Sweden to lift ban on uranium mining
Sweden’s Climate Minister, Romina Pourmokhtari, has unveiled plans to lift the nation’s ban on uranium mining, paving the way for an expanded nuclear energy capacity. Pourmokhtari told The Times that a…
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Podcast: Mining industry’s ‘risk aversion towards innovation’ hurts progress, ft YMP Arizona founder Caelen Burand
This week’s episode features Caelen Burand, founder of Young Mining Professionals Arizona and ASM consultant & engineer, who joins host Adrian Pocobelli to discuss how the mining industry is performing…
FE Battery shares soar on lush lithium cuts
FE Battery Metals’ (CSE: FE) shares shot up 53% in early trading Monday after the company announced a channel sample value of 14.7 metres grading 1.15% lithium oxide (Li2O) from…
Tucano Gold to take over Great Panther’s Tucano mine in Brazil
Tucano Gold has entered into a definitive deal to acquire the subsidiaries of Great Panther Mining, Mina Tucano and Tucano Resources Mineração, for consideration of BRL1.00 (US20¢) per share, along…
Azure Minerals raises A$130M to fund Andover lithium project
Australian lithium developer Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) has launched an institutional placement to raise A$120 million ($104.2 million). The company will issue 50 million fully paid ordinary shares at $2.40…
NexGen Energy’s shares rise as Rook I moves to next stage in EA process
NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE; NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) has advanced its Rook I uranium project through a significant step in its environmental review. The company submitted the final provincial Environmental Impact…
Talon Metals’ shares rise on high-grade nickel-copper and PGE results in Minnesota
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has reported high-grade results from drilling at its Tamarack nickel-copper-cobalt project in central Minnesota that boosted its share price by up to 8% this morning.Drill hole…
Victoria Gold returns to normal operations after Yukon wildfire evacuations
Victoria Gold (TSXV: GCX) reported on Monday that its Eagle gold mine in the Yukon has resumed operations, having weathered the impacts of wildfire activity in the Canadian territory with…
Vale agrees to pay over US$106M in compensation to Minas Gerais evacuees
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has agreed to pay 527 million reais (US$106 million) in compensation to residents of Barão de Cocais, a town in Minas Gerais state, where residents were forced…
Argentina’s lithium-rich Salta province looks at streamlining EIA process
The legislature of the Argentinian northwestern Salta province is discussing a project that aims to expedite some of the processes related to mining environmental and social impact assessments. The initiative,…
Momentum builds for Piedmont Lithium, despite North Carolina hiccups
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL; ASX: PLL) took centre stage in the junior lithium space in 2020, when its stock surged almost 84% in a day’s trading in Sydney after it confirmed it…
Summit Nanotech, Power Minerals plan JV to accelerate lithium production in Argentina
Canada’s Summit Nanotech and Australia’s Power Minerals (ASX: PNN) have entered into a binding term sheet to jointly develop the Salar de Incahuasi lithium concession in Argentina. In a press…