Video: Stick to scale, grade, metallurgy, permits – exploration analyst
As record gold prices and mounting acquisitions flow money through the industry, economic geologist Brent Cook warns investors to follow basics: scale, grade, metallurgy and…
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Appian secures $150M loan for Namibia mine expansion
Appian Capital Advisory has secured a $150 million debt facility from Standard Bank to complete the expansion of its majority-owned Rosh Pinah zinc mine (RPZ)…
DOE re-thinks $2.2B Thacker Pass lithium loan
The Trump administration is reportedly having second thoughts on a Biden-era $2.2-billion loan for Lithium Americas’ (TSX, NYSE: LAC) Thacker Pass project in Nevada, according…
Sprott buys most uranium in 2.5 years
The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (TSX: U.U for USD; U.UN for CAD), the world’s largest holder of the heavy metal, now has about 70 million lb. of…
DRC to impose cobalt export quotas
The Democratic Republic of Congo will end a ban on cobalt exports next month and impose annual shipment quotas instead as the world’s biggest producer…
La Caisse enters Aus renewables with $1.1B deal
La Caisse, Canada’s largest provincial pension fund, is acquiring Australian renewables developer Edify Energy for $1.1 billion (US$725 million), securing a foothold in a market…
Neo Performance opens Europe’s first REE magnet plant
Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO; US-OTC: NOPMF) has officially opened its $75-million facility in Estonia, becoming the first to mass produce rare earth magnets for…
White Gold to raise $20M for exploration
White Gold (TSXV: WGO; US-OTC: WHGOF) is set to raise $20 million in a brokered private placement to fund its exploration activities in Yukon Territory….
Seabed miners face squeeze under oceans law
A newly ratified treaty to safeguard life at sea is expected to intensify opposition to deep-sea mining at a United Nations climate summit this week…
Elton John extols gold as price does a Rocket Man
Elton John has said goodbye to the yellow brick road – but not to the yellow metal, which is a big part of his life…
Mining Forum Americas: Former Barrick CEO elevates Fourmile in Nevada plan
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) says its new Fourmile project in Nevada can be developed without new processing plants and…
Video: Gold hunt draws thousands as Yukon clue drops
More than 55,000 Canadians have joined The Northern Miner’s national treasure hunt, chasing around $1.3 million (US$940,000) in gold as the first regional prize lands…