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…
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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…
TechMet urges UK to catch up in critical minerals race
Britain is falling behind European and North American peers in securing local sources of critical minerals, which threatens to hit the car industry the hardest, a government report warns. Successive…
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…
Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals in four-continent quest for lithium
KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has launched a four-continent search for lithium, the coveted metal used in batteries that power electric…
Barrick gets go ahead for Goldrush mine ramp-up
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) said on Monday the US Bureau of Land Management has approved the company’s plan of operations for its Goldrush underground mine at the Cortez…
Global gold snapshot: Eight companies exploring the world for the yellow metal
As gold prices reach historic highs of US$2,019 per oz., exploration companies are pursuing the yellow metal from up and down the Americas to Down Under. Here’s an overview of…
ASX-listed Boss Energy buys stake in enCore uranium project for US$70M
EnCore Energy (TSXV: EU; NYSE-AM: EU) is selling 30% of its Alta Mesa project in South Texas to Australia’s Boss Energy (ASX: BOE) for US$70 million. EnCore acquired Alta Mesa from…
Lithium insights: Interactive map of recent offtake deals
As electric vehicle uptake continues to rise, car companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forging new relationships with miners for supplies of lithium needed in EVs. Governments are also…
I-80 Gold reports best drill hits yet at Ruby Hill in Nevada
I-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; US-OTC: IAUCF) said Monday it had struck high-grade polymetallic mineralization at the Ruby Hill property’s Blackjack zone reporting the best assay results on the prospect yet….
Dutch court orders Greenpeace off deep-sea mining vessel amid disputed ocean study
Activists with Greenpeace International have been ordered to vacate a research vessel charted by The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC), a pioneer in seafloor polymetallic nodule exploration in the central-eastern Pacific…
2023’s key theme? Narrowed access to resources — whether mineral or cash
It’s December — time for our year in review. This year was notable for takeovers. Newmont paid US$21.2 billion for copper-rich gold miner Newcrest Mining; Glencore negotiated a US$8.9-billion deal…