Managing the trifecta: Three forces set to power lithium-ion supply chains
The recent grounding in the Suez Canal of the Ever Given, a 20,000 TEU container ship, has highlighted the fragility of global oil supply and need for more resilient supply…
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Nighthawk drills 5.5 metres of 207.18 g/t gold at Treasure Island
Assay results from 2020 drilling at the Colomac deposit and Treasure Island zone at Nighthawk Gold’s (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) Indin Lake gold property in the Northwest Territories suggest potential…
QC Copper to buy 50% share in ‘strategic’ Roger project in Quebec
QC Copper and Gold (TSXV: QCCU; US-OTC: QCCUF) has signed a definitive agreement with Pasofino Gold (TSXV: VEIN; US-OTC: EFRGF) to add a 50% share of the Roger copper-gold project…
Rusoro to pursue $1.5B award against Venezuela following French Supreme Court ruling
The French Supreme Court, the Cour de Cassation, overturned a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal which had annulled part of the damages portion of the arbitral award granted…
TSX Venture up, March 29-April 1
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.86% to finish the trading week at 960.84. Spot gold fell US$3 per oz., or 0.17%, to US$1,730.30 per ounce. Rusoro Mining rose 2¢ to…
US markets mixed, March 29-April 1
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.24% to finish the week at 33,153.21 and the S&P 500 fell 0.77% to 3,913.10. Spot gold dropped US$3 per oz., or 0.17%, to US$1,730.30…
TSX rises in March 29-April 1 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.27% to 18,990.32 during the March 29-April 1 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index climbed 1.34% to 104.02, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals…
Battery metals snapshot: Eight companies developing critical metals for the future
As the world moves away from fossil fuels, battery metals are in high demand, especially with a shortage of supply from low-geopolitical risk jurisdictions. For instance, earlier this year, Canada…
Argonaut Gold’s sale of Ana Paula project falls through
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has reported that the sale of its Ana Paula gold project in Mexico, approximately 180 km south of Mexico City, has fallen through as the purchasing company,…
UEX hits high-grade cobalt-nickel mineralisation at West Bear
UEX (TSX: UEX; US-OTC: UEXCF) has reported drill results from the Michael Lake zone on its 100%-owned West Bear cobalt-nickel deposit in the eastern Athabasca basin of Saskatchewan, about 740 km…
The uncertainty lurking in auto propulsion technology
There is a great deal of uncertainty about what the future of automotive propulsion technology will be. This presents challenges to capital formation and allocation. For one thing a lot…
Pure Gold ramps up mill, fine tunes underground ops
With the mill at Pure Gold Mining’s (TSXV: PGM) PureGold mine in Red Lake ramped up to its 800 tonne-per-day nameplate capacity, the new producer is now focusing on fine-tuning…