Uranium supply could dry up by 2080s: OECD, UN
Global uranium reserves could be exhausted by the 2080s if demand for nuclear energy continues expanding at its current pace, the Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency and the UN’s International Atomic…
Exploration
Renforth boosts Parbec gold project’s size by 29%
A new resource estimate for Renforth Resources’ (CSE: RFR; US-OTC: RFHRF) Parbec gold project in western Quebec raises the deposit’s size by about one-third, the company says. Measured and indicated…
PDAC video: McKinsey warns of $5T critical minerals capital need
Critical mineral miners will need about $5 trillion in investments by 2035 to meet projected demand, McKinsey & Co. senior partner Patrick Lahaie said in a video interview. The figure…
PDAC video: Kazakhstan keen to draw Canadian miners
Kazakhstan is counting on its estimated US$40 trillion mineral wealth to spark a mining boom, Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) governor Renat Bekturov says. To attract investors, state-backed AIFC is…
PDAC JV video: PDAC pushes for permanent industry tax incentive amid uncertainty
Canada needs an exploration credit ingrained in the tax code, Raymond Goldie, past president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, says in a new video. Last month, the…
PDAC JV video: Olympio Metals outlines drilling in Quebec’s Cadillac Break
Olympio Metals (ASX: OLY) is to start drilling up to 10,000 metres in the Cadillac Break of Quebec’s Abitibi region after securing an option on the Bousquet gold project, managing…
Crater Lake’s scandium resource boosted 38%
Scandium Canada (TSXV: SCD) said new data show a 38% increase in indicated resources at its Crater Lake project in northern Quebec. Indicated resources in Crater Lake’s TG zone are…
PDAC JV video: Power Metallic adds drills to expand Nisk, CEO says
Power Metallic (TSXV: PNPN; OTCBB: PNPNF), previously known as Power Nickel, raised $50 million in February to support exploration at its Nisk project in northwestern Quebec, CEO Terry Lynch says….
PDAC JV Video: Oroco sets Mexico copper drilling plan
Oroco Resource (TSXV: OCO; US-OTC: ORRCF) is preparing to release an updated economic assessment for the Santo Tomas copper project, with several exploration catalysts set to follow this year, President…
OPEC-style lithium cartel now unlikely, analyst says
The odds of Latin America’s three lithium powers banding together to form a production cartel have almost evaporated due to contrasting economic models, a leading geopolitical analyst says. Argentina, Chile…
PDAC video: Novo Resources seeks copper amid exploration funding crunch, exec says
Novo Resources (TSX: NVO; ASX: NVO; US-OTC: NSRPF) is shifting from a pure gold play to include copper as it prepares to launch a drilling program in New South Wales,…
Ukraine mineral reserves likely too small to spur foreign miner rush: report
Persistent security concerns and widespread skepticism over the size of Ukraine’s mineral reserves mean Western resource investment in the country is unlikely to take off anytime soon even if a…