Volkswagen kicks off search for battery cell plant sites in Canada
Volkswagen AG has begun searching for a site in Canada to build its first battery cell factory in North America, a part of the German carmaker’s planned…
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CMS 2022: Agnico Eagle banks on Canadian production upside
The largest producer of Canadian gold, Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), is banking on its soon-to-be-consolidated in-country portfolio to underpin its near and…
Orezone Gold’s Bomboré mine in Burkina Faso enters commercial production
Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) announced Thursday that its Bomboré gold mine in Burkina Faso has now entered commercial production. “Commercial production at Bomboré…
Brazil to let private sector mine for uranium
Brazil’s lower house has approved a constitutional reform that authorizes the private sector to enter the uranium sector, which is currently the exclusive responsibility of…
Mayfair Gold shares climb on Fenn-Gib drilling
Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG; US-OTC: MFGCF) shares rose this morning on the latest drill results from the company’s flagship Fenn-Gib project in northeast Ontario, as…
Nunavut rise in exploration spending masks North’s lack of competitiveness, says mining chamber
Nunavut will see the highest proportional increase in exploration spending in Canada this year, according to data released last week by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)….
Canada approves Marathon palladium mine environmental plan
The federal government has approved Generation Mining’s (TSX: GENM) Marathon palladium-copper project’s environmental assessment, as part of a country-wide strategy that seeks to boost production…
Bravo’s Brazilian PGM project finds higher grades than Vale years ago
Bravo Mining (TSXV: BRVO; OTCQX: BRVMF) is confirming the potential of its Luanga platinum group metals project in northern Brazil by re-sampling old drill cores…
Strategic Metals reports high-grade copper, cobalt and gold mineralization in Yukon
Strategic Metals (TSXV: SMD) has announced high-grade results from its Batt property in southwestern Yukon. Its wholly-owned site covers volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) and overprinting…
Fireweed Metals increases Lundin-backed financing, stock hits 52-week high
Due to strong investor interest, Yukon-focused critical minerals explorer Fireweed Metals‘ (TSXV: FWZ; OTC: FWEDF) says it will increase its previously announced financing to about…
Fate of Barrick’s US$7B project in Pakistan to be decided next week
Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) will hear next week whether it can proceed with its US$7-billion Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan, close to…
Petra Diamonds to keep Williamson mine idled until mid-2023
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Wednesday its Williamson mine in Tanzania would not resume production before the middle of 2023, following the partial collapse…