Mexico Snapshot: Eight companies with Mexican projects to follow
Mexico has a long and storied history as a silver producer, and there is no reason to think that will change anytime soon. Here are eight Canadian companies active in…
Zinc and Lead
Bluejay Mining to sell projects in Finland for $7m
It has agreed to sell its Paltamo and Rautavaara nickel, zinc, copper and cobalt projects to battery metals miner Metals One.
TSX up, July 5-9
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.16% to 20,257.95 during the July 5-9 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index climbed 2.24% to 109.76, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
Glencore paid $5.8B to governments in 2020
Swiss-based multinational miner Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has disclosed US$5.7 billion in taxes, royalties and other government payments in 2020. The diversified mining house says the Covid-19 pandemic caused major production…
Callinex reports wide intersections of copper at Rainbow
Drilling at Callinex Mines’ (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CCLXF) Rainbow deposit in Manitoba has returned wide intersections of high-grade copper. Drill hole PBM-129-W2 hit a broad interval of 67 metres grading…
Falco moves closer to Horne 5 development with Glencore agreement in principle
Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC) and Glencore (LSE: GLEN) have signed an agreement in principle that paves the way for Falco to develop its Horne 5 project in Quebec. The agreement…
Base metals demand expected to benefit from green revolution – report
A report by market researcher CRU Group forecasts that demand for zinc, copper, and nickel will continue to grow in the next two decades, particularly in China where government stimulus…
Turmalina Metals intersects 4.3% copper at San Francisco project in Argentina
Drilling at Turmalina Metal’s (TSXV: TBX; US-OTC: TBXXF) San Francisco project in Argentina has returned high-grade copper mineralization from the San Francisco del Andes (SFdLA) breccia, one of more than…
JV Article: Modern exploration techniques could unlock potential of Slave Lake Zinc’s O’Connor Lake
Slave Lake Zinc’s (CSE: SLZ) 100%-owned O’Connor Lake project in the Northwest Territories, about 185 km southeast of Yellowknife and 150 km east of Hay River, has the potential to be…
Foran weighs drill program expansion for McIlvenna Bay on results, $100M investment
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) is considering expanding the 30,000 metre drill program under way at its McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan after receiving encouraging results and a deal with Fairfax…
Supercycle or bull market?
Soaring prices this month for copper and iron ore are leading some people to think that we are on the verge of a new supercycle. But as our new reporter…
TSX Venture up, April 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 2.56% to finish the trading week at 955.26. Spot gold declined by US$7.80 per oz., or 0.44%, to US$1,769.10 per ounce. Los Andes Copper jumped…