Why choose stocks with large undeveloped deposits?
Before I became a mining analyst and editor at Fat Tail Investment Research in Melbourne, I worked as a geologist in the mining industry. But in all my time writing to…
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Lithium rout derails projects around the world, though some persist
Low lithium prices are forcing a raft of companies to delay spending on projects from Quebec to Nevada, from South America to Australia. General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a…
JV video: Alamos Gold eyes 80% growth, mostly from within portfolio, CEO says
After digesting a series of acquisitions made at lower gold prices, Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) president and CEO John McCluskey says the company aims to grow production by…
Video: Gold rally leaves hesitant Western investors in the dust, fund manager says
Most Western investors have missed the record gold rally, remaining hesitant while waiting for a price correction that may never come, Liechtenstein-based gold fund manager Ronald-Peter Stöferle says in a…
Rio Tinto battles ‘misinformation’ over Serbia lithium mine
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is boosting efforts to win public support for its US$2.4-billion Jadar lithium project in Serbia, which has been halted since 2022 because…
YMP celebrates 2024 Eira Thomas and Peter Munk award winners
Scott Berdahl a Yukon-based geologist with a lifetime of experience prospecting in the bush and Ella Cullen, a New Zealander now living in Portugal who co-founded a business focused on…
Video: Gold miners face skepticism, even as metal price rises, Denver Gold exec says
Gold at all-time highs has pushed up miners’ margins, but companies are opting for restraint and avoiding the temptations of past bull cycles, Denver Gold Group executive director Tim Wood…
Summit Minerals buys parcel to grow Brazil niobium project
Summit Minerals (ASX: SUM) has expanded its Equador niobium and tantalum project in northeast Brazil with the acquisition of a small tenement beside the project from RTB Geologia and Mineracao,…
Uranium Energy to buy Rio Tinto’s Wyoming assets for US$175M
Uranium Energy (NYSE-AM: UEC) has agreed to buy Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) uranium assets in Wyoming, which include the fully-licensed Sweetwater plant and a portfolio of…
CHART: Global mining and metals – a reality check
A new report by McKinsey’s energy and materials practice outlines a global mining and metals industry emerging from a few years of boom and bust and price fluctuations the consulting…
Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting secures permit for McPhee iron ore mine
The McPhee Creek project, about 100km north of Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine, was originally slated to begin ore production in 2023.
US closer to greenlighting ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cleared on Thursday one of the final regulatory hurdles for ioneer’s (ASX: INR) Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, a project that would…