Odds ‘n’ Sods: Hiring can be a fine art
Recruiting geologists and engineers for a project can be a tricky business. For all sorts of reasons, someone who comes across well in an interview…
Articles by Trish Saywell
Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2022
2021 was a big year for ESG. Extreme weather, pandemic ripple effects across healthcare, education, and the economy, the COP26 climate summit (and protests), and…
TSX rises during the Jan. 10-14 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 273.1 points or 1.30% to finish the Jan. 10-14 trading week at 21,357.60. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 3.12…
US markets fall during the Jan. 10-14 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 319.85 points or 0.88% to 35,911.81 and the S&P 500 dropped 14.18 points or 0.30% to 4,662.85. Spot gold…
From EV pickups to sedans, miners can bank on bright future
On January 5, General Motors CEO Mary Barra unveiled the Chevrolet Silverado electric pick-up truck at CES 2022, one of the most influential technology conferences…
Talon Metals to supply nickel to Tesla from Tamarack project in Minnesota
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has signed a deal with electric vehicle maker Tesla to provide 75,000 tonnes of nickel in concentrate over a six year…
BHP takes minority stake in privately held Kabanga Nickel
Less than a month after walking away from a bidding war with Wyloo Metals for Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) and its Ring of Fire nickel…
79North hits high grade at Nassau project in Suriname
79North’s (CSE: JQ; US-OTC: SVNTF) first six diamond drill holes into the Witlage target at its Nassau gold project in Suriname hit high-grade mineralization in…
JV: Sixty North has big goals for its Mon gold project in NWT
When Dave Webb acquired an option in 1988 from Cominco to earn a 100% stake in the Mon gold project, 45 km north of Yellowknife,…
JV: Evergold hits highest grades yet at Golden Lion in B.C.
Canadian explorer Evergold (TSXV: EVER; US-OTC: EVGUF) owns precious-base metal projects in Nevada and the Toodoggone and Golden Triangle regions of British Columbia. The Toronto-headquartered junior…
Jan. 31-Feb. 3 Roundup will be in person and online this year
AME Roundup in Vancouver is one of the largest annual gatherings of the global mineral exploration industry and there will be lots to celebrate this…
The voice of a new generation in Chile
When Chile’s left-wing president-elect Gabriel Boric (pronounced Bo-rich) takes office on March 11, the 35-year-old will be the youngest president in the country’s history and…