Africa Snapshot: Eight companies seeking opportunities
Be it gold, copper or uranium, the African continent has powerful resources for mining. And there are several industry-friendly governments that are ready to secure…
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Northern Dynasty releases ESG for Pebble project
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE:NAK), the company behind the controversial Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project in Alaska, has released an environmental, social and governance (ESG) report…
Report looks at recycling battery metals to meet rising demand
A new report suggests that recycled metals could meet a significant part of the rising demand from electric vehicles (EVs), decreasing some of the need…
US Department of Energy provides funds for First Cobalt’s Iron Creek project
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute is giving Toronto-based junior First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) US$600,000 over two years for research on…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 236: From Fruta del Norte to Cerro Blanco – Bluestone Resources CEO Jack Lundin on mining in Latin America
This week’s episode features an in-depth interview with Bluestone Resources president and CEO Jack Lundin on the company’s Cerro Blanco project and its accompanying Mita…
The View from England: Napoleon Bonaparte helped aluminium take wing
The British are not especially peaceful. Since the Act of Unification in 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain has fought in over 120 wars across…
UniGold completes PEA on Candelones oxide project
UniGold (TSXV: UGD; US-OTC: UGDIF) has released the results of a preliminary economic assessment of a stand-alone oxide gold project, which it says will provide…
Vale mulls base metals spinoff to tap EV market
Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s no.1 nickel producer, is evaluating a potential spinoff of its base metals division as part of the miner’s growing interest…
Barrick readies to open Loulo-Gounkoto underground mine
Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX; NYSE:GOLD), the world’s second-largest bullion miner, said a third underground mine at the company’s giant Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in Mali has reached…
Arctic Star unearths new kimberlites at Diagras
Since beginning drilling this year at its Diagras joint-venture project in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, earlier this month, Arctic Star Exploration (TSXV: ADD) has…
Ontario budget boosts funding for exploration, mine rescue
The Ontario government is launching a new program to fund junior exploration in the province and upping financial support for the Ontario Mine Rescue program….
JV Article: Metamorphosis at Northern Vertex’s Moss gold mine in Arizona
When Northern Vertex (TSXV: NEE, US-OTC: NHVCF) released its first quarter production results of 9,912 gold equivalent ounces at its wholly owned Moss gold mine…