Riley Gold stock soars on US$2.6M Osisko Gold investment
Riley Gold (TSXV: RLYG; US-OTC: RLYGF) has received a US$2.6 million investment from Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) in exchange for royalties on two gold projects held by…
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Wesdome’s Kiena leads drilling results for Nov. 13 – 20
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company…
Union at Saskatchewan Mosaic potash plant seeks mediation for higher wages
A union representing workers at Mosaic’s (NYSE: MOS) potash mine in Esterhazy, Sask. says it has filed for provincial mediation after negotiations for higher wages broke down. Some 750 workers…
Wallbridge completes nickel asset sale to Archer; stock rises
Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM, US-OTC: WLBMF) has completed the sale of all its nickel assets — namely the Grasset and RUM projects in Quebec and Sudbury and NW projects in…
The View from England: Exploration lessons from the Pharaohs
One-hundred years ago a five-year search culminated in arguably the world’s greatest ever exploration success. No, not a mineral deposit (although lots of gold was found), rather the almost intact…
Magna Mining finds what it’s looking for with first Crean Hill drilling
Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU) says the first holes drilled at its Crean Hill mine, part of its recently acquired Denison project in Ontario’s Sudbury Basin, has returned the kind of…
Vale inks nickel deal with GM that could be worth $760M a year
Industry giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) has landed its first large-scale electric vehicle battery deal in North America, supplying nickel to power a slew of General Motors’ cars and trucks, the…
U.S. military to assess Canada critical minerals projects for funding, but none approved yet
Canadian battery mineral miners and explorers are sniffing around hundreds of millions of dollars in potential funding from the United States military, but there are no firm deals yet to…
Lucara extends sales deal with HB by 10 years
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has extended its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine, in Botswana, for another 10 years. The contract will see Lucara’s +10.8 carat…
Southwest US explorers Getchell and Elevation report strong gold drill results
Two Vancouver-domiciled gold companies, Getchell Gold Corp. (CSE: GTCH; US-OTCQB: GGLDF) and Elevation Gold Mining (TSXV: ELVT; US-OTCQX: EVGDF), are making gains in their respective Nevada and Arizona-focused exploration drilling…
Anglo American greens Australia operations
London-based multinational Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has reached an agreement with the Queensland government to supply all of its Australian power needs from wind and solar generation by 2025 and…
Rock Tech drops lithium refinery plans in new Georgia Lake prefeasibility
Rock Tech Lithium (TSXV: RCK) released a prefeasibility study for its Georgia Lake lithium project in northern Ontario showing lower resource grades and a reduced net present value, while dropping…