World needs graphite, Ontario projects need cash
There is roughly 20 times more graphite than there is lithium in a lithium-ion battery — a misnomer if ever there was one. Graphite is the anode material in lithium-ion…
Volume 104 Number 19 September 17 – 30, 2018
Snapshot: Seven juniors advancing projects in Ontario
While Ontario remains the largest mineral producer in Canada, there remains a lively junior exploration and development scene across a wide variety of targets including gold, silver, cobalt and diamonds….
Commentary: Cobalt’s much-anticipated demise (not)
Historically, whenever a commodity appreciates to all-time highs, pundits and naysayers are quick to forecast its eventual demise. Having tripled in value within two years, cobalt is now (once again…
Site visit: IDM keen on Red Mountain in Golden Triangle
STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Vancouver-based IDM Mining (TSXV: IDM; US-OTC: IDMMF) is steadily advancing its wholly owned Red Mountain gold project in northwestern British Columbia’s Golden Triangle region. “We are…
Editorial: Worries of lithium oversupply dog market
There’s no better example of how unhinged the junior mining market can get than the last few releases in August from Toronto-based Desert Lion Energy in relation to its assets…
TSX Venture Exchange falls, Sept. 3-7
Gold Reserve rose 17¢ to $3.35 per share. The company recently received Venezuelan government bonds with an estimated market value of US$88.5 million as payment towards the December 2017 and…
Balmoral expands newly optioned Gargoyle property by 1,600%
In August, Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) optioned the Gargoyle nickel property, 55 km northeast of Atikokan, Ontario. Just a few weeks later, it expanded Gargoyle 1,600% by staking…
TSX falls, Sept. 3-7
Canada’s benchmark index fell 1.06% to 16,090.27 during a shortened trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 4.3% to 62.70 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 2.9% to…
US markets edge lower, Sept. 3-7
The U.S. Bureau of Statistics released its job report showing that the unemployment rate remained unchanged in August at 3.9%. Base metals were down during the trading week while spot…
Pure Gold on track to build Ontario’s next gold mine
Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) is on its way to finishing a definitive feasibility study (DFS) of its Madsen gold project in Ontario’s Red Lake district. Madsen is one of…
RNC finds multimillion-dollar gold nuggets at Beta Hunt
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNC) has found a 95-kilogram specimen of rock containing 2,400 oz. gold worth an estimated $4 million and another 65-kilogram specimen with an estimated 1,600 oz. gold…
McEwen bolsters Black Fox with new resource
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) has tabled a maiden resource for its Stock East gold deposit and an updated resource for its Froome gold deposit to go with numerous…