Oil giant ExxonMobil jumps on lithium wagon
Acquisition of lithium prospect reflects the company’s bet on the anticipated electric vehicles boom.
2023
Banyan Gold posts 50% rise in inferred ounces at AurMac
Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN; US-OTC: BYAGF) has updated resources at its Aurex and McQuesten projects, together known as the AurMac property, located in the Yukon. The new resource outlines a total…
Ambler road decision in Alaska delayed again, this time to mid-2024
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has once again delayed the release of the record of decision (RoD) for the Ambler road project, which will give access to untouched deposits of copper,…
Northern Miner Podcast: American Eagle Gold CEO Anthony Moreau on exploration, Teck and Canadian mining
In this week’s episode, we’re joined by American Eagle Gold CEO and director Anthony Moreau, who discusses the company’s NAK property located in the Babine Copper-Gold Porphyry district in central…
Copper loses battle in fight for critical mineral status in the US
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has told congressmen and senators that copper has not reached the status of critical minerals needed to be added to the official list of commodities…
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…
TSX drops during May 15-19 trading week
Stocks ended the May 15-19 trading period with a modest drop as investors considered drawn-out negotiations about the U.S. government’s debt ceiling while Canadian and U.S. April retail sales landed…
US indexes gather pace during May 15-19 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 126.01 points or 0.4% to 33,426.63 and the S&P 500 added 67.9 points or 1.6 % over the week to 4,191.98. Among the week’s…
Nemaska lands Ford as lithium hydroxide customer for Bécancour plant
Quebec’s Nemaska Lithium has signed a contract with Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) for delivery of lithium products including lithium hydroxide over an 11-year period. That makes Ford the first…
Standard Lithium stock rises on ‘highest confirmed lithium grade brine’ in Arkansas
Standard Lithium‘s (TSXV: SLI) resource definition work at its South West Arkansas project has returned sampling results of up to 581 mg lithium per litre, which represents the “highest confirmed…
Adriatic Metals gears up for Bosnia-Herzegovina mine opening
The Vares silver project is more than 70% completed and ready to kick off production in November this year.
Alpha Lithium rejects buyout bid by Spanish firm
Tecpetrol said it was prepared to engage with Alpha “immediately” and improve its $178 million (C$241m) all-cash offer.