Lithium on its way up, hopeful juniors say
Despite the 80% retreat in lithium prices over the past year, junior companies in the space are confident in the long-term view for the battery metal. Four executives in the…
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Legacy uses AI to discover platinum in Australia
Legacy Minerals (ASX: LGM) says it’s deployed artificial intelligence software to discover platinum group elements (PGE) and nickel-copper-iron sulphides on the Fontenoy project in New South Wales, Australia. Diamond drillhole…
BHP’s tech-inspired startup program closes in on first deals with tiny explorers
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) is using its giant heft to jumpstart small exploration companies with new ideas on how to find energy transition minerals. The company’s BHP…
Feds must force pensions to fund Canadian mining, Lassonde, Giustra say
Ottawa has to pressure pension funds to invest billions in Canadian mining, a radical change from their almost non-existent stakes, if the industry is ever going to produce enough metals…
Iron ore boom of the 2000s repeating – this time with critical metals
A headline published in The Age back in July 2003 reads: “[Andrew] Forrest has a grand $1.2bn plan for tiny Perth mining company.” That company was called Allied Mining and…
Zinnwald lithium project in Germany now EU’s 2nd largest
Shares in Germany-focused Zinnwald Lithium (LSE: ZNWD) soared on Wednesday after it posted a 445% increase to resources at its the namesake project in the eastern state of Saxony. The update…
Sayona delivers positive Moblan feasibility as it cuts costs at NAL
Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA; US-OTC: SYAXF) has released a positive feasibility study for its Moblan lithium project in Quebec, just one month after announcing cost cuts at its 75%-owned North…
Video: War threats will boost commodities, Wheaton Precious Metals says
The post-Cold War era is ending with a catharsis of global animosity that will benefit commodity producers before unifying us like World War II, Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM, NYSE:…
Global exploration snapshot: Eight companies seeking copper, precious metals and more
As explorers continue to hunt for precious metals and critical minerals needed for the green energy transition, their pursuit takes them to every corner of the world. Here are eight…
KoBold Metals expands Zambia footprint with Midnight Sun deal
KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is expanding its footprint in Zambia after inking a deal with Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) to jointly…
Optimism for metals clashes with reality for juniors ahead of PDAC
Increasing funding for battery metal and uranium projects versus gold brings home the global energy transition but big financing deals for preproduction companies have almost disappeared, new figures show ahead…
Video: Ex-Sprott CEO at SCP Resource Finance explains commodities vs stocks divergence
Peter Grosskopf, the former CEO of Sprott who turned its investment banking unit into a separate company focused on junior mining stocks, says large institutional investors are handicapped by liquidity…