Industrial/Specialty Minerals


A drill rig at American Lithium’s FLV lithium project in Nevada. Credit: American Lithium.

American Lithium drilling Nevada claystones

American Lithium (TSXV: LI; US-OTC: LIACF) is about to drill its 6.3 sq. km Tonopah lithium claystone (TLC) project near Tonopah, Nevada. Over the next six weeks the company will…




The Greenbushes lithium mine in Australia Tianqi Lithium, 250 km south of Perth in Western Australia. Credit: Tianqi Lithium.

Commentary: Lithium opportunities abound in Australia

The following is an edited excerpt from the publication “The lithium–ion battery value chain — new economy opportunities for Australia” by the Australian government’s Australian Trade and Investment Commission. To…


Antofagasta posts record copper production

Antofagasta (LON: ANTO) set a new record last year with group copper production of 725,300 tonnes, and the company expects it will produce 750,000-790,000 tonnes of the red metal this…


Millennial Lithium COO Iain Scarr (left) and Ergy Solar CEO Baltazar Robles at the Pastos Grandes lithium property in Argentina’s Salta province. Credit: Millennial Lithium.

Millennial Lithium de-risks Pastos Grandes

Farhad Abasov has high hopes for Millennial Lithium’s (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) Pastos Grandes lithium brine project in Argentina’s Salta province. The CEO expects a definitive feasibility study (DFS) in…


Drill core from hole 18-56, which returned 1.35% nickel over 4 metres. Credit: Balmoral resources.

Balmoral finds nickel zones at Grasset

Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has found several nickel sulphide zones in the central part of its Grasset ultramafic complex in Quebec after drilling the area during its late…






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