TSXV closes lower during Feb 21-24 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 10.92 points or 1.7% over the holiday-shortened Feb 21-24 trading session, ending at 616.86. The week’s top value gainer was Sigma Lithium which…
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TNM Drill Down: New Pacific Metals reports top gold hit during Feb. 17-24
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 sister company Mining…
Site visit: Arizona juniors keen to shore up made-in-America copper supply
A handful of Arizona-focused copper juniors are making steady progress delineating resources and fine-tuning potential development plans towards feeding an independent, Western supply chain. Near the semi-desert town of Casa…
Clean nickel or cheap nickel? You can’t have both
Nickel price trends have become hard to predict. Ever since the London Metals Exchange (LME) crash, in March 2022, and the subsequent canceled trades, a number of banks pulled out…
Foran sees resource growth potential at Tesla discovery
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; US-OTCQX: FMCXF) has released initial drill results from the 2023 winter program at the Tesla copper-zinc-gold-silver discovery, about 300 metres north of its McIlvenna Bay deposit…
Northwest Copper drilling hints at Kwanika’s size potential
Northwest Copper (TSXV: NWST) has released the final assay results from last year’s Central zone drilling at the Kwanika copper-gold deposit in British Columbia, indicating a larger mineralized footprint that…
Trilogy’s Arctic feasibility update reveals slightly weaker economics
Alaska-focused developer Trilogy Metals (TSX: TMQ; NYSE-AM: TMQ) has released an updated feasibility study for its Arctic copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold project in the Ambler mining district, outlining slightly weaker economics amid an…
Video: Capitalight Research sounds the alarm on critical minerals supplies
Unrealistic expectations for the energy transition could undermine the bullish demand scenarios currently accepted as the norm as the energy transition unfolds, Capitalight Research MD Tom Brady says. For example,…
TSXV takes small dip in Feb. 6-10 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 6.7 points or 1.1% over the Feb 6-10 trading session, ending the week at 613.42. Callinex Mines was the week’s top value gainer,…
Video: BHP Xplor VP Sonia Scarselli on the accelerator’s first cohort
The Northern Miner recently sat down with BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli to discuss the recent announcement of the accelerator program’s first cohort of companies. The seven companies selected will…
Sherritt International turns a corner in pivotal 2022
Nickel and cobalt producer Sherritt International (TSX: S) has reported strong financial results for 2022, as higher prices offset lower cobalt output. The Toronto-headquartered company reported overnight Thursday full-year net…
Liberty Gold lifts Black Pine indicated resource by 52%
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD) has released a resource update for the Black Pine oxide project in southern Idaho, significantly increasing the indicated and inferred ounces and highlighting a significant exploration…