No takers for Nova Scotia uranium blocks post-ban
Nova Scotia, having recently lifted its decades-long ban on uranium exploration, says it has not received any bids for the request for proposals (RFPs) covering three areas prospective of the…
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Karelian clears hurdle for EU’s first diamond mine
Karelian Diamond Resources (LSE: KDR) has registered its Lahtojoki mining concession in the Finnish land registry, advancing its plan to develop what could become the European Union’s first diamond mine….
Alberta coal mines gravely threaten fish, study shows
Leachings from historic coal mines in southwest Alberta could poison and even kill off downstream fish populations, according to a new scientific study released as a Calgary-based explorer seeks to…
JV video: Quebec links investors, communities in mining development push
Quebec has established a network of agencies, implemented legal reforms and developed AI tools to speed up the development of critical minerals projects, strategic advisor Jonathan Lafontaine says. The package…
JV video: Equity Metals tests Silver Queen porphyry in BC
Equity Metals (TSXV: EQTY) plans to push its Silver Queen resource in British Columbia past 100 million oz. gold-equivalent in the near term, vice-president for exploration Robert Macdonald says. Since…
JV video: Dundee Sustainable Solutions’ GlassLock cuts arsenic risk
Over 230,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide, a byproduct from decades of gold mining at Giant mine, sit underground near Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. As permafrost thaws, the risk of…
Infographic: Rare earth extraction spheres of control
The second edition of our Rare Earths series breaks down global extraction at the mine level, country by country. It then regroups those nations into five geopolitical spheres of control: the American Sphere, Chinese Sphere, Russian…
Cassiar adds 7M indicated tonnes to Taurus resource
A resource update for Cassiar Gold’s (TSXV: GLDC; US-OTCQX: CGLCF) Taurus project in northern British Columbia has converted almost 20% of inferred tonnages to indicated over the initial estimate from…
Talga clears final hurdle for Swedish graphite mine
Talga Group (ASX: TLG) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to develop its Nunasvaara South graphite mine in northern Sweden, after the country’s government dismissed all outstanding appeals against the…
JV video: Sun Summit to double 2024 drill metres at Toodoggone JD prospect
Fresh from closing a $10 million placement last week, Sun Summit Minerals (TSXV: SMN; US-OTC: SMREF) is preparing to speed up drilling at its JD-Theiry gold-silver project in British Columbia’s…
Sitka hits gold ‘almost 1 km deep’ at RC project in Yukon
Summer drilling by Sitka Gold (TSXV: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) cut a highlight result of 65 metres grading 2 grams gold per tonne at its RC project in west-central Yukon. Shares…
Aussie Resolution enters US critical minerals race
Australia’s Resolution Minerals (ASX: RML) is entering the critical minerals market in the United States with the acquisition of the Horse Heaven antimony-gold-tungsten project in central Idaho. While Resolution is…