JV Video: Metal Energy pursues lithium, nickel in Canada
Metal Energy (TSXV: MERG; US-OTC: MEEEF) plans to start drilling on its Source Rock lithium brine project in northwest Ontario in December, CEO James Sykes says. The circa 2,000-sq.-km site…
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Site visit: Grid Metals reduces China risk for lithium project in Manitoba
Grid Metals (TSXV: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has got a plan B to start producing battery metal in case Ottawa torpedoes its leading option with China’s Sinomine Resources. Toronto-based Grid is in…
JV Video: E3 Lithium taps Alberta oil zone for green metal
Chris Doornbos, CEO of E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF), chats about how the company’s Clearwater project in western Canada would siphon lithium-laden brine from the same aquifer that boosted…
Video: Mining innovation must redeploy tech like Lego
The industry needs to apply existing technology in new ways like using the blocks of a Lego kit to build several solutions, panellists at The Northern Miner‘s Canadian Mining Symposium…
SQM buys 30% stake in Australia’s Pirra Lithium
Chilean lithium giant SQM (NYSE: SQM) has agreed to buy a 30% interest in Australia’s Pirra Lithium, a junior launched in March from the combination of certain exploration assets in…
Patriot Battery Metals discovers new high-grade zone at Corvette
Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET) has announced the discovery of a new high-grade zone at the CV13 spodumene pegmatite of the Corvette property in the James Bay region of northern…
Ontario snapshot: Seven companies in discovery and development mode
From the nickel hotbed of the Sudbury Basin to the high-grade gold of Red Lake and newer critical metal discoveries in between, Ontario hosts some of the world’s most productive…
CMS: Friedland mocks lithium but touts battery tech
Robert Friedland, billionaire founder and executive co-chair of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN), criticized lithium mining at a London conference, ridiculed the West’s green energy transition and urged prayer to end the…
CMS: Bring new openness to innovation, diversity, future-of-mining panel says
The future of the industry depends less on creating everything anew and more on using what is already known in new ways, mining leaders said on Thursday in London. Innovation…
Rinehart closer to blocking Albemarle’s takeover of Liontown
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting has once again increased its stake in Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR) to 16.7%, becoming the company’s largest shareholder. Australia’s richest person has been…
Albemarle, Caterpillar team up to bring zero-emissions lithium mining to North America
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world’s largest lithium producer, is collaborating with mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) to support the full circular battery value chain and sustainable mining operations. The partnership…
Presenting a refreshed version of TNM Classic
I’m very proud to present our first issue as a monthly publication. We have several new sections and features that I’d like to draw your attention to. First, our new…