Editorial: Mining’s EV halo dims
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Mining’s association with planet-saving electric vehicles (EVs) was supposed to make mining, if not cool, at least more acceptable. Maybe even virtuous. But…
Canada
Opinion: Ring of Fire road must start ASAP
The Ring of Fire camp is the most important mining discovery in Canadian history for its strategic minerals including nickel, copper, platinum group metals, chromite and titanium. It even exceeds…
New Gold reports cores among best yet at New Afton as it hikes ownership
New Gold’s (TSX: NGD; NYSE: NGD) exploration drilling at the New Afton copper-gold mine in British Columbia has produced among the best intersections yet as the company looks to extend…
Silver Lake shareholders approve merger with Red 5
The A$2.2-billion ($1.5bn) deal creates Australia’s fifth largest gold producer.
Hecla’s Yukon unit fined $100,000 for chemical risks
Hecla Mining‘s (NYSE:HL) Yukon-based subsidiary has been hit with a $100,000 fine for overlooking certain environmental risks at its large silver mine situated 350 km north of Whitehorse, according to…
Southern Cross Gold more than doubles Sunday Creek drill program
Australia’s Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG) has reported 38 intersections with grades higher than 100 grams per tonne gold-equivalent over a metre’s width at its Sunday Creek project in Victoria,…
Wyloo to build $900M battery material plant in Sudbury
Wyloo Metals, the privately held resources unit of Australia iron ore baron Andrew Forrest, says it plans to build a battery materials plant in northern Ontario that may cost around…
Miners serve strike notice at Gibraltar mine in BC
A union representing 550 workers at Taseko’s copper mine said they will strike if a new contract is not reached by Friday.
Video: Osisko Metals advances largest copper project in eastern North America
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNE) is advancing the Gaspé copper project in Quebec with more drilling, community consultations and a preliminary economic assessment starting this year, CEO and chairman Robert Wares…
Red Pine makes high-grade gold headway at Wawa
Following the early May assay tampering allegations at Red Pine Exploration (TSXV: RPX; US-OTC: RDEXF), the company says its latest drill results expand mineralization at the Wawa project near Lake…
NexGen scores higher grade uranium find than at flagship’s discovery hole in Saskatchewan
NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE; NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) has reported high-grade uranium assays east of its main Arrow deposit in northern Saskatchewan that are stronger than the first Arrow discovery…
JV Video: Ecora Resources coal revenue rises as battery metals future beckons, CEO says
Ecora Resources (TSX: ECOR) saw a big uplift in coal contributions to first-quarter revenue as the Kestrel underground mine restarted in Queensland, Australia, CEO Marc Bishop Lafleche said in a…