Government funding now a plus not a burden, miners say
In the West’s efforts to catch up with China’s lead in critical minerals development, more companies are warming to government financing than in previous years when governments were regarded as…
Articles by Blair McBride
Fortune Bay gold assays shine in uranium country
Drilling at Fortune Bay’s (TSXV: FOR; US-OTC: FTBYF) Goldfields project in northern Saskatchewan has extended shallow historical near-surface mineralization at the Golden Pond target, just north of the Box gold…
Rare earths get bulk of Trump’s ‘uneven’ $18.6B funding despite small role
Despite the Trump administration investing around $18.6 billion into critical mineral projects, the investment push is lopsided, with the rare earth supply chain receiving far more funding than other metals,…
Focus Graphite in Quebec boasts world’s fifth-largest resource
An updated resource for Focus Graphite’s (TSXV: FMS; US-OTC) Lac Tetepisca project in central Quebec ranks it in the top five largest graphite resources in the world, and almost doubles its…
Drilling 17g shines Westhaven Gold’s Shovelnose crown
Strong drilling results at Westhaven Gold‘s (TSXV: WHN; US-OTC: WTHVF) Shovelnose project in south-central British Columbia reinforce the main South zone deposit’s wide high-grades as the company starts a prefeasibility…
Australian state vote may allow uranium mining for first time in 40 years
The New South Wales (NSW) government has taken a major step towards potentially allowing uranium mining and nuclear energy in Australia’s most populous state. A bill to repeal the 1986…
Collective gold drills lift Ramp zone in Colombia among ‘highest profile globally’
The first holes targeting part of the Ramp zone at Collective Mining’s (NYSE, TSX: CNL) Apollo deposit in west-central Colombia highlight Ramp’s potential as a main target in the development…
Obituary: Dale Corman remembered as tireless builder
During times that demand mining industry leadership as metals rise in global importance, Canada has lost one of its trailblazers of precious and critical metals. Dale Corman, leader of numerous…
Breaking the West’s uranium enrichment bottleneck
With a full U.S. ban on imported Russian enriched uranium set to take effect in 2028, Western utilities are moving to rebuild enrichment and conversion capacity. That shift is reshaping the economics of the nuclear…
Newmont-backed Awalé drills new gold zone at Odienné
Drilling at Awalé Resources’ (TSXV: ARIC; US-OTC: AWLRF) Odienné copper-gold project in northwest Côte d’Ivoire has uncovered a new zone in near-surface gold mineralization at its Fremen target. Highlight hole SSAC-08 cut 17 metres…
Interactive infographic: Global uranium costs
Cost is as important in the economics of mining uranium as it is with precious metals. But the cost of producing uranium oxide (U3O8) by the pound doesn’t neatly align…
Arizona Metals tanks on rare negative-value PEA for Kay copper-zinc mine
Arizona Metals (TSX: AMC; US-OTC: AZMCF) shares collapsed to a multi-year low Thursday after a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Kay polymetallic project yielded a negative net present value…