Li-FT secures mystery lithium investor
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF), which claims to have Canada’s third-largest maiden hard rock lithium resource, said this week that an unnamed investor is buying 9.99% of the company…
Regulatory Issues
Adriatic Metals gets green light for new dry-stack tailings facility
Europe-focused Adriatic Metals (ASX: ADT; LSE: ADT1) has received government approval to begin building a mining waste storage facility for its Vares silver mine at the Veovaca site in Bosnia…
Arkansas lithium projects heat up with royalty battle, huge underground resource
As Arkansas contends with booming lithium discoveries and investments by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) among others, the state faces a battle over the amount of…
Liability trial for BHP in Samarco dam collapse begins in London
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) faces a potential US$47-billion payout in damages over the 2015 Mariana Dam disaster in Brazil, believed to be the country’s most catastrophic environmental…
Left and right ‘unite’ against Rio lithium project in Serbia
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) faces a crucial test this month in Serbia as leaders of a small town vote on whether to allow Europe’s largest lithium project,…
How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust
Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining industry with a costly problem. It’s one Guy Desharnais, Osisko Gold Royalties’ (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) vice-president for project evaluation,…
Uranium Energy shares rise on US approval for Wyoming plant boost
The company received approval to raise the licensed production capacity at its Irigaray plant to 4 million lbs of U3O8 per year.
Critical Metals gets licence extension for Greenland rare earths deposit
Europe-focused Critical Metals Corp. (NASDAQ: CRML) said on Tuesday the Greenland government has extended the exploitation licence of its majority-owned Tanbreez project in Greenland, the world’s largest rare earth deposit….
Orion, Allianz among US$15T in funds seeking to boost mining investments for tripling output
A global group of institutional investors including Allianz, Legal & General and Orion Resource Partners wants to attract more funds to the mining industry by polishing its image and educating…
Atlantic Lithium secures final permit to build Ghana mine
Atlantic Lithium (ASX: A11) is ready to start building Ghana’s first lithium mine after securing the operating permit for its flagship Ewoyaa project in the West African country. The licence…
Burkina Faso ruler threatens gold licences, but Endeavour downplays comments
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) and West African Resources (ASX: WAF) say their operations in Burkina Faso are unaffected after the country’s president said some mining licences may…
Video: WGC on analysts’ US$3,000 per oz gold call as investors flood in
Gold could reach US$3,000 per oz. in weeks after rate cuts lowered the opportunity cost of holding it, driving speculative and institutional inflows, World Gold Council senior market strategist Joseph…