Lithium Snapshot: Six juniors with active projects
With electric vehicle production ramping up globally, lithium explorers and developers are lined up for a year of substantial activity across the Americas, targeting both…
Volume 104 Number 3 February 5 – 18, 2018
Facts ‘n’ Figures: World crude steel output soars 5.3% in 2017
The following is an edited summary of steel production trends for the year 2017 from the Brussels-based World Steel Association. For more information, visit www.worldsteel.org….
Pretium’s Ovsenek explains Brucejack ramp-up troubles
VANCOUVER — Shares of Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) dropped after a Jan. 23 production update for its flagship Brucejack underground gold mine in…
Editorial: Cobalt positioned to enjoy strong year
In many eyes, cobalt is set to become an investor darling for 2018, and the recent royalty hike on cobalt production by the government of…
TSX Venture trends higher, Jan. 22-26
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.18% to finish the trading week at 890.80. High-grade sample results at its Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala…
US equity indexes move higher, Jan. 22-26
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 2.09% to 26,616.71 and the S&P 500 Index gained 2.23% to 2,872.87. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index jumped…
TSX dips slightly, Jan. 22-26
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.69% to close the trading week at 16,239.20. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.13% to 75.23 while the S&P/TSX Global…
Great Thunder drills Chubb
Great Thunder Gold (TSXV: GTG) has announced drill results from its wholly owned Chubb lithium project located 32 km north of Val-d’Or, Que., as it…
New Age options Manitoba projects to Azincourt
New Age Metals (TSXV: NAM; US-OTC: PAWEF) is probably best known for its River Valley project near Sudbury in northwestern Ontario, now the largest undeveloped…
Roundup 2018: Osisko’s Roosen on tackling ‘tough’ markets
VANCOUVER — Sean Roosen’s Osisko group of companies is among a rare breed of mining-focused entrepreneurial firms that have flourished over the past decade despite frigid…
China’s Zhaojin becomes cornerstone investor in Sabina
One of China’s largest gold companies has invested $66 million for a 9.9% stake in Canada’s Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB), a junior that…
Yorbeau tables Scott Lake PEA
Yorbeau Resources (TSX: YRB) has announced a new resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly owned Scott Lake polymetallic project in the…