TSX mixed, April 15-19: Euro Copper, Taseko, Largo
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.8% to 16,612.81. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 2.5% to 76.22 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 3.5% to 186.63. The spot gold price…
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TSX Venture slips, April 15-19: Millennial Lithium, Novo, Superior Gold
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.5% to 609.21, continuing its steady April decline. Shares of Millennial Lithium rose 18¢ to $1.75, after the company doubled the resource at its…
Millennial Lithium doubles resource at Pastos Grandes in Argentina
Millennial Lithium (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) has doubled the measured and indicated resource at its Pastos Grandes lithium project in Salta, Argentina. The project now contains 18 billion measured and…
Orocobre and Toyota Tsusho plan lithium plant in Japan
The boards of Orocobre (TSX: ORL; ASX: ORE) and Toyota Tsusho Corp. have given the green light to building the Naraha lithium hydroxide plant, which will be the first of…
Interview: The LME’s new cobalt contract
The following is an interview by Cobalt 27 Capital chairman Anthony Milewski with the London Metal Exchange’s Product Development department to discuss the LME’s electric-vehicle battery materials initiatives, and the…
Sigma Lithium, Japan’s Mitsui form strategic alliance
In 2012, A10, a leading Brazilian M&A and private equity firm, used its personal capital and partners’ funds to back Sigma Lithium Resources (TSXV: SGMA; US-OTC: SGMLF) and its hard-rock…
Frontier Lithium confirms depth at PAK in Ontario
Recent drilling by Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: HLKMF) at its Spark pegmatite lithium zone, part of its 69-sq.-km PAK lithium project in northwestern Ontario, has confirmed the zone continues…
Walkabout Resources secures Asian buyers for its large flake graphite
With its second binding offtake agreement in two weeks, Walkabout Resources (ASX: WKT) has secured the sale of 75% of its large flake graphite concentrate for the first three years…
US markets rise, April 1-5: Lithium Americas, Sibanye-Stillwater, First Majestic
The spot gold price fell 0.04% to US$1,291.40 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index rose 0.62% to 76.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.9% to 26,424.99….
First Cobalt produces battery grade sulfate
Most refined cobalt used in the electric vehicle market is produced in Asia, but First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC FTSSF) intends to start refining the metal into battery-grade cobalt sulphate…
American Lithium confirms discovery at TLC in Nevada
American Lithium (TSXV: LI; US-OTC: LIACF) has confirmed lithium mineralization at its TLC claystone project near Tonopah, Nev., during its ongoing 18-hole, 1,600-metre drill program. The company cut 1,08 parts…
Blue Sky Uranium proposes low-cost operation at Ivana
Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF) has unveiled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Ivana uranium-vanadium deposit at its wholly owned Amarillo Grande project in Rio Negro, Argentina,…