Spotlight: Global battery metals
Battery metals are crucial in the world economy today and their importance will only grow over time as the climate warms and greener energy comes to the fore. Here are…
Silver
Triple Flag buys Peruvian streams for $35M
Triple Flag Precious Metals (TSX: TFPM; NYSE: TFPM) has added two Peruvian assets to its portfolio with the acquisition of silver and gold streams on the Arcata and Azuca mines…
Flow-through shares surge despite capital gains
Concerns surrounding the capital gains tax increase haven’t stopped Toronto markets from issuing the highest number of flow-through shares (FTS) in five years, according to new data. There were 2.9…
PDAC: Insurance motive to keep pushing up gold prices
Insurance from currency devaluation is the main reason countries such as China are buying gold, driving up its price, panellists told the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference. The…
Is private equity the solution to funding shortfalls?
Private equity’s interest in mining remains robust despite a short-term slump in deals, industry executives and financiers say. Metals and mining transactions involving private equity and venture capital firms fell…
Policy paralysis leaves B.C. mining with $38B in limbo, EY report finds
British Columbia’s grassroots exploration sector faces a structural shift as flagship projects mature and early-stage exploration funding dries up, a new survey found. Exploration spending dropped 14% to $552 million…
Silver X Mining raises tonnage 18% at Peru property
Silver X Mining (TSXV: AGX; US-OTC: AGXPF) has raised the measured and indicated tonnage at its Nueva Recuperada Property in southwest Peru by 18% over a preliminary economic assessment from…
Aya Gold ups Boumadine’s tonnage 160%
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; US-OTC: AYASF) boosted the indicated resource at its Boumadine project in Morocco by 160% and the inferred resource by 24% over the previous report…
Collective drills best hole yet at Guayabales
Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) has drilled the best intercept yet at its Guayabales project in western Colombia, with one hole returning a result as high as 23.36 grams gold…
Exploding fire extinguisher kills Fortuna miner
Canadian precious metals miner Fortuna Mining (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) reported Tuesday the death of a contracted employee at its Séguéla gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire, following an incident involving…
Spotlight: Global metals exploration
The world is on the cusp of a tidal wave of new demand for metals critical to the economy and the future of the planet. From copper, nickel and vanadium…
Juniors shine on TSXV 50 ranking
A handful of Canadian juniors have rocketed to the top of the TSX Venture Exchange’s 50 highest-performing emerging companies last year, according to data from parent company TMX. Power Nickel…