Mining M&A slips as firms lawyer-up to fight regulators
Global mining dealmaking is falling this year but political drama and litigation are escalating in the United States and Canada, while other trends include paying premiums to get copper and…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Hecla CEO Baker resigns
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) president and CEO Phillips Baker is being replaced by chairman Catherine Boggs as the largest silver miner in the United States searches for a permanent replacement. Baker,…
China’s solar panel surge powers silver price
Silver has broken through a mental price barrier to its highest level in more than a decade, driven in part by China’s surging solar panel industry and investor demand, analysts…
Video: McEwen gains from Rio Tinto, Stellantis and Argentina’s ‘prince’ Milei
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) founder and CEO Rob McEwen says its share price benefited from production returning to guidance as well as Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO;…
Muddy Waters targets Mayfair Gold for board takeover
Muddy Waters Capital, the American hedge fund that often short-sells companies, is instead taking a long position in plans to take over Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG) with its prefeasibility stage Fenn-Gib…
Red Pine plans new resource, downplays alleged assay fraud at Ontario gold project
Red Pine Exploration (TSXV: RPX, US-OTC: RDEXF) says its ex-CEO did more reputational damage than harm to the company’s Wawa gold project in northern Ontario when he allegedly altered hundreds of…
Video: Nuclear will help but fossil fuels aren’t leaving, mining investor Gilchrist says
The world will never be able to produce enough metals for a green energy transition without fossil fuels and more nuclear plants, says Brent Gilchrist, CEO of investment firm Deans…
TNM Drill Down: South Pacific leads gold assays
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays of the May 3-8 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company…
Cameco’s Gitzel explains uranium strategy
Tim Gitzel, president and CEO of uranium producer Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), recounted the ups downs of the nuclear industry as he described the company’s approach at The Northern Miner’s Energy…
Q2 extends lithium mineralization at Mia in Quebec
Q2 Metals (TSX.V: QTWO; US-OTC: QUEXF) says winter drill results confirmed mineralization across several zones at the Mia lithium project in Quebec. Highlights include drill hole MIA24-033, which cut 13.7 metres…
Video: Uranium firms glow even as hurdles remain
The uranium industry is buoyed by its highest metal price in 17 years, pro-active government policies and improved public sentiment, yet it faces headwinds, panellists said at The Northern Miner’s…
Video: How geopolitics is opening up downstream funding for miners
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) is attuned to companies seeking geopolitical certainty in their metals as well as a high environmental social and governance score and low carbon footprint, CEO…