Pinnacle Minerals expands Canadian lithium footprint
Australian junior Pinnacle Minerals (ASX: PIM) has inked an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in the Adina East lithium project in the increasingly crowded and lithium-rich James Bay region…
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Thesis Gold grows Ranch project in northern BC
Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; US-OTC: THSGF) says its latest drill results expand mineralization in the JK zone at the Ranch project in north-central British Columbia. The results lengthened mineralization along north-south…
What can Canada do amid sale of Canadian rare earths to Chinese firm?
Foreign participation in critical minerals projects in Canada raises questions about why Canadians aren’t providing the funding, says the head of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. A…
Blue Lagoon, Lake Babine Nation ink deal to start Dome Mountain mine
Blue Lagoon Resources (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) and the Lake Babine Nation have signed an agreement allowing the start of underground mining at the Dome Mountain gold mine in central…
TNM Drill Down: OceanaGold hits high grades with Haile Underground drilling
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Dec. 8-15. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data company Mining Intelligence….
Can beaten-up junior miners fight illegal short-selling?
Terry Lynch began to notice unusual price movements in Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF)’s stock (then called Chilean Metals) years ago. The shares consistently traded down at the end…
Explainer: Naked short selling
This “explainer” is intended to supplement to this recently published story on illegal short selling. Covered vs. naked “Covered” short selling is a legal way to profit in a falling…
Arizona Lithium rides momentum ahead of Prairie project PFS
Arizona Lithium (ASX: AZL) has raised A$16.5 million (US$11 million) in flow-through funding as it prepares to release results of a prefeasibility study for its Prairie lithium project in Saskatchewan….
Double gold mine buy gives Genesis Minerals critical mass Down Under
Genesis Minerals (ASX: GMD), targeting growth in Western Australia, has purchased the Bruno-Lewis and Raeside gold projects from Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) for $48 million (A$53.5 million). The acquisition boosts…
Record investment propels BC as an attractive mining centre
As British Columbia breaks another spending record for mineral exploration, Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) B.C.’s president and CEO Keerit Jutla is convinced the province is turning the corner on…
Mining some tales with… Jody Kuzenko
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month, we feature Jody Kuzenko, president…
Rio Tinto’s Nuton, Arizona Sonoran Copper ink option to earn 40% on Cactus project
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU) stock closed 10% higher in Toronto Thursday after the company signed a deal that could make a Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) subsidiary a…