TSXV closes lower during Feb 21-24 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 10.92 points or 1.7% over the holiday-shortened Feb 21-24 trading session, ending at 616.86. The week’s top value gainer was Sigma Lithium which…
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U.S. inflation knocks NYSE lower last week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 873.83 points or 2.6% to 32,816.92 during the Feb. 21-24 trading period after the U.S. Commerce Department reported higher-than-expected inflation for January of 6.4%…
Base and battery metals Snapshot: Eight companies targeting critical minerals
The growing demand for clean energy technologies is driving exploration and development of critical mineral deposits around the world. Here’s a look at eight companies on the hunt for everything…
Global Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies seeking base, precious and energy metals
From Botswana to Ecuador, Spain and Jamaica – it may sound like a travel destination bucket list, but these are just some of the places these eight juniors are exploring…
Eldorado says gold production to grow 55% in five years with Skouries restart
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) expects production to significantly increase over the next five years thanks to the addition of the Skouries gold-copper mine in northern Greece. The company’s…
Los Andes Copper prefeasibility for Vizcachitas outlines ‘Tier 1 asset’
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTC: LSANF) has completed a positive prefeasibility study for its 100% owned Vizcachitas project in Chile, highlighted by a US$2.8-billion post-tax net present value using…
Anglo American takes US$1.7B writedown on British fertilizer mine
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) said Thursday it would take a US$1.7-billion charge due to higher costs and delays at its Woodsmith fertilizer project, which is being built beneath the North…
First Quantum halts copper processing in Panama as dispute spirals
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) said on Thursday it had halted ore processing operations at its giant Cobre Panama copper mine, in the latest escalation of a dispute with the…
Site visit: Arizona juniors keen to shore up made-in-America copper supply
A handful of Arizona-focused copper juniors are making steady progress delineating resources and fine-tuning potential development plans towards feeding an independent, Western supply chain. Near the semi-desert town of Casa…
Video: Majuba Hill Copper advances Nevada porphyry project
Buster Hunsaker, consulting geologist with Majuba Hill Copper, discusses recent drilling results from the company’s namesake copper porphyry project in Nevada, where it is working on a National Instrument 43-101 compliant…
Osisko Metals forms JV with Appian as part of $100M investment in Pine Point project
Shares in Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) surged Wednesday on its plan to set up a joint venture and potentially surrender a majority stake in its flagship Pine Point base…
Rio Tinto halves dividend on 41% annual profit drop
Mining giant Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has more than halved its 2022 dividend after posting a 41% drop in annual profit, which was the result of lower commodity…