Cuba fuel crunch clouds Sherritt’s operations
Sherritt International (TSX: S; US-OTC: SHERF), a Toronto-based miner whose fortunes are closely tied to Cuba via its Moa nickel-cobalt mine, is facing uncertainty amid a deepening fuel crisis on…
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Indaba: New Cold War for minerals tests Africa’s ability to leverage huge resources
Africa’s vast critical-mineral endowment has thrust the continent to the centre of intensifying rivalries between the United States, China and other powers, but its future will depend more on governance…
i-80 Gold secures $500M for Nevada growth
i-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; NYSE-A: IAUX) surged to its highest in nearly three years on Thursday after securing a $500-million financing package to fund its mine development plans and erase…
Fortuna’s Sunbird deposit results lift Séguéla prospects
Drilling at Fortuna Mining’s (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Séguéla mine in Côte d’Ivoire confirms that high-grade mineralization remains open at depth in the Sunbird deposit, one of the richest targets that…
Opinion: Canadians must match American urgency in the race for critical minerals
In the cavernous halls of the U.S. State Department last week, something unusual was on display: earnest cooperation rather than the usual diplomatic theatre. The inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial wasn’t…
VRIC JV Video: Clean Air Metals eyes toll milling for Ontario platinum project
Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR; US-OTC: CLRMF) is pushing a toll-milling route for its Thunder Bay North project, one of North America’s few primary-platinum developments, President and CEO Mike Garbutt…
VRIC JV Video: Libra lines up first drill test at Stimson lithium prospect
Libra Energy Materials (CSE: LIBR; US-OTC: LIBRF) plans to drill its first hole this year at the Stimson lithium prospect in Ontario after building a 37-project portfolio during the sector…
1911 Gold taps 9-gram past in Manitoba for $1B value
A new study for 1911 Gold’s (TSXV: AUMB; US-OTC: AUMBF) True North project on the site of Manitoba’s first gold mine boasts an almost $1-billion value aided by strong gold…
Ex-prince suggested uranium plays to Epstein: BBC
A confidential U.K. government briefing forwarded by former trade envoy Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 highlighted uranium among several “high value” mineral opportunities in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, according…
Sirios taps Osisko team to push Cheechoo build
Sirios Resources (TSXV: SOI; US-OTC: SIREF) says the December acquisition of Osisko Development (NYSE, TSXV: ODV)-backed OVI Mining will give its Quebec Cheechoo gold deposit the financing and development push…
JP Morgan sees $5.50 copper, deficit worsening
J.P. Morgan has raised its long-term copper price forecast by 9.1% due to widening structural supply deficits and sharply higher capital costs that will require massive investment in new mine…
Ascot rebrands under new CEO to restart troubled Premier gold mine in BC
Ascot Resources (TSXV: AOT.H) plans to rebrand in a fresh start under new leadership to advance two projects in British Columbia including what was once the continent’s biggest gold mine. …