Interview: The LME’s new cobalt contract
The following is an interview by Cobalt 27 Capital chairman Anthony Milewski with the London Metal Exchange’s Product Development department to discuss the LME’s electric-vehicle…
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Lumina extends Gran Bestia gold-copper deposit in Ecuador
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM; US-OTC: LMGDF) has drilled its longest continuous section of mineralization at its Gran Bestia deposit in Ecuador, part of its Cangrejos…
Mountain Province boosts inferred resources at Faraday 2 kimberlite
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NYSE: MPVD) has incorporated the northwest extension of the Faraday 2 kimberlite at its Kennady North project into an updated…
Editorial: Central banks are major gold buyers in 2019
With the gold market’s supply and demand numbers coming in for the first two to three months of 2019, one of the features of this…
Para to drill Tr-Ue gold vein in Arizona
Para Resources (TSXV: PBR; US-OTC: PRSRF) will drill five holes totalling 3,750 feet in conjunction with a geophysical program at its Tr-Ue gold vein near…
Macquarie Research assesses global iron ore market
Spot iron ore prices rose from US$75 per tonne to US$95 per tonne in the weeks following the Brumadinho dam disaster at Vale’s (NYSE: VALE)…
CESCO Week: Deficits delayed in global copper market
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Mention electric vehicles and copper industry executives’ eyes dazzle like the headlights on a Tesla. As electric motors and lithium batteries replace…
Sigma Lithium, Japan’s Mitsui form strategic alliance
In 2012, A10, a leading Brazilian M&A and private equity firm, used its personal capital and partners’ funds to back Sigma Lithium Resources (TSXV: SGMA;…
Frontier Lithium confirms depth at PAK in Ontario
Recent drilling by Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: HLKMF) at its Spark pegmatite lithium zone, part of its 69-sq.-km PAK lithium project in northwestern Ontario,…
Walkabout Resources secures Asian buyers for its large flake graphite
With its second binding offtake agreement in two weeks, Walkabout Resources (ASX: WKT) has secured the sale of 75% of its large flake graphite concentrate…
Filo tables study for flagship project on Chilean-Argentine border
Earlier this year, Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL; US-OTC: FLMMF) unveiled a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver project, 140 km southeast of…
US markets rise, April 1-5: Lithium Americas, Sibanye-Stillwater, First Majestic
The spot gold price fell 0.04% to US$1,291.40 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index rose 0.62% to 76.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial…