Eric Sprott increases stake in Stratabound Minerals
Billionaire mining investor Eric Sprott has acquired 3 million common shares of Stratabound Minerals (TSXV: SB) at a price of 5¢ per share. The acquisition was conducted through Jerritt Canyon…
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KoBold Metals employs big data, geoscientists in pursuit of battery metals
KoBold Metals is investing in battery metal projects using big data and scientific computing with capital from billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The privately held California-based company has…
Demand for EV raw materials to spike: report
The demand for raw materials used to manufacture rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) will grow rapidly as the importance of oil as a source of energy recedes, according to…
Top 10 Canadian-headquartered base metal and uranium explorers
The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10, Canadian headquartered base metal and uranium juniors – with no production and which are not a royalty or streaming company….
Plan needed to protect deep-sea life from mining: report
Mining the seafloor opens a vast source of key metals needed for clean energy, but should not start until a full evaluation of likely environmental impacts can be made, a…
Glencore hit by another probe over Congo dealings
Mining and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is facing a criminal investigation in its home country for failing to have organizational measures in place to prevent alleged corruption in the…
Electrum fund boosts stake in Nickel Creek Platinum
The Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund has increased its interest in Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NPC; US-OTC: NCPCF) to 33.88% following the closure of the second tranche of a private placement….
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 189: First Cobalt CEO Trent Mell on electric vehicles, cobalt demand and working with Glencore
This episode features First Cobalt CEO Trent Mell in conversation with Northern Miner group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at The Northern Miner Scotch Whisky Tasting event held on Zoom. Trent discusses…
Canada Nickel grows Main and East zones at Crawford
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC) has released full assays for hole CR20-33 as well as nickel assays for hole CR20-32, which step out the East zone nickel-PGM mineralization by 400 metres…
Talon Metals closes private placement to advance Tamarack project in Minnesota
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF ) has raised $4 million in a non-brokered private placement of more than 40 million common shares at a price of 10¢ a share….
New Century eyes Vale’s New Caledonia mine
Australia’s New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ) has confirmed rumours of talks with Vale (NYSE: VALE) to buy the Brazilian miner’s nickel and cobalt operations on the Pacific island of New…
First Cobalt to produce battery grade cobalt by early 2021
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC) expects to begin production of cobalt sulphate late this year or in early 2021, which would make it North America’s only primary producer of the key…