TNM Editorial: The price of metals, the value of elections
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Canada
Funding propels Fortune closer to NWT bismuth decision
Cross-border government aid is helping Canada’s Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT) approach a construction decision next year on its main Nico cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper deposit in the Northwest Territories. Fortune secured grants last…
Rare yellow diamond found at Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine
Rio Tinto (NYSE, ASX, LSE: RIO) has unearthed a 158.20-carat gem-quality yellow diamond at its Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories. The precious rock is one of only five yellow…
Gold hits new high as Goldman sees $3,300
Gold soared to a new record on Friday even as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump said they’d had a constructive phone conversation a day after…
B2Gold falls on Goose resource count cut
B2Gold (TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) stock fell after the miner provided a new life-of-mine plan for the Goose project in Nunavut that confirms the previous timeline and…
Talon rises on Minnesota massive sulphide discovery
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has made a massive sulphide discovery at its Tamarack project in central Minnesota that it says could significantly extend its nickel-copper-cobalt resource. Its shares surged. The company…
Miners laud bill to end Nova Scotia uranium ban
Nova Scotia’s plans to end its decades-long ban on uranium mining and exploration would allow the province to play a key role in the world’s clean energy supply chain, says…
Graphite One triples Alaska project’s reserves
Canadian junior Graphite One (TSXV: GPH) has published preliminary results from a new feasibility study on its Graphite Creek project in Alaska, revealing a threefold increase in projected production compared to earlier…
PDAC JV video: Argenta Silver to part re-log 100,000m of drill core, exec says
Frank Giustra-backed Argenta Silver (TSXV: AGAG) is re-logging part of 100,000 metres of old core from its El Quevar project in Salta, Argentina. In a video interview, Joaquin Marias, vice-president…
PDAC JV video: Golden Pursuit preps for discovery at sub-Arctic Gordon Lake, CEO says
Golden Pursuit Resources (TSXV: GDP) plans to drill up to 100,000 metres at its Gordon Lake assets in the Northwest Territories. Gordon Lake is in the sub-Arctic, making prospecting tricky,…
PDAC JV video: Earn‑in deal sets stage for mining restart at Matagami camp, Nuvau CEO says
An earn-in venture with Glencore (LSE: GLEN) that’s set to close later this year is to give Nuvau Minerals (TSX: NMC) control of the historical Matagami Mining Camp in Quebec….
PDAC JV video: Kingfisher grows Golden Triangle holdings as drilling looms, CEO says
Kingfisher Metals (TSXV: KFR; US-OTC: KGFMF) has amassed the largest contiguous land position in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, CEO Dustin Perry says. Its 849 sq. km of holdings hold the…