Fremont Gold options Vardenis project in Armenia
Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE; US-OTC: FRERF) will earn up to a 100% stake in Mendia Resources, an Armenian company that holds the exploration licence over the Vardenis copper-gold project in…
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GMS: Quebec touts millions of government funding for battery metal projects
Quebec is becoming known for mining project funding that hands out several hundred million dollars a year and promotes the province as a battery metals hotspot. The province’s funding structure…
Foremost Lithium hits high-grade shallow gold in first drill program
In its first drill program exploring for lithium in pegmatite at its Jean Lake lithium project near Snow Lake, Man., Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology says it (CSE: FAT; US-OTC:…
Gladiator reports high-grade copper at Cowley Park in Yukon
Gladiator Metals (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) has intersected shallow copper skarn mineralization in its first drill program at the Cowley Park prospect, part of its Whitehorse Copper project in the…
Labour costs will soon beat oil as mine’s biggest expense, new data indicate
Labour costs are replacing oil products as a mine’s most expensive item as inflation impacts operating expenses more than capital costs, new reports show. Wages for some copper and gold…
TNM Drill Down: Australia delivers week’s hottest gold assays
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week (May 26-June 2). Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by…
Video: Dundee’s process innovations help miners get greener
The mining and smelting industry has faced environmental risks for decades, but now new mineral extraction and metallurgical technologies are helping to mitigate them. Dundee Sustainable Technologies has developed two…
American indexes on the front foot during May 29-June 2 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 580.28 points or 1.8% to 33,673.62 and the S&P 500 gained 87.7 points or 1% over the week to 4,293.13. Among the top gainers…
TSX gains during May 29 to June 2 trading week
Stocks in Toronto posted modest advances last week after the United States Congress agreed on a debt ceiling deal, Canadian oil regained losses ahead of an OPEC meeting that was…
Benchmark Metals and Thesis Gold combine forces in B.C.
The proposed merger of Benchmark Metals (TSXV: BNCH; US-OTC: BNCHF) and Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; US-OTC: THSGF) will create one of the largest precious metals development and exploration companies in…
Top Ten Australian juniors exploring in Canada
The following companies are the Top Ten Australian-headquartered juniors with a market capitalization of less than $1 billion, and have one or more active exploration projects in Canada, ranked according…
Evolution Mining to expand two gold mines in Australia
Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN), Australia’s third-biggest gold miner, announced on Monday that is going ahead with two major expansions plans at its Mungari and Ernest Henry operations. The company also…