Editorial: Worries of lithium oversupply dog market
There’s no better example of how unhinged the junior mining market can get than the last few releases in August from Toronto-based Desert Lion Energy in relation to its assets…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Commerce hopes new US policy will benefit rare earth projects
Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE; US-OTC: CMRZF) has spent the past 10 years developing its Ashram rare earth element (REE) project in northern Quebec. Like many REE miners, Commerce’s fate has…
Avalon discovers lithium pegmatite
A new lithium pegmatite Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) is naming Snowbank has been found 4 km northwest of the company’s main Separation Rapids lithium deposit, near Kenora,…
Mawson improves gold-cobalt grades at Rajapalot
Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) recently announced results from 46 diamond drill holes spanning six prospects at its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland. The company assayed previously gold-only drill…
Ceylon Graphite builds Sri Lankan portfolio
Vancouver-based Ceylon Graphite (TSXV: CEY; US-OTC: CYLYF) has added a third property to its graphite exploration portfolio after receiving strong assay results on grab samples taken from the property. The…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 116: Graphite – the forgotten battery mineral ft Gregory Bowes
This episode takes a look at the junior graphite market, which is awakening from a five-year slumber as demand for graphite in the electric vehicle and grid storage sectors begins…
Avalon simplifies PEA for Separation Rapids
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) has tabled an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Separation Rapids lithium project near Kenora, Ont., that it says “reflects a simplified…
BC’s highest NPV exploration projects
Using the database of our sister company Mining Intelligence, The Northern Miner compiled the following list of British Columbia’s four exploration projects with the highest net present values (NPVs), as…
Top-8 US uranium, REE juniors
VANCOUVER — With the Trump Administration in the U.S. unveiling earlier this year its list of critical minerals vital to the U.S. economy, the need to secure domestic supplies of…
Top 10 Canada-based juniors with substantial assets in the US
Canadian junior companies have a large presence south of the border. The Northern Miner presents its top-10 list of the biggest Canada-based juniors with substantial assets in the U.S., by…
Commentary: The graphite opportunity within the EV boom
One cannot open the paper or go online these days without seeing articles about the rosy future for electric vehicles (EVs) and grid storage, and the resultant growth in lithium…
Nemaska Lithium near offtake deal with Northvolt
Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) is in the final stages of completing an offtake deal for battery grade lithium hydroxide with Northvolt, a company set up by two former…