Study shows Clean TeQ’s Sunrise is world-class
Clean TeQ’s (TSX: CLQ; US-OTC: CTEQF) Sunrise nickel, cobalt and scandium project in Australia is one step closer to becoming a significant producer of nickel and cobalt sulphate for the…
Nickel
Vale sells Voisey’s Bay cobalt stream for US$690M
In the world’s biggest cobalt stream to date, Vale (NYSE: VALE) has agreed to sell cobalt from its Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt mine in northern Labrador to Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:…
Horizonte Minerals advances two assets in Brazil
Six months ago, Jeremy Martin, founder and CEO of Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM; LON: HZM), bought the Vermelho nickel-cobalt project in Brazil from Vale (NYSE: VALE) for US$8 million in…
Millbrook pens exploration contract with Cuban gov’t
In late April, privately held Millbrook Minerals became the first copper-zinc explorer to sign an International Economic Association (IEA) contract with Cuban state mining company GeoMinera. The document permits Millbrook…
TSX Venture continues slow slide, April 30-May 4
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.47% to end the trading week at 772.24. The index has been on a three-week slide since mid-April, when it traded briefly above 800…
Balmoral Resources investor presentation by Darin Wagner at CMS 2018
Balmoral Resources president, chief executive officer and director Darin Wagner gives an investor presentation at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London on April 24, 2018.
Orefinders acquires Abitibi property, spins out others
Orefinders Resources (TSXV: ORX) has acquired the past-producing underground McGarry gold mine and surrounding property in Ontario’s portion of the Abitibi greenstone belt. The company is focused on acquiring and…
TSX Venture falls, April 2-6
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 3.45% to end the trading week at 769.15. The index had traded above 800 for most of 2018 before crashing as low as 754…
TSX posts modest gains, March 5-9
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.25% to 5,577.81 during a largely stagnant trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.35% to 70.33 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 0.75%…
China ‘tweaks’ nickel taxes to favour EVs, Wood Mackenzie says
In December, China made adjustments to import taxes on some nickel products that favour the production of electric vehicles (EVs). On Jan. 1, the import tax on nickel sulphate —…
Rebranded Nickel Creek Platinum aims to take Wellgreen to ‘next level’
VANCOUVER — The new management team at recently renamed Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NCP; US-OTC: NCPCF) (formerly Wellgreen Platinum) has spent the past year rebuilding its executive ranks the technical foundations…
BC, Yukon & NWT Snapshot: 8 juniors on the move
Canada’s westernmost province and two territories have long attracted mineral explorers and developers lured by the region’s rich natural endowment, substantial infrastructure and pro-mining government policies. The following is a…