Spotlight: Global Battery Metals – Part 2
With structural market deficits projected to grow for most battery metals over the next decade, companies are scrambling to find and build more supply. Here are four more companies with…
Exploration
NexGen eyes summer build for top uranium project
NexGen Energy (TSX, NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) is to start construction this summer of its Rook uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, the largest development-stage uranium deposit in Canada. The C$2.2-billion…
Kazakhstan rules spur Canadian uranium explorer exit
Laramide Resources (TSX, ASX: LAM), one of the few Western companies to explore for uranium in Kazakhstan in recent years, is leaving the country as regulatory changes tighten restrictions on foreign participation. State miner Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP) – the world’s top uranium…
Pan American’s largest silver mine just got bigger
Pan American Silver (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) has discovered at least four new high-grade veins at its La Colorada silver mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, following a recent exploration campaign. Drilling in…
PDAC: Flow-through shares drive TSX dominance, Douglas Silver says
Canada’s flow-through share financing system underpins the country’s status as a dominant mine finance hub by supporting the efforts of some 670 listed explorers, Canadian Mining Hall of Fame member…
PDAC: ‘Boots on the ground’ at Silicon unlocked huge Discovery of the Year
Geologist Paul Bartos recalled exactly 10 years ago Wednesday when he and other AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) employees met with Renaissance Gold staff to discuss early-stage projects in southern Nevada….
PDAC: Secure uranium sources key to fixing supply gap
Western countries will have to look at developing more domestic or allied sources of uranium if rising demand in the next 15 years continues to exceed supply, a panel at…
PDAC: How social media can transform miners into groovy geologists with ‘digital trust’
Mining companies should start measuring “digital trust” online the way they track costs and safety, treating social media sentiment and responsiveness as early-warning signals for community risk, social media experts…
PDAC: Ex-Resolute CEO chills out in Arctic after Mali nightmare
When Terry Holohan was confined for 13 days in Mali by junta officials seeking millions from the company he led, Resolute Mining (ASX, LSE: RSG), he had reason to wonder…
PDAC: Ecuador vows faster mine permits under new law
Ecuador‘s new mining law revamps environmental permitting, creates protected mineral zones with security forces and reshapes how royalties flow to local governments as Quito tries to pull in new investment…
Bolivia minister pledges ‘legal certainty’ for investors
Bolivia’s new mining minister is vowing to woo back foreign investors in silver, tin and lithium who fled two decades of Socialist Party rule. “We are going to work hard to provide the legal certainty that investors as well as…
PDAC: Canada must build processing now, panelists say
Canada has a historic opportunity to build new processing facilities in the country as modern mines get developed amid a global resource boom, attendees were told at the Prospectors and…