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…
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Ucore wraps up commissioning of RapidSX rare earths separation tech plant
Ucore Rare Metals (TSXV: UCU; US-OTC: UURAF) has completed the commissioning of its RapidSX commercial demonstration plant for separating rare earth elements (REEs), at its facility in Kingston, Ont. …
Tracking the lithium offtake deal landscape worldwide
Car companies are forging new relationships with miners for lithium supply, and in some cases governments are also providing funds to advance these critical projects. Here’s a look at some…
Kazakhstan exports most uranium in eight years
Kazakhstan, the world’s leading uranium producer, has reported its highest sales of the nuclear fuel since 2015 driven mainly by China’s increase in demand as it rivals France for the…
Pinnacle Minerals expands Canadian lithium footprint
Australian junior Pinnacle Minerals (ASX: PIM) has inked an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in the Adina East lithium project in the increasingly crowded and lithium-rich James Bay region…
Thesis Gold grows Ranch project in northern BC
Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; US-OTC: THSGF) says its latest drill results expand mineralization in the JK zone at the Ranch project in north-central British Columbia. The results lengthened mineralization along north-south…
What can Canada do amid sale of Canadian rare earths to Chinese firm?
Foreign participation in critical minerals projects in Canada raises questions about why Canadians aren’t providing the funding, says the head of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. A…
Blue Lagoon, Lake Babine Nation ink deal to start Dome Mountain mine
Blue Lagoon Resources (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) and the Lake Babine Nation have signed an agreement allowing the start of underground mining at the Dome Mountain gold mine in central…
TNM Drill Down: OceanaGold hits high grades with Haile Underground drilling
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Dec. 8-15. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data company Mining Intelligence….
Can beaten-up junior miners fight illegal short-selling?
Terry Lynch began to notice unusual price movements in Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF)’s stock (then called Chilean Metals) years ago. The shares consistently traded down at the end…
Explainer: Naked short selling
This “explainer” is intended to supplement to this recently published story on illegal short selling. Covered vs. naked “Covered” short selling is a legal way to profit in a falling…
Arizona Lithium rides momentum ahead of Prairie project PFS
Arizona Lithium (ASX: AZL) has raised A$16.5 million (US$11 million) in flow-through funding as it prepares to release results of a prefeasibility study for its Prairie lithium project in Saskatchewan….