Video: Fundraising data reveal ‘bifurcated’ junior mining market
Despite the gloomy sentiment in the junior mining sector, Kai Hoffman, CEO of Soar Financial says last year was actually pretty good in terms of total funds raised. However, Hoffman,…
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Mining analyst-turned-Vital Metals CEO eyes much larger Nechalacho reboot
After spending the past 15 years as a senior mining analyst at Haywood Securities, Vital Metals’ (ASX: VML) CEO and managing director Geordie Mark is convinced that hitting a home…
Private equity firms are poised to invest billions in battery metals
Private equity firms say they will boost investments in battery metal projects this year as depressed company valuations, plunging commodity prices and slumbering stock market financing create opportunities. London-based Appian…
Ghana secures stake in Atlantic Lithium with US$5M investment
Ghana’s state-owned investment fund has secured a 3% stake in Australia’s Atlantic Lithium (ASX: A11), which is building the Ewoyaa lithium project in the West African country, set to be the…
Barrick denies meeting First Quantum in Panama
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has refuted a report from a Canadian newspaper saying that one of the gold miner’s executives had met with First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM)…
Former Fortescue execs launch green iron startup
Two former executives that worked at Fortescue’s clean energy initiatives, Michael Masterman and Bart Kolodziejczyk, have launched a startup that aims to cut carbon emissions of the Australian iron ore…
Lithium junior Kali Metals soars on ASX debut, defying market trend
Shares in lithium explorer Kali Metals (ASX: KM1) jumped as much as 86% on its first day of trading on the Australian Stock Exchange, following an initial public offering in…
BMO cautions against excess gold sector royalty deals
A trend among gold developers to write royalties as a strategy to raise investor value amid a stifled financial market carries high risks, a new BMO Capital Markets report found…
Saturn Resources buys Shanta Gold for $239M
East Africa-focused Shanta Gold (LSE: SHG) said on Wednesday it had agreed to a £141.9 million ($239.7 million) takeover bid by Tanzania-based Saturn Resources. Under the deal, Shanta shareholders will…
Can beaten-up junior miners fight illegal short-selling?
Terry Lynch began to notice unusual price movements in Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF)’s stock (then called Chilean Metals) years ago. The shares consistently traded down at the end…
Kefi Gold and Copper’s Tulu Kapi build to put Ethiopia on global mining map
After three tumultuous years of civil war in Ethiopia, the founder of Kefi Gold and Copper (AIM: KEFI) pinches himself over the East African country’s emergence as a mining investment destination. Harry…
Top Chinese lithium producers to fund Atlas Lithium project in Brazil
Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ: ATLX) says it’s now fully funded to bring its US$49.5-million Das Neves lithium project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, into production by late next year. The company will…