Beaver Creek: Gold to soon hit US$3,000 amid short-term pullback
Gold is set to surge to at least US$3,000 per oz., says Florian Grummes, CEO of Midas Touch Consulting. But a short-term pullback to the US$2,050–US$2,150 range might happen first,…
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World Copper’s Zonia project resource nears 1 billion lb. in Arizona
World Copper (TSXV: WCU; US-OTC: WCUFF) has increasded the potential value and scale of its Zonia copper project in Arizona with an updated resource on the historical estimates using a…
Perpetua wins key fed approval for Stibnite gold and antimony project
Perpetua Resources (TSX: PPTA; NASDAQ: PPTA) stock jumped 17.4% this morning after it said it secured a key federal approval for its flagship Stibnite gold project in Idaho. The United…
Alamos tables high-return Puerto Del Aire mine plan
Alamos Gold’s (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) development plan for its Puerto Del Aire (PDA) high-grade underground gold project in northwest Mexico boasts a net present value at least 63% higher…
JV Article: Arizona Sonoran closing in on permit success at Cactus
With 11 billion lb. of contained copper in the ground and a recently rescoped preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that demonstrates 94% of the resources can be mined with open-pit methods,…
Blackrock Silver PEA nearly doubles value of Tonopah West project over costs
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Blackrock Silver’s (TSXV: BRC; US-OTC: BKRRF) Tonopah West project in southwest Nevada gives it a net present value almost double its initial capital costs,…
Alamos Gold hints at tripling Mulatos district mine life
High-grade drill results from Alamos Gold’s (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) Puerto Del Aire (PDA) and Cerro Pelon deposits signal future growth in Mexico’s Mulatos district. Results from both targets expanded…
Uranium market under pressure, but long-term outlook remains positive
The uranium market has faced some short-term pressure, with spot prices dropping below US$80 per lb. after hitting a peak of US$107 in February. Despite this drop, prices are still…
Editorial: Mining-powered rockets vs dockets
As we look in the waning days of summer to the United States’ Southwest in this edition, it strikes us that there’s been a staggering number of days that only…
Kodak never saw it coming either. How lab-grown diamonds rocked the industry
Since early 2022, the price of polished natural diamonds has fallen roughly 40%. The industry is being buffeted by negative economic headwinds, an excess of mine supply and too much…
GM delays $330M Thacker Pass funding in latest sign of lithium slowdown
General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a $330-million investment in Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC), pushing the second tranche of their $650-million deal, announced in early 2023, to the…
Latest permit for Hudbay project in Arizona paves way for major U.S. copper boost
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) now has in hand the second-last permit it needs to start construction at its 85,000-tonne-per year Copper World project in Arizona. The permit granted…