Otso Gold CEO detained in Finland on suspicion of fraud
A former CEO of Otso Gold (TSXV: OTSO), Brian Wesson, has been detained in Finland and remains in pre-trial custody under criminal suspicion of aggravated embezzlement and payment fraud, the…
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Scotiabank’s Marc Desormeaux on 2022 outlook
Marc Desormeaux leads Scotiabank Economics’ regional economic forecasting and commodity market coverage and is the creator of Scotiabank’s Provincial Outlook, the department’s quarterly forecast publication on Canada’s provincial economies. Prior…
Infinitum Copper plans IPO in January; advances Adelita project in Mexico
With an “A” team of technical advisors, Infinitum Copper has big plans for its Adelita copper project in Mexico, and plans to list on the Toronto Venture Exchange early next…
Serabi Gold’s Coringa project in Brazil hit by court ruling
Shares in Serabi Gold (TSX: SBI; LSE: SRB) fell today after a Brazilian judge ruled that no future licenses or titles should be granted to the company until it is proven…
2022: Another year to disappoint irrational expectations
While 2020 and 2021 have been brutal overall, the reality is that they have been very good for gold and silver. The first part of 2021 was good for platinum,…
Mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz arrested in Greece
The Israeli billionaire, who was convicted of minerals rights-related bribery in January by a Swiss court, remains in the country.
Goldshore Resources reports near-surface gold mineralization at Moss Lake project
Assays from two drill holes at Goldshore Resources’ (TSXV: GSHR; US-OTC: GSHRF) flagship Moss Lake gold project in northwestern Ontario returned several wide intercepts of near-surface gold mineralization. Drill hole…
RANKED: World’s ten biggest underground mines by tonnes of ore milled
Ore is every miner’s paydirt, and the more ore – a natural aggregation of one or more minerals that can be mined, processed, and sold at a profit – the…
Recycling of lithium-ion batteries won’t set off before 2030: Report
The recycling of lithium-ion batteries, used in electric vehicles (EV), is not expected to take off before 2030, which could put more pressure on the mining industry to meet the…
Skeena drills 10 grams gold-equivalent per tonne from Eskay Creek waste
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) continued to find good grades as it completed the second phase of drilling at the Albino waste facility at the Eskay Creek gold-silver project…
Noram Lithium PEA places Zeus project in Nevada at $1.29bn NPV
Production over life of mine (LOM) would reach 245.4 million tonnes, averaging 1,093 ppm Li.
Ivanhoe Mines strikes streams and offtake agreements for Platreef
Ivanplats, the South African subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF), has struck two stream financing deals with Orion Mine Finance and Nomad Royalty for its Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold project…