Commentary: The graphite opportunity within the EV boom
One cannot open the paper or go online these days without seeing articles about the rosy future for electric vehicles (EVs) and grid storage, and the resultant growth in lithium…
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Orford buys Condor Precious Metals, bags $1.3 million
Toronto-based gold junior Orford Mining (TSX-V: ORM) has completed its acquisition of privately held Condor Precious Metals Inc., which holds $1.25 million in cash and marketable securities plus two royalties…
Tanzania Royalty updates PFS after government-forced review
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration (TSX: TNX; NYSE: TRX) has tabled an updated pre-feasibility study (PFS) for its Buckreef gold project in Tanzania with a reserve estimate. It replaces last year’s PFS,…
BHP exits US shale business with US$10.5B sale to BP
In a deal with deep implications for both seller and buyer, the world’s largest mining company BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has sold the bulk of its onshore U.S. oil and gas…
Yamana set to exceed 2018 gold production guidance
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) expects to exceed its previous 2018 production guidance of 900,000 oz. gold after achieving higher than expected production at its Chapada, Canadian Malartic, Jacobina…
Renewable energy to drive copper demand, BMO says
Renewable energy will drive demand growth for copper over the coming years, according to a recent study by BMO Capital Markets. “The need to connect significant numbers of small-scale, electricity-generation…
Condor Gold eyes resolution to slow permitting in Nicaragua
After a nearly two-year delay, Condor Gold (TSX: COG; US-OTC: CNDGF; LON: CNR) is confident the Nicaraguan government will soon issue the company an environmental permit to build and operate…
Lundin’s NGEx sees big potential in Josemaria
NGEx Resources (TSX: NGQ) is moving ahead with a prefeasibility study on its Josemaria copper-gold porphyry deposit in Argentina’s San Juan province, and believes it can wrap it up by…
OceanaGold tables strong financials despite production dip
Melbourne-based gold miner OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) has recorded a particularly robust first half of the year, with profits rising up 45%, revenue up 21%, and debt cut in…
Cameco suspends production at McArthur River and Key Lake
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) will indefinitely suspend production at its McArthur River and Key Lake uranium mines in Saskatchewan, and, as a result, permanently lay off 550 site employees….
Newmont buys 50% stake in Galore Creek from NovaGold
Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) has acquired NovaGold Resources’ (TSX: NG; NYSE-AM: NG) 50% stake in the Galore Creek copper-gold project in B.C. for staged payments of up to US$275 million….
Friedland: Ivanhoe is ready for the energy revolution
VANCOUVER — Robert Friedland, executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN, US-OTC: IVPAF), was in fine form during his presentation at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in mid-July….