TSX Venture rises, Feb. 15-19
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbed 2.92% to finish the Feb. 15-19 trading week at 1,067.44. Spot gold fell US$39.70 per oz. (2.2%) to finish the trading week at US$1,784.60…
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Base and Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight companies pursuing critical minerals
Amidst a growing move towards electrification and emerging concerns about the sourcing of raw materials, base and battery metals exploration and development assets in North America are on investors’ radar…
Interview: Chile’s Minister of Mines and Energy prepares for new cycle of expansion
As copper prices hit their highest level in almost a decade, Chile’s mining industry is preparing for a new cycle of expansion. “We hope that if the price cycle remains…
Southern Ecuador’s Cuenca city bans new large-scale mining
Residents of the Southern Ecuador city of Cuenca have voted in favour of banning future large-scale mining activities in five nearby watershed zones – an area that stretches over 3,100…
Clean Air Metals advances Thunder Bay North project
Thunder Bay-based Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR; US-OTC: CLRMF) released an updated resource estimate for the company’s flagship Thunder Bay North platinum and palladium project in northwestern Ontario in late…
Nighthawk adds Kim & Cass property to Colomac holdings
Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK) has entered into a binding option agreement with a subsidiary of natural gas and oil-focused Pine Cliff Energy (TSX: PNE) to acquire a 100% interest in…
Pent-up weddings and stimulus could mean ‘generational consumer boom’ for diamonds
Global diamond production in 2020 fell by more than 20% to about 113 million carats due to planned production declines by the major producers and pandemic-related suspensions and curtailments. The…
Billionaire Naguib Sawiris bets on Egypt’s gold
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is backing his country’s drive to develop a gold industry following drastic changes to mining regulations passed last year. Altus Strategies’ subsidiary AKH Gold, majority owned…
Ontario taskforce aims to improve capital raising for public companies
An Ontario government task force issued a series of recommendations aimed at making capital raising in the public markets easier for issuers of all sizes, something that experts say could…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: I’m not superstitious, but …
Miners have more than their fair share of superstitions. The more you dig into the world of mining lore and myths, the more you realise how hard a job it…
Osisko Mining continues to grow ‘world-class’ Windfall deposit
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) has released an updated resource estimate for its Windfall gold deposit in Quebec, which, according to CEO John Burzynski, “places Windfall among the best high-grade development…
Battle North Gold starts 22,000-metre drill program in Red Lake
Following on last week’s announcement that it would be going ahead with construction of the Bateman gold project in Red Lake, Battle North Gold (TSX: BNAU; US-OTC: BNAUF) has started…