Serra Verde signs $565M US deal for rare earths mine
Latin America’s sole rare earths miner Serra Verde has closed a $565-million funding package with the United States that could carve out a minority equity stake for Washington. The deal…
Articles by Blair McBride
Opinion: Another US incursion in Latin America
The United States has danced this tune many times in the past, and each time it led to misery, bloodshed or civil war for its southern neighbours. The track record of U.S. intervention isn’t good, and that’s perhaps sobering news for the Venezuelans. Take the period throughout the…
Sprott uranium buying hits milestone
It’s retail therapy this quarter for the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (TSX: U.U for USD; U.UN for CAD) which this week bought 250,000 lb. of uranium oxide (U3O8) as part…
West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP) are among Western companies chipping away at China’s enormous lead in rare earths. Leading the charge is the Lynas Mt Weld mine in Western Australia and its…
Junior Explorers Challenge aims to spark youth interest in Canada’s mining story
The Northern Miner has partnered with Mining Matters and Alamos Gold (TSX, NYSE: AGI) to launch a new national initiative encouraging Canadian youth to explore the country’s mining heritage and…
Kazatomprom plans 9% uranium output rise this year
Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP), the world’s top uranium producer, forecasts output will rise about 9% to 71.5 to 75.4 million lb. this year compared to last year. The increase is mostly…
High metal prices don’t equal more demand: BMO
Metals demand in the global industrial economy has been soft since November, despite rising prices across most metals over the past year and manufacturing expansion at its highest level since…
Sprott soars on 500,000-lb uranium buy
The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (TSX: U.U for USD; U.UN for CAD) continues its new year shopping spree after it purchased 500,000 lb. of uranium oxide (U3O8) on Tuesday, its…
Equinox closes $1B Brazil mines sale to China’s CMOC
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) has closed the sale of its Brazilian operations to a subsidiary of China’s CMOC Group for up to $1 billion (C$1.4 billion). The transaction covers…
ERG earmarks $1B for Kazakhstan operations
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) plans to invest more than $1 billion in its mining and metallurgical assets in Kazakhstan, the largest investment in ERG’s projects in the Central Asian country…
YMP’s Eira Thomas Award: Geology, finance fuel Liu
Vicky Liu started at UBC with the “naïve science student aim” of potentially going into medicine, but geology pulled her in. “It became really clear to me about a year or…
Founders’ Lower Antino emerges as strong gold target
Drilling at Founders Metals’ (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) Antino project in southeast Suriname confirms the Lower Antino target is forming as a significant gold prospect to complement the main Upper Antino…