PDAC: Ex-Resolute CEO chills out in Arctic after Mali nightmare
When Terry Holohan was confined for 13 days in Mali by junta officials seeking millions from the company he led, Resolute Mining (ASX, LSE: RSG), he had reason to wonder…
Articles by Blair McBride
Graphite projects outside China face long road
Developers in Canada, Africa and Australia are advancing a new wave of graphite projects aimed at supplying the battery sector even as prices and long development timelines test the economics…
Gunnison Copper lifts project value near $2B
Gunnison Copper (TSX: GCU; US-OTC: GCUMF) updated a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its namesake project in Arizona, increasing the value by half and advancing towards prefeasibility, permitting and financing….
Aussie Alkane adds $2.2B listing to TSX
Confetti, cheers and an electronic bell welcomed Alkane Resources (ASX, TSX: ALK) to the Toronto Stock Exchange Wednesday as its latest listed company. The A$2.3-billion (C$2.2 billion) market cap Alkane…
Denison builds Canada’s first in-situ uranium mine
Denison Mines (TSX: DML) plans to start constructing its Phoenix uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan in March, the country’s initial in-situ recovery (ISR) operation for the nuclear fuel. The $419-million…
Q2 drills best lithium interval at Cisco as PEA nears
Drilling by Q2 Metals (TSXV: QTWO; US-OTC: QUEXF) at its Cisco project in north-central Quebec has returned several high-grade results – including the strongest interval encountered yet on the property…
Update gives Century Lithium’s Angel Island $4B value
An updated feasibility study for Century Lithium’s (TSXV: LCE; US-OTC: CYDVF) Angel Island claystone project in Nevada significantly improves its economics over a previous study and positions it near the…
BHP-Lundin Vicuña JV’s copper-gold district potential hits $9B value
A new study for the Vicuña joint venture between BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) and Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) that straddles the Argentina-Chile border positions the 70-year copper-gold-silver project in the…
Fortuna’s Sunbird deposit results lift Séguéla prospects
Drilling at Fortuna Mining’s (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Séguéla mine in Côte d’Ivoire confirms that high-grade mineralization remains open at depth in the Sunbird deposit, one of the richest targets that…
1911 Gold taps 9-gram past in Manitoba for $1B value
A new study for 1911 Gold’s (TSXV: AUMB; US-OTC: AUMBF) True North project on the site of Manitoba’s first gold mine boasts an almost $1-billion value aided by strong gold…
Black Pine among largest gold projects in western US
A resource update for Liberty Gold’s (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) Black Pine site in southeastern Idaho ranks it at the top of undeveloped gold projects in the state by contained…
Surprise grades expand Collective’s Apollo in Colombia
Step-out drilling by Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) at its Guayabales project in Colombia has uncovered gold grades up to 40% higher than modelled as well as notable tungsten and…