TSX Venture ends Aug. 22-26 trading session down slightly
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index drifted slightly lower over the Aug. 8-12 trading session by 0.6% or 3.99 points to end the week at 645.92. Shares in lithium developer Sigma…
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TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week Aug 19-26
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence. Brisbane-based Santana…
Historic Canadian Mining Hall of Fame ceremony aims to widen the mining industry’s tent
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame held its 34th annual induction ceremony on Aug. 18 at the Palais Royale in Toronto, welcoming five new honourees. This year’s event was historic….
Endeavour Silver founder Bradford Cooke passes away at 67
Bradford Cooke, the founder, director and executive chairman of Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK; TSX: EDR) has passed away suddenly in Vancouver at the age of 67. The cause of death…
Permitting woes have Chile’s miners feeling ‘under threat’
A rash of permit rejections for mining projects by the new left-wing government has rattled nerves in Chile’s mining industry. First came the rejection of Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) US$3-billion…
Frontier Lithium advances PAK project towards year-end prefeasibility
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) continues to cut long intervals of high-grade lithium in infill drilling on the Spark pegmatite at its PAK project near Red Lake, in northern Ontario….
Canada poised to benefit as the elephant next door goes green
Suddenly, the United States is getting serious about climate change, the green energy transition and the supply of critical minerals needed to make it happen. The Inflation Reduction Act, passed…
Galleon Gold begins engineering at West Cache in Ontario
Galleon Gold (TSXV: GGO) is making progress in permitting of a bulk sample and other activities at its 100% owned West Cache gold project in Timmins, Ont., with the company…
TSX Venture edges higher over the Aug 8-12 trading session
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged up 2.5% or 16.32 points higher over the Aug. 8-12 trading session to end the week at 680.49. Toronto-based graphite junior Gratomic gained 122.2%, or…
Ukraine war crisis offers Canada an opportunity to lead with responsible mining
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shone a spotlight on energy security throughout Europe and the Americas. World leaders are finally paying attention to their reliance on Russia for energy and…
Explorer Iain Downie, known for part in Wolfden discovery in Nunavut, dies at 83
Iain Fleming Downie, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully with his wife Anne and children Malcolm, Ewan and Andrea by his side on Aug. 5 at the age of 83. …
Can Alberta’s petrobrines help meet the ‘huge demand’ for lithium?
Calgary-based E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) recently announced the successful manufacture of a small batch of sorbent, a critical chemical component of its plan to produce battery-grade lithium products…