Osisko grows Lynx deposit at Windfall in Abitibi
Infill drilling from March through October at Osisko Mining’s (TSX: OSK) Lynx deposit at its Windfall project, in the Abitibi greenstone belt in the James Bay region of Quebec, has…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Editorial: Vanadium shines bright amidst the gloom
While the world’s commodity markets and the broader stock markets weather a jittery season of lower lows and seething dread, there is one relatively obscure metal that is doing just…
92 Resources acquires Silver Sands vanadium project in BC
92 Resources (TSXV: NTY; US-OTC: RGDCF) recently acquired the 37-sq.-km Silver Sands vanadium project in Pine Pass, eastern British Columbia, for $15,000 in staking costs. The vendor retains a 2%…
Lithium Americas advances Thacker Pass in Nevada
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) is perhaps best known for its flagship 62.5%-owned Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine project in northwestern Argentina’s Jujuy province, which is expected to start producing battery-grade…
Nevada Sunrise preps for first drilling at Coronado
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently granted Nevada Sunrise Gold (TSXV: NEV; US-OTC: NVSGF) permits to drill the company’s newly optioned Coronado volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project, located 48…
Kamoto Copper resumes exports after DRC lifts freeze order
Katanga Mining’s (TSX: KAT; US-OTC: KATFF) 75%-owned subsidiary, Kamoto Copper, has resumed importing and exporting materials, including production to and from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after the government…
Talon Metals tables PEA for Tamarack North
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) has announced a preliminary economic assessment for the Tamarack zone at its Tamarack North nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota. The study assigns the project a…
Editorial: Kamoto halt highlights cobalt’s unpredictability
Anyone needing a reminder of the tenuousness of the global cobalt market — which plays a major role in underpinning the global boom in electric vehicles (EVs) — need only…
TSX Venture rises, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Shares of Cantex Mine Development soared 389% on drill results from its North Rackla silver-lead-zinc project in Yukon. The company had drilled nine holes on the project’s massive Sulphide zone,…
New Age Metals grows lithium assets in Manitoba
Two years ago, New Age Metals (TSXV: NAM; US-OTC: NMTLF) became one of the largest claim holders in the Winnipeg River pegmatite field of southeastern Manitoba, 125 km northeast of…
Video: MINING.com editor Frik Els on battery metals at PMF 2018
MINING.com editor Frik Els gives a speech on battery metals at the 2018 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto, presented by The Northern Miner and Canadian Mining Journal
TSX posts mixed results, Oct. 1-5
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.9% to 15,946.17 and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.39% to 65.54. Gold performed better, however, as the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2% to…