the Prospectors and Developers Association aren’t in…
Video: Power Nickel CEO sounds the alarm on naked short-selling
A battle for transparency and the survival of junior mining companies against market manipulation is playing out in real-time, Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF) CEO Terry Lynch says. Lynch…
Temas Resources’ La Blance PEA pushes shares to 12-month high
An assessment for Vancouver-based Temas Resources’ (CSE: TMAS) La Blache titanium-vanadium-iron project in eastern Quebec boasts a $6.8-billion net present value that is more than six times higher than its…
Video: Fundraising data reveal ‘bifurcated’ junior mining market
Despite the gloomy sentiment in the junior mining sector, Kai Hoffman, CEO of Soar Financial says last year was actually pretty good in terms of total funds raised. However, Hoffman,…
Video: How Exploration Insights is zeroing in on undervalued mid-sized juniors
Brent Cook, economic geologist and advisor to the Exploration Insights newsletter, shares how the EI portfolio did in 2023 and why it’s focusing more on mid-sized companies. Cook, who spoke…
TNM Drill Down: Colombia, Nicaragua and BC top week’s gold assays
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from the Jan. 26-Feb. 2 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data…
VIDEO: Ross Beaty on what’s next for junior miners as investors shun the space
Mining veteran Ross Beaty says he’s never seen a market like the current one, where gold and copper are at or near all-time highs, but “there’s absolutely no money for…