Gates-backed firm ties up with Bluejay on battery metals quest
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, will pay $15m in exploration funding for project in Greenland
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SSR Mining sells non-core royalty portfolio to EMX Royalty
SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM; ASX: SSR) is selling its non-core royalty portfolio to EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-AM: EMX) for a total of US$100 million. The sum consists…
Top 10 Canadian companies with assets in the U.S.
The U.S. is fertile ground for a variety of minerals, and Canadian companies are active throughout the country. The Northern Miner presents its Top 10 list of the biggest Canada-based…
Rio Tinto studies underground mining at Kennecott copper mine
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has approved a US$108 million underground development at the Kennecott copper project in Utah. The expenditure will support a feasibility study for…
Top Ten U.S. miners
Mining in the United States has played a significant role in the country’s development. The Northern Miner presents its annual top-ten list of the largest U.S.-based mining companies ranked by market capitalization,…
Cleveland-Cliffs’ record Q2 results marred by earnings miss
Fully integrated US-based steel producer Cleveland-Cliffs has reported record operating and financial results for the quarter ended June, but earnings missed analyst expectations, sending the New York-quoted stock nearly 8%…
Top ten US-based mid-tiers to juniors, excluding coal and precious metals
The companies making up the 2021 top ten list of U.S.-based mid-tiers and juniors, excluding coal and precious metals, have seen some of the most dramatic increases in valuations as…
US bankruptcy court holds Kyrgyz government in contempt over Kumtor seizure
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled the Kyrgyz government is in contempt of court for continuing its legal actions locally against Canada’s Centerra…
Top ten U.S.-based mid-tier and junior precious metal companies
This year’s ranking of the top ten U.S.-based mid-tier and junior precious metals companies based on market capitalization as of July 7, features a number of new entrants including i-80…
Endeavour Silver buys Nevada gold asset for US$100 million
The Bruner gold project is expected to become a low-cost, open pit, heap leach mine operation.
Tesla’s lithium extraction patent catches miners’ attention
Information obtained by Electrek revealed that Tesla filed a new patent related to the acid-free saline lithium extraction process mentioned by Elon Musk during Battery Day in September 2020. Titled…
Barrick’s Q2 gold production lower on production outages
Planned and unplanned maintenance shutdowns at Nevada Gold Mines in the US and Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic have resulted in a 5.4% drop in the world’s second-largest gold…