TSX Venture soars, Dec. 24-28
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 4.12% to close the trading week at 552.09, and has continued to rise over the start of 2019. Shares of Novo Resources rose 48¢…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Top stories of 2018
While prices for the major metals and other mined commodities mostly went sideways during 2018, there was plenty of big news over the year — much of its stoked by…
Cobalt, palladium on Scotiabank’s ‘Naughty and Nice’ list of 2018
Weak production growth, steady-to-rising demand, supply deficits and falling inventories pushed prices of palladium up 19% in 2018, after a 51% jump in 2017, Scotiabank economist Rory Johnston concludes in…
Power Ore picks up historic Opemiska complex
Power Ore (TSXV: PORE) is buying the Opemiska copper mine complex in Quebec from Explorateurs-Innovateurs de Québec (Ex-In), a private company. Opemiska consists of two past-producing underground mines operated by…
Outlook Snapshot: Eight juniors with plans for a busy 2019
The junior exploration and development scene is still in high gear in North America, with many juniors planning for extensive work programs in 2019 at precious and base metal projects…
Largo doubles strike length of NAN vanadium deposit in Brazil
Largo Resources (TSX: LGO; US-OTC: LGORF) drilled 24 holes totalling 4,223 metres during phase two drilling at its Novo Amparo Norte (NAN) vanadium deposit. The deposit lies 6.5 km north…
Interview: Stormcrow’s Jon Hykawy gives battery metal outlook for 2019
Jon Hykawy is the president and director of Stormcrow Capital. He is a research scientist and expert in lithium, the rare earths, fluorspar and tin. Originally training as a physicist,…
Mawson tables maiden resource for Rajapalot gold-cobalt project
Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) has tabled a maiden resource for its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland that it says has plenty of room for expansion. The project contains…
Delrey expands portfolio with BC vanadium properties
Delrey Metals (CNSX: DLRY) has acquired two B.C. vanadium projects by issuing 5.5 million shares to BC Vanadium, a private company. The Star and Porcher vanadium properties cover a combined…
Arena acquires Antofalla project in Argentina
Arena Minerals (TSXV: AN) has acquired privately held Antofalla Minerals for US$400,000 in cash and 10 million common shares. Antofalla Minerals’ flagship property is its 4,000-hectare Antofalla lithium brine project…
International Lithium estimates 25-year mine life at Mariana
International Lithium (TSXV: ILC; US-OTC: ILHMF) could produce 10,000 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent per year over a 25-year mine life at its Mariana lithium brine project, according to a recent…
Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies looking for precious and base metals
While prices for most precious and base metals have been subdued throughout 2018, there has nevertheless been a high level of mineral exploration around the world, as companies seek to…