Lomiko approaches PEA at La Loutre graphite project
Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR) is trying to leverage the recent lithium boom without actually mining any lithium. It says it has found a backdoor into the lithium story, driven by…
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Corvus drills toward Mother Lode PEA in Nevada
Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR; US-OTC: CORVF) is drilling its wholly owned Mother Lode gold project in Nevada’s Walker Lane gold belt to establish a resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment…
Rio Tinto deepens presence in Mongolia
A week after the Mongolian government hit Turquoise Hill Resources (NYSE: TRO) with a US$155-million tax bill associated with the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO),…
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 is advancing its wholly owned…
PwC: Miners drive $5B year in Canadian IPOs
The following is an edited summary from PwC about its annual IPO survey. For more information, visit www.pwc.com. The 2017 market for initial public offerings (IPOs) in Canada raced across…
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 Chibougamau area of Quebec. Scott…
China ‘tweaks’ nickel taxes to favour EVs, Wood Mackenzie says
In December, China made adjustments to import taxes on some nickel products that favour the production of electric vehicles (EVs). On Jan. 1, the import tax on nickel sulphate —…
Rebranded Nickel Creek Platinum aims to take Wellgreen to ‘next level’
VANCOUVER — The new management team at recently renamed Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NCP; US-OTC: NCPCF) (formerly Wellgreen Platinum) has spent the past year rebuilding its executive ranks the technical foundations…
Why mine closure matters and why it gets ignored
If you want to clear a room of miners, there are few better ways than to raise the topic of mine closure. At least, that’s sort of what happened at…
Arizona tables ‘world-class’ PEA at Hermosa zinc deposit
VANCOUVER — Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ) has released an improved preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its flagship Hermosa zinc-lead-silver project, 81 km southeast of Tucson, Arizona. The updated study is…
BC, Yukon & NWT Snapshot: 8 juniors on the move
Canada’s westernmost province and two territories have long attracted mineral explorers and developers lured by the region’s rich natural endowment, substantial infrastructure and pro-mining government policies. The following is a…
Editorial: US gov’t slaps sanctions on Israeli mogul Dan Gertler
On Dec. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order under the year-old Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and related acts to block the property of 13 “malign…