TSX Venture drifts lower over May 15-19
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 5.05 points or 0.8% over the May 15-19 trading session to close at 612.79. Surge Battery Metals gained 12¢ to end the week at…
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RANKED: Top 10 longest-life precious metals mines under construction
Precious metals, long treasured for their lustre, beauty, stability and value, have diverse applications ranging from industrial and automotive to jewelry and investing. Demand for key precious metals, encompassing gold,…
Generation Mining in US$400M debt deal to advance Marathon project
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; OTC: GENMF) has arranged a senior finance facility of up to $540 million (US$400 million) for its 100%-owned Marathon palladium-copper project in northern Ontario. A syndicate…
The first book on Ontario’s Ring of Fire sees a happy ending for contentious development
When geologist and writer Virginia Heffernan was looking for a topic for her first book, it didn’t take long for her to settle on Ontario’s Ring of Fire. Like many…
‘There will be no Ring of Fire’ chant First Nation leaders in Ontario legislature
Two ranking leaders of an Ontario First Nation were forced to leave the provincial legislature Wednesday after rowdily accusing the Doug Ford government of failing to consult them about mining…
EU adds copper, nickel and manganese to list of critical materials
The European Union has published its Critical Raw Materials Act and added copper, nickel and manganese to its list of critical materials. The CRMA, unveiled by the Brussels-based European Commission…
Video: Exploring for palladium and lithium with New Age Metals
Harry Barr, CEO of New Age Metals discusses exploration at the River Valley Palladium project near Sudbury and its 11 lithium projects in Manitoba. Barr spoke with Northern Miner staff…
2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey
Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry firms. Despite shared concerns, there…
New Age Metals starts second phase drilling at Lithium Two in Manitoba
New Age Metals (TSXV: NAM; US-OTC: NMTLF) has commenced drilling on its Lithium Two project, part of its portfolio of early stage hard-rock lithium assets in Manitoba. The company plans…
Talon Metals finds new nickel and copper zone several kilometres from Tamarack
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) says it has found a new system of nickel and copper mineralization just 3.2 km from its Tamarack project in central Minnesota. Talon is…
Resource nationalism on the rise, says VRIC’s Jay Martin, as mining juniors head to Vancouver
There’s no denying the world is an entirely different place compared with a year ago, says Cambridge House International’s president and CEO, Jay Martin, as more than 300 mining juniors…
Analysts forecast a mixed bag for commodities amid global 2023 slowdown
Given the tumultuous past two years that saw global markets ebb and flow to extreme degrees, it’s perhaps no surprise that the only thing that’s certain about the 2023 outlook…