BMO cautions against excess gold sector royalty deals
A trend among gold developers to write royalties as a strategy to raise investor value amid a stifled financial market carries high risks, a new BMO Capital Markets report found…
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Li-FT hits 1.56% lithium oxide over 26 metres near Yellowknife
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF) has reported assays as high as 1.56% lithium oxide (Li2O) over 26 metres at the road-accessible Big East pegmatite within the Yellowknife lithium project…
Uranium hits new post-Fukushima high
The spot price of uranium continues to rise, boosted by pledges to triple nuclear power by mid-century, supply hiccups from producers such as Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and the looming…
2024 belongs to an offbeat pairing — uranium and gold
As demand for EV and base metals is expected to slow along with global growth in 2024, two very different metals are likely to stand out from the commodity pack:…
Rokmaster’s Revel Ridge BC project offers 21% return
Rokmaster Resources (TSXV: RKR) says its Revel Ridge gold-silver project in southeast British Columbia may produce a double-digit return for investors, according to a preliminary economic assessment. The study…
The Northern Miner’s top 10 most clicked stories of 2023
As we start 2024, The Northern Miner takes a look back at the top 10 most-clicked stories on our website in 2023. No. 1: Video – Robert Friedland warns we’re ‘on the…
Mining some tales with… Scott Berdahl
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month it’s Scott Berdahl, co-founder & CEO of…
Channel samples at Frontier Lithium’s Pennock pegmatite return high grades
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) has reported high-grade results from the summer channel sampling program at its Pennock pegmatite in northwestern Ontario. Highlights of the results include 3 metres…
The biggest global mining news of 2023
The mining world was pulled in all directions in 2023: the collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, a bad year for cobalt and nickel, Chinese critical mineral moves, gold’s…
Follow the money: Mapping $285.2M in uranium financings in the Athabasca Basin
As uranium spot prices continue to climb and hit US$86.35 per lb. in late-December while demand for the energy metal increases, exploration is heating up in Canada’s uranium hotspot of…
Analysis: Gold set for further record prices in 2024 and 2025
Gold prices have been setting annual records for the past three years. They are expected to set further records in 2024 and 2025, as the world struggles with a host…
Gold heists: Air Canada caper shows yellow metal’s criminal allure hasn’t dimmed
It’s a gold mine in the dead of night. Crooks snip through a wire fence and find keys to a forklift still in the ignition. It roars to life and…