Bluestone’s Cerro Blanco takes shape in Guatemala
When John Robins, founder and chairman of Kaminak Gold, sold the junior to Goldcorp (TSX: GG; NYSE: GG) for $560 million in 2016, the exploration geologist and entrepreneur let it…
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Gov’t commissioned review condemns BC’s ‘professional reliance’ model
VANCOUVER — Big changes to the way B.C.’s mining sector is regulated may be on the way. At least that’s the signal given by a newly released, provincial government-commissioned report…
ROM seeks $3M endowment for geology curator
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is trying to raise an initial $3 million to hire and endow in perpetuity a geology curator for its earth sciences department — a position…
Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors step up to meet the tech-metal challenge
The wider use globally of advanced technologies such as electric vehicles has led to a boom in juniors developing technology-metal assets, with an emphasis on lithium, cobalt, vanadium and rare…
Editorial: New Ontario gov’t streamlines ministries, axes carbon tax
The swearing-in on June 29 of new Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative majority government promises somewhat more mining-friendly policies in the province that remains Canada’s mining powerhouse….
Cobalt27’s Anthony Milewski discusses Vale transaction, cobalt outlook
Cobalt27 Capital (TSXV: KBLT) recently acquired a US$300-million cobalt stream on Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt mine, beginning in 2021. It also has a stream on the Ramu nickel-cobalt…
Site visit: Black Iron advances Shymanivske premium iron ore project in Ukraine
KRYVYI RIH, UKRAINE — Political turmoil in mining countries may come and go, but great deposits endure, waiting for better days to be developed. That’s an old mining maxim Black…
Toronto Venture Exchange slips, June 25-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Exchange dropped 2.15% to finish the trading week at 739.96. Aurania Resources fell 65¢ to $2.15 per share. The company completed a first tranche of a non-brokered,…
US markets down, June 25-29
Gold fell 1.3% to close at US$1,252.4, as threats of a trade war with China continue to loom over the United States. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index slipped 0.5%…
TSX ends lower, June 25-29
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 1.05% to 16,277.73. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index declined 0.63% to finish at 191.54, while spot gold fell 1.15% to US$1,252.40 per oz. gold. The…
Nickel Creek rethinks Nickel Shaw in Yukon
DAWSON, YUKON — Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NCP; US-OTC: NCPCF) is wrapping up a new round of metallurgical testing at its Nickel Shaw polymetallic project near Destruction Bay, Yukon, 317 km…
North American Helium sees opportunity in Saskatchewan
When people think of helium they often think of party balloons. But the party favourites make up just a fraction of the global $2-billion helium industry. The inert gas is…