Mining equities have room to run: BMO
Mining and metals stocks remain positioned for further gains in the mining equity cycle, despite a sharp selloff on Friday and new concerns about China’s copper demand, according to an…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Near 400 feared dead in DRC mine collapse
Up to 400 people are feared dead after heavy rains triggered landslides at an informal mining site in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the deadliest recent accidents in…
Gold surges in record territory around $5,175
The spot price of gold continued to set all-time highs on Tuesday as a nexus of uncertainty propelled the yellow metal. Gold first surpassed the $5,000 an oz. milestone on…
Silver breaks $100 as gold nears $5,000
Silver sold for more than $100 an oz. for the first time on Friday amid surging demand for haven assets and strong buying in retail markets from Shanghai to New…
YMP funds $250,000 to mining students
Andrea Ferriss is studying for a BSc (Hons) Geology at the University of Alberta to champion sustainable resource development as a priority for the industry. “I’ve chosen a career in…
YMP’s Peter Munk Award: Royalties are elemental, company founder Bell says
It was after the market hollowed out two of his mining startups that Fred Bell landed on royalty financing as the idea for a firm now valued at $1.76 billion and listed on Nasdaq. First the 2011 Fukushima…
Los Andes leak nixes CEO’s cabinet post in Chile
The former CEO of Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTC: LSANF) won’t become Chile’s new Minister of Mines following a communications mix-up. CEO Santiago Montt said Tuesday he had submitted his resignation…
Federal bank has billions to back mining projects
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank, a government lender with $18 billion supporting development across Canada, is pivoting from base metals and gold to critical minerals with financing for Torngat Metals’ Strange…
US boosts potash projects in Utah, Michigan
Privately-held Michigan Potash & Salt and Utah-focused Peak Minerals have two of the most advanced potash projects in the United States as the Trump administration pumps money and permits into…
Trump opts for trade talks over mineral tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump is choosing trade talks with price floors rather than imposing new tariffs on critical mineral imports after a government probe found the lack of supplies affects…
Fireweed’s Macpass hole suggests thick zinc zone
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) says new assays expand zinc mineralization on top of a thicker zone at its Macpass zinc project in Yukon, one of the country’s largest…
Fund sells down Endeavour stake
London-based La Mancha Resource Capital is reducing its stake in West Africa-focused gold producer Endeavour Mining (LSE, TSX: EDV) after its shares nearly tripled in value in a year. The…