US stocks gain over first trading week of 2023
U.S. markets rose moderately last week after investors digested mixed news on the work front. Markets initially retreated after employers added 223,000 jobs in December,…
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Arctic Canadian boosts gem income as it tests novel submarine miner
Arctic Canadian Diamond, operator of the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories, is on track to expand revenue by more than half as it aims…
Patriot targets Corvette lithium project resource by June
Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET; ASX: PMT; OTCQX: PMETF) is starting one of Quebec’s largest winter lithium drilling programs at its Corvette property near James…
Copper Mountain reopens mine after ransomware attack
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; ASX: C6C) said it reopened its mine in southern British Columbia this week following a Dec. 27 ransomware attack that…
White Gold seeks Klondike rush source in Yukon drill results
White Gold (TSXV: WGO; US-OTC: WHGOF) says drilling on its Ryan’s Surprise target south of the historic Klondike gold rush territory in the Yukon bodes well…
Analysts knock Osisko’s Cariboo gold project feasibility
The first phase of Osisko Development’s (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) Cariboo gold project in central British Columbia makes little economic sense, say analysts about a…
Piedmont Lithium, Tesla ink new deal pivoting from delayed Carolina project
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL; ASX: PLL) and automaker Tesla agreed to cut their supply agreement by tonnage and time while shifting the source away from…
Battery metal binge outweighs cost hikes at PolyMet copper-nickel project in Minnesota
Surging demand for battery metals is offsetting increased costs to build PolyMet Mining’s (TSX: POM) copper-nickel project in northeastern Minnesota, according to new estimates. Developing…
Copper Mountain shuts B.C. mine after ransomware attack
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; ASX: C6C) has shut its mine in southern British Columbia as it works with authorities to repel a ransomware attack.The shutdown is…
Osisko adds copper stream in Metals Acquisition’s billion-dollar Aussie deal
Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) is offering Metals Acquisition (NYSE: MTAL.U) US$75 million in funding to help it purchase the CSA copper mine…
South Star targets late 2023 start for Brazil graphite mine
South Star Battery Metals (TSXV: STS; OTCQB: STSBF) says its Santa Cruz graphite project in eastern Brazil is on track to complete construction and commissioning…
First Quantum and Panama restart Cobre Panama talks with early Jan. deadline
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) says production is continuing normally at its giant copper mine in Panama after the head of the Canadian miner flew down…