China’s Shenghe throws Vital Metals a lifeline
Chinese rare earth miner Shenghe Resources is acquiring new shares in Vital Metals (ASX: VML) for an initial A$5.9 million ($3.8 million), allowing the Australian miner to move forward with…
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JV Video: Fireweed Metals advances Macmillan Pass, Mactung in Yukon
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) is planning a resource update early next year on its Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon, CEO Brandon Macdonald says. Next door along the…
Rinehart buys 18% in Azure Minerals to block SQM takeover
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting said on Friday it had acquired 18% of Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS), in a strategic move aimed at checking Chilean lithium giant SQM’s…
How juniors can benefit from investor-state dispute schemes
Resource nationalism is not a new phenomenon, but it continues to pose investment risks for companies involved in mineral extraction projects in Africa and beyond. The recent conclusion of a…
CanAlaska shareholders OK nickel spinout
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC: CVVUF) has received shareholder approval to spin out its five nickel properties into a new wholly owned subsidiary known as Core Nickel. CanAlaska will transfer…
JV Video: Metal Energy pursues lithium, nickel in Canada
Metal Energy (TSXV: MERG; US-OTC: MEEEF) plans to start drilling on its Source Rock lithium brine project in northwest Ontario in December, CEO James Sykes says. The circa 2,000-sq.-km site…
Champion Iron shares rise on Bloom Lake expansion
Champion Iron (TSX: CIA) shares rose on Thursday after its Bloom Lake mine, in Quebec, reached its expanded nameplate capacity of 15 million tonnes a year in the last 30 days….
JV Video: Los Andes Copper outlines its plans for responsible mining in Chile
Eduardo Covarrubias, chairman of Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) discusses the company’s Vizcachitas project in Chile — one of the largest greenfield copper projects not owned by a major company….
CMS: Sustainability is the key to funding innovation, Dundee panel hears
As the mining sector continues to face mounting ESG pressures, innovation is becoming more imperative. But without money to help mining lighten its environmental footprint, it can’t happen, a panel…
Cornish Metals shares rise after it preps to dewater tin mine in UK
Shares in Cornish Metals (TSX-V: CUSN; LSE: CUSN) rose by 12.9% Thursday after the company announced it had kicked off work to dewater a past-producing tin mine at its South…
Rinehart may block SQM’s $1B takeover bid of Azure Minerals
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, who recently thwarted Albemarle’s (NYSE: ALB) attempt to buy Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR), is now said to be evaluating ways to block Chilean lithium giant SQM’s A$1.6…
Site visit: Grid Metals reduces China risk for lithium project in Manitoba
Grid Metals (TSXV: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has got a plan B to start producing battery metal in case Ottawa torpedoes its leading option with China’s Sinomine Resources. Toronto-based Grid is in…