TSX moves higher during Jan. 23-27 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 211.3 points or 1.03% to finish the Jan. 23-27 trading week at 20,714.50. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.35 points or 0.29% to 120.80…
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Industry scolds U.S. for mining ban in Minnesota wilderness area
The mining industry is criticizing a United States government decision to remove a large swath of northeastern Minnesota from development for 20 years even as the administration promotes critical minerals…
2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey
Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry firms. Despite shared concerns, there…
Stillwater expands resource, nickel by more than half at Montana project
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; OTC: PGEZF) has increased its resource estimate tonnage significantly at its Stillwater West battery and platinum metals project in Montana as it looks to emulate…
Energy Metals Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
As zero-emissions technologies continue to develop, demand is steadily rising for uranium, nickel, lithium, copper and graphite. Here’s a glimpse of eight companies exploring for or mining the energy metals. Baselode Energy …
Osisko Metals drills wide copper intercepts at historic mine in Quebec
Drilling towards the northwest under the past-producing pit at the Gaspe copper project in Quebec returned 1,011 metres grading 0.46% copper, 3.19 grams silver per tonne and 0.02% molybdenum from…
SPC Nickel enters agreement with Vale to consolidate deposits in Sudbury camp
SPC Nickel (TSXV: SPC) has entered into a cooperation agreement with Vale Canada that will see the company consolidate into a single property the West Graham and Crean Hill 3 nickel-copper…
B.C. mineral exploration expenditures hit a record in 2022, says Premier
British Columbia-focused mineral explorers set a new spending record in 2022, hitting $740.4 million, announced Premier David Eby on Monday during an industry event in Vancouver. The figure surpasses the…
‘Trudeau-pian’ policy drives mining investment away, says Poilievre
The opening day of the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver saw some political sparks fly as natural resources minister, Jonathan Wilkinson and Conservative Party firebrand Pierre…
Results hint at high-grade copper-gold in Beskauga project, Arras says
Arras Minerals (TSXV: ARK) says drill results from three holes at its Beskauga copper-gold project in northeastern Kazakhstan suggest it holds high-grade zones. Diamond drill hole Bg22012 returned 365 metres grading…
Marimaca Copper infill drilling yields best results to date at oxide deposit in Chile
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; US-OTC: MARIF) has released the final batch of reverse circulation (RC) drill results from last year’s infill drilling campaign at the Marimaca oxide deposit (MOD) in…
Glencore halts operations in Peru due to violent protests
Following an attack on Jan. 20 that set on fire a worker housing area, Glencore (LSE: GLEN) announced that it has halted operations at the Antapaccay copper mine in southern…