De Beers launches Lightbox
Scrolling through the website of Lightbox Jewelry soon after its launch in late September, three things jump out at you. First, the website declares its product is lab-grown diamonds. Second,…
United States
Southwest US Snapshot: Gold, silver, copper, lithium remain high on most-sought list
The U.S. southwestern states continue to be a hotbed of junior activity in exploration, development and mining, with gold, silver, copper and lithium still the targets of choice. The following…
US Markets mixed, Nov. 12-16
Gold rose 0.9% to close the trading week at US$1,221.10. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 2.9% to 66.08, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.2% to 25,413.22….
Newly formed KORE prepares for permitting in California
Eureka Resources acquired Kore Mining via a reverse takeover in late October, 2018. The new company took Kore’s name, stylized KORE Mining (TSXV: KORE). It filled out its management team…
Lithium Americas advances Thacker Pass in Nevada
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) is perhaps best known for its flagship 62.5%-owned Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine project in northwestern Argentina’s Jujuy province, which is expected to start producing battery-grade…
First Vanadium pushes Carlin toward updated resource
In mid-2018, First Vanadium (TSXV: FVAN; US-OTC: FVANF) drilled 69 reverse-circulation holes as part of the phase-two drilling program at its Carlin vanadium project, 9.6 km south of Carlin, Nevada….
Nevada Sunrise preps for first drilling at Coronado
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently granted Nevada Sunrise Gold (TSXV: NEV; US-OTC: NVSGF) permits to drill the company’s newly optioned Coronado volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project, located 48…
Crown Mining preps Moonlight for next copper rally
Earlier this year, Crown Mining (TSXV: CWM) bought 100% of the Moonlight-Superior property in northeastern California for US$375,000 in cash and 2.75 million shares. The land package is best known…
McEwen’s Gold Bar mine on track for commercial production in Q1 2019
In a letter to shareholders, McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) updated its progress at the Gold Bar project in central Nevada and confirmed commercial production is expected to begin…
Premier Gold locks up land next to South Arturo mine
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PGM) has signed an option agreement with Ely Gold Royalties (TSXV: ELY; US-OTC: ELYGF) to acquire its Rodeo Creek property, which sits adjacent to Premier’s South…
Azarga Uranium boosts resource at Dewey Burdock
Azarga Uranium (TSX: AZZ; US-OTC: PWURF) has increased the in-situ recovery measured and indicated resource at its Dewey Burdock uranium project in South Dakota. The project now contains 6.8 million…
Bunker Hill reinstates lease for historic mine
A month after defaulting on US$400,000 in lease payments for the past-producing Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine property and Superfund site in the Silver Valley of Idaho, Bunker Hill Mining (CSE:…