Snapshot: Seven juniors hunting for battery minerals
The boom in electric vehicle manufacturing has translated into a lively subsector of junior explorers scouring the world for new deposits of lithium, cobalt, graphite…
Volume 103 Number 14 July 10 – 23, 2017
Editorial: BC falls to NDP-Green coalition
British Columbia is famous in Canada for politics that are seemingly forever polarized between a freewheeling pro-business crowd and a coalition of left-leaning labour and…
US markets down, June 26-30
Real gross domestic product in the U.S. increased at an annual rate of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2017, down from 2.1% in the…
TSX Venture falls, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 10.51 points, to a 766.74-point close, as spot gold prices hit eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61…
TSX loses ground, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.9%, or 137.37 points, to a 15,182.19-point close. Spot gold prices ventured near eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per…
Commentary: Battery makers want more from specialty mineral miners
Metals and minerals for rechargeable batteries are in the spotlight as projections of rapidly increasing demand indicate future supply shortages. Over the next 10 years,…
Pure Energy unveils PEA for Clayton Valley lithium
VANCOUVER — Pure Energy Minerals (TSXV: PE; US-OTC: PEMIF) hopes to start construction on a lithium hydroxide operation at its Clayton Valley project in Nevada by…
Endeavour Mining bids for Avnel Gold
Unless another gold miner like B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) or Randgold Resources (LON: RRS; NASDAQ: GOLD) swoops in with a sweeter offer, the boards…
Nemaska Lithium’s Whabouchi could produce for 26 years
Since Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) completed an updated feasibility study in April last year on its Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit in Quebec and…
Cobalt 27 offers ‘pure play’
VANCOUVER — Cobalt 27 Capital’s (TSXV: KBLT) $200-million initial public offering (IPO) on the TSX Venture Exchange on June 23 shows there’s a growing appetite among…
Orla to buy Camino Rojo from Goldcorp for $35M
VANCOUVER — Orla Mining (TSXV: OLA; US-OTC: ORRLF) may have scored a “fire-sale” deal on Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) Camino Rojo gold-silver project that lies…
First Cobalt to merge with Cobalt One, CobalTech
Trent Mell of First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) is making good on his promise to build a diversified portfolio of cobalt assets to capitalize…