Mining world slow to close gender gap in leadership
Cathy Fitzgerald has always been aware that women are a minority in the mining world, especially in management. “Moving up in my career, and now…
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Clean nickel or cheap nickel? You can’t have both
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Video: Equity Metals adds ounces at Silver Queen in BC
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Video: Coppernico Metals zeroes in on Peru’s Andahuaylas belt
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Why some Canadian juniors are looking to revive Japan’s dormant gold mines
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Video: C3 Metals hunts for copper-gold in Jamaica and Peru
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Video: Century Lithium readies feasibility for Clayton Valley in Nevada
Spiros Cacos, vice-president of investor relations with Century Lithium discusses extracting lithium from claystone at its Clayton Valley Lithium project in Nevada, where it plans…
Video: Scottie Resources on its high-grade gold find in BC
Brad Rourke, CEO of Scottie Resources discusses drilling at the high-grade Blueberry Contact zone near its eponymous gold mine in British Columbia, and plans for…
Video: Exploring for palladium and lithium with New Age Metals
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Video: Developing Southern Silver’s Las Minitas silver-lead-zinc project
Robert MacDonald, vice-president exploration for Southern Silver Corp. discusses the flagship Las Minitas silver-lead-zinc project in western Mexico and its recent preliminary economic assessment. MacDonald…
Video: Deputy premier Diane Archie on advancing major projects in NWT
Diane Archie, deputy premier and minister of infrastructure in the Northwest Territories discusses advancing major road and mine projects in the Far North. Archie spoke…