Li-FT Power eyes Yellowknife for continent’s next big lithium resource
Yellowknife was founded on gold mining, and now lithium holds the potential of opening a new chapter for the Far North’s second largest city. Just a short drive east of…
Vital Metals
Vital Metals pivots to Nechalacho permitting as plant capex double
Australia-based Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTCQB: VTMXF) says it is pivoting from completing the rare earths separation plant in Saskatoon to better align with its Norwegian offtake partner while the…
West faces daunting task to compete with China in critical minerals race, says Neo Performance CEO
Engaging in the global critical minerals market means facing up to the huge challenge presented by China, says Neo Performance Materials‘ (TSX: NEO) CEO and president Constantine Karayannopoulos. Speaking during an…
Commerce’s Ashram rare earth sample signals Quebec project’s global green metal ambition
Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE ; US-OTC: CMRZF) has produced its largest rare earth oxides sample yet from its Ashram project in northern Quebec as it develops what it calls the…
Vital Metals bails on Quebec rare earths projects
Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML), the first rare earths producer in Canada, has walked away from a deal with Quebec Precious Metals Corp. (TSX-V: QPM) to buy the junior’s Zeus project and…
Vital Metals opens rare earths processing plant in Saskatoon on EV highway
Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML), the first producer of rare earth minerals in Canada, opened a processing facility in Saskatoon this week that will feed into the global demand for…
PDAC 2022: NWT leaders ask Ottawa to help with infrastructure to benefit mining
In the Northwest Territories, infrastructure that lags behind southern Canada is limiting the potential of the territory’s mining development and increasing its costs as well, said leaders of the N.W.T….
Vital Metals blazing path to commercial production with Canada’s first rare earth mine
It’s a year of many firsts for Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) and its rare earth elements operation in the Northwest Territories. Following the establishment in 2021 of…
Canada’s first rare earth miner in trading halt on expansion rumours
Vital Metals is said to be in final talks to acquire two RREE projects in Quebec, one of which is considered to be the world’s fourth largest dysprosium deposit.
Canada’s first tech metals mine goes live
Australia’s Vital Metals Limited (ASX: VML) has started rare earth elements production at its Nechalacho project in Canada’s Northwest Territories. In doing so, the company helped solidify Canada’s role globally…
Battery metals snapshot: Eight companies developing critical metals for the future
As the world moves away from fossil fuels, battery metals are in high demand, especially with a shortage of supply from low-geopolitical risk jurisdictions. For instance, earlier this year, Canada…