How to attract Silicon Valley and Gen Zs
Silicon Valley could help the mining industry solve problems from funding to smelting but tech wizards shouldn’t necessarily run a mine, panellists told a conference on financing trends in New…
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Frontier Lithium drills high-grade assays at Spark
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) has reported high-grade intercepts from geotechnical drilling at its Spark pegmatite in northwestern Ontario, part of a larger work program that will inform a…
Asante Gold to up production at Bibiani with new plant
Asante Gold (CSE: ASE; US-OTC: ASGOF) is getting closer to increasing gold production at its Bibiani mine in Ghana, as long-lead items for the sulphide recovery plant are anticipated to arrive by…
Considering M&A? Here’s what to ask
A large copper miner in Chile only found it had been overpaying a royalty by a significant amount after three ownership deals and 20 years of operation, lawyer Greg McNab…
Mawson and Southern Cross getting back together
Mawson Gold (TSXV: MAW) and Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG) agreed to merge this week, creating a new dual ASX and TSXV-listed company named Southern Cross Gold after Mawson spun…
Green bonds grow as financing option
Green bonds are a rising source of funding as project developers widen their search for financing beyond stock markets, according to a panel at a New York mining conference. There…
F3 Uranium hits 2 metres at 31.4% U3O8 at JR zone in Saskatchewan
Drilling at F3 Uranium‘s (TSXV: FUU; OTCQB: FUUFF) Patterson Lake North project in Saskatchewan has returned 2 metres of 31.4% uranium oxide (U3O8) from the JR zone. The news sent…
Zeus resource update IDs higher-grade core at Noram’s lithium clay project
Noram Lithium (TSXV: NRM: US-OTC: NRVTF) gained 27% Thursday after a new resource estimate defined a high-grade core zone at the Zeus project in Nevada’s Clayton Valley. The clay project,…
Green Battery, Volt Carbon to jointly develop Quebec graphite project
Canadian explorer Green Battery Minerals (TSXV: GEM) and Volt Carbon Technologies (TSXV: VCT) have inked an agreement to co-develop the Berkwood graphite project, in northern Quebec. Volt Carbon has an option…
Snapshot: Eight companies advancing projects in BC, the Prairies and the Far North
Canada is one of the best-endowed countries on Earth when it comes to minerals and has the skilled workforce needed to extract them. Here’s a look at eight companies active…
Lawsuit targets Adventus and Salazar’s Ecuador project permit
Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) are facing headwinds in Ecuador as a group of locals has requested a provincial judge to cancel the environmental permit for…
Nevada Copper files for bankruptcy, names new boss
Cash-strapped miner Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU) has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11, kicking off a restructuring process that will halt its Pumpkin Hollow mine. President and chief executive,…