Global mining index soars as China, US stimulus converge
The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has gained 14% since Sept. 6 in its biggest jump this year after central banks cut interest rates, the United States signalled more battery metal…
Articles by Colin McClelland
How mining figures in the BC election
The NDP and Conservative parties vying to govern British Columbia agree critical minerals projects need to be fast-tracked through permit stages. This week they released their platforms on mining. Premier…
Denison deal shows slumping battery metals benefiting uranium sector
Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (CSE: FAT; NASDAQ: FMST), a junior with early-stage projects in Quebec and Manitoba, is pivoting into uranium through a cash and shares earn-in deal with Denison…
Washington mulls US$456M loan for American Rare Earths project capex in Wyoming
American Rare Earths (ASX: ARR; US-OTC: ARRNF) gained after reporting the United States is considering US$456 million in debt financing for the company’s Halleck Creek Wyoming project, one of the world’s…
Short-seller blasts New Found Gold for lack of resource after oodles of drilling
Shares in New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG, NYSE: NFGC) closed 5% weaker on Thursday after short-selling analyst Iceberg Research accused the explorer of misleading investors about its Queensway gold project in Newfoundland….
Osisko Metals seeks financing partner on huge Gaspé copper project in Quebec
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNE) is advancing the giant Gaspé copper project in Quebec with an economic study planned for February amid efforts to land a 20% partnership with provincial financing agency…
First Phosphate touts battery acid from Quebec rock ‘rarer than gold’
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS; US-OTC: FRSPF) has posted an initial phosphate resource for its Bégin-Lamarche project in Quebec after choosing a plant site to process the material for lithium iron…
Fed cuts rate by 0.5%, gold rises
The United States Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday as the majority of analysts expected. Gold…
Midnight Sun solves Zambian licence error
Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) says the Zambian government admits making a mistake in June when it posted the rejection of an exploration licence renewal for the company’s main Solwezi copper…
Putin’s exports threat lifts uranium, nickel producers
Stocks in nickel and uranium producers gained this week when Russian President Vladimir Putin floated the idea of limiting metals exports, refueling geopolitics as a top risk, mining analysts said….
Site visit: Wildcat Resources fast-tracks ‘eye-watering’ Tabba Tabba lithium project to prefeasibility stage
Wildcat Resources (ASX: WC8) is already mapping a path to production at the Tabba Tabba lithium discovery in Western Australia’s Pilbara region it made only last year — even without…
McEwen’s strong shallow Grey Fox assays prep expansion bid in Timmins gold zone
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) says drill results at its Grey Fox gold deposit bode well for developing the wider Fox complex of historical mines and exploration sites in northeast…