Mining the moon to lift off within 10 years, says NASA
The United States’ space agency (NASA) is looking to operate a pilot processing plant for lunar resources by 2032, as part of its planned Artemis missions that will also take…
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Wallbridge PEA pegs Fenelon annual gold output at 212,000 oz over 12 years
Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM; OTC: WLBMF) released a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Fenelon gold project in the Abitibi greenstone belt, along the Detour-Fenelon gold trend in…
JV Article: Denarius Metals develops high-grade projects in Spain and Colombia
Mine builder Serafino Iacono has made his mark in Colombia. At his former company, Gran Colombia Gold, he took the troubled Segovia gold project, which was in liquidation in 2010,…
China lights a fuse under the copper producers
Turn your mind back six months ago to January 2023. Markets were in a frenzy predicting enormous growth in Asia as China emerged from its three-year lockdown. Commodity stocks were…
JV Article: Brixton Metals gains traction with BHP strategic investment
It took more than a decade quietly assembling a contiguous claim block about the size of half a million football fields in northwestern British Columbia, but the effort seems to…
Rainbow Rare Earths reaches deal for 100% of Phalaborwa in South Africa
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE:RBW) has inked an agreement with Bosveld Phosphates that would give it full ownership of the Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa. The deal will see the…
Podcast: ‘Generational opportunity’ in shift to green energy, U.S. Critical Metals CEO Darren Collins says
This week’s episode features Darren Collins, founder, president, and CEO of US Critical Metals, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Collins shares insights into the process of exploring for critical…
Appian Capital grabs majority stake in Namibian zinc mine
Appian Capital Advisory said on Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of an almost 90% stake in the Rosh Pinah underground zinc mine in southern Namibia from Trevali Mining. As…
GMS Video: Why a sense of purpose for mining matters more than ever
If a mining company struggles to know its purpose, how can it expect to build public trust in the industry? George Hemingway, Managing Partner and Head of Innovation Practice at…
UK’s Cornish Lithium seeks $17M in last-ditch effort to avoid collapse
Cornish Lithium, a start-up that attracted the interest of the battery metals sector with its plans to open a lithium mine in the UK, has warned it could go bust…
GMS Video: Data shows ‘hydrocarbons’ have been the culprit in rising mining costs
Capital and operating costs have risen rapidly for miners in the past couple of years as inflation has set in, but where exactly have costs risen the most? Costmine vice-president…
TNM Drill Down: Mayfair near Timmins tops gold assays for June 19-23
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider…