U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is asking the Biden administration to speed up the permitting process for mining projects, particularly those targeting critical metals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite.In a letter to the Department of the Interior on Tuesday, the auto maker said the current "lengthy, costly and inefficient permitting process" makes it difficult for American busin...Read More
Ultramafic rocks mineralized with nickel, copper and platinum group elements that were discovered at surface and drilled in the mid-2000s are now getting a more fulsome examination in a 20,000-metre drill program by Quebec Nickel (CSE: QNI; US-OTC: QNICF). New assay results from the Fortin Sill Zone at the junior's 100%-owned Ducros project in Quebec, 80 km northeast of Val-d'Or, returned 35.6 m...Read More
As industries and nations fret about getting the raw materials needed to power the energy transition, coal is also seeing a stunning rise. In September 2021, the price of ICE Newcastle coal was around US$120 per tonne. In March, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine it spiked to nearly US$380 per tonne. At press time at the end of August - shortly after a European Union embargo against Russian coal c...Read More
The beaten-down junior mining complex currently sits at an attractive investment entry point as the sector continues to trade lower relative to gold and other equities, Haywood Capital Markets analysts conclude in their third Junior Exploration Report for 2022.Haywood's analysts argue that with the GDXJ trading down about 21% in the year to date, as of Aug. 25, and several high-quality juniors are...Read More
Chile's President Gabriel Boric said late on Tuesday he is open to discuss changes in the country's tax law that would affect the mining sector as lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the proposed reform on Sept. 13.Speaking at a gala organized by the national mining association Sonami, Boric said the industry had been historically unwilling to reach agreements with the government in terms of sharin...Read More
Latin America-focused Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA) has halted its Atacocha San Gerardo open pit zinc mine in Peru due to a road blockade by a local community.The zinc producer, controlled by Brazilian holding company Votorantim SA, called the disruption "illegal" and said that activities are limited to critical operations with a minimum workforce to ensure proper maintenance.A March road blockade...Read More
Investors put a lot of effort into their work. Of course, the work isn't back-breaking manual labor. But it is very time-consuming. It's not uncommon for investors to be poring over earnings reports and reading company news at all hours of the night.Yet the rewards for the effort are there. You put in the time to make the best investment decisions based on the information you have and, when you've...Read More
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Share this articleSylla Gold Corp. [SYG-TSXV] shares rallied in active trading Tuesday after the company released assay results from its Niaouleni Gold Project in Southern Mali, West Africa.Results released after the close of trading on August 29, 2022, include positive gold assays from 18 reverse circulation drill holes covering 2,588 metres. This batch of drill holes was completed primarily in a...Read More
We spoke with Dev Randhawa, Chairman and CEO and Raymond Ashley, Professional Geoscientist of Fission 3.0 Corp. (TSXV: FUU, OTCQB: FISOF), a uranium project generator and exploration company, focusing on projects in the Athabasca Basin, home to some of the world's largest high-grade uranium discoveries. Fission 3 currently has 16 projects in the Athabasca Basin. Several of Fission 3's projects are...Read More
The aluminum shortage is coming.You may have heard about the shortage of cans to use for beer and soda. This has been blamed on pandemic supply chains and people drinking at home. It explains the surge in aluminum prices last year and has abated somewhat this year.What you may not know is that there will soon be another global shortage of the metal that is used in everything from Ford F-150s to sp...Read More
This week's episode features geopolitical and natural resource commentator Paul from the Sirius Report in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Paul discusses the increasing vulnerability of European nations to energy shortages, as well as the ongoing development of precious metals exchanges around the world, and the challenges Western companies could face competing with higher energy and lab...Read More
As it pushes toward completing a feasibility study by year-end for its high-grade Windfall gold deposit in Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Que., Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) has released an updated resource outlining a total of 7.4 million ounces. The updated resource is based on nearly 1.9 million metres of drilling. In the measured and indicated category, Windfall now contains 4.1 million oz. in 11.1 mill...Read More
While rising interest rates have weighed on the gold price since it hit its most recent peak of over US$2,050 per oz. in March, exploration for the yellow metal is still running hot. Below are the top 10 best gold drill results for listed companies for the year to date and are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence. Best gold drill results YTD.1 KIEN...Read More
Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Cerro Las Minitas silver project about 70 km northeast in Durango state, Mexico. The PEA puts gross revenues over 15 years of mining at US$3.7 billion.With an initial capital requirement of US$341 million for a large-scale, underground mine, the study puts the after-tax net present value...Read More
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSEA: NFGC) announced plans last week to launch an at-the-market equity offering to raise up to $130 million for exploration at two, wholly owned gold projects in Newfoundland.The company has a 400,000-metre drill program underway at the Queensway project 15 km west of Gander, N.L. It also anticipates updating the resource estimate at Lucky Strike east of Kirkland Lake,...Read More
"Quantum computers are tools of destruction, not creation."Those are the words of Alexander Lvovsky, a world-renowned physicist working for the University of Calgary in Canada.I'll admit he's being a bit of a downer, but the professor is correct. Quantum computers truly have the potential to collapse civilization as we know it. Think about it for a minute: The integrity of all data on Earth...Read More