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Skeena expands 21A zone at Eskay Creek with new in-pit discovery

March 9, 2022 / Jackson Chen

Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE) has received the final drill results from its 2021 regional and near-mine exploration programs at the Eskay Creek gold-silver project. This drilling was designed to follow up on the company's resource category conversion drilling performed in early 2021.The new results were highlighted by exploratory drill hole SK-21-997, which returned high-grade gold mineralization av...Read More

Kinross pours first gold bar at La Coipa mine in Chile

March 9, 2022 / Posted Marilyn Scales

Toronto's Kinross Gold (TSX:K; NYSE: KGC) has poured its first gold bar since the restart of mining at La Coipa 1,000 km north of Santiago, Chile, in the Atacama region.Commissioning the mine and mill began in early February, on schedule and under budget. The plant is expected to reach full capacity by mid-year. Annual production is expected to be about 250,000 oz. of gold.Two years ago, Kinross g...Read More

Nighthawk Gold boosts Indin Lake open pit indicated resources by 121%, inferred by 13 times

March 9, 2022 / Jackson Chen

Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) has reported a substantial increase in mineral resources at its Indin Lake property located 200 km north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, further demonstrating the potential for a future large-scale, higher-grade, open pit project in the district.Indicated resource for the open pit was 121% higher than its previous estimate, now standing at 46.4 milli...Read More

Monumental Minerals inks option for lithium project in Chile

March 9, 2022 / Posted Naimul Karim

Monumental Minerals (TSXV: MNRL) has signed a deal with Lithium Chile (TSXV: LITH; US-OTC: LTMCF) to have the option to acquire up to 75% of the Salar De Laguna Blanca project in northeastern Chile. Under the deal, Monumental will have to pay $1.5 million and spend the same amount on exploring the Laguna project within three years. Lithium Chile will also hold 9.9% of Monumental's shares. On...Read More

Welp, That Prediction Was a Stinker. Here's a Far Better One...

March9, 2022 / Adam English

A couple months ago I was sitting in a room with a whole bunch of my peers, talking about the future. We were talking about yearly predictions, or at least what could be in store in the near future.I couldn't have been more wrong.Like so many, I discounted the idea of a European war. I also doubted that anyone would mess with their "bread and butter." Rich getting richer, moving past one of the m...Read More

CNBC: Breaking down sudden surge of #nickel prices

Tue Mar 08 22:43:26 2022 / Staff reporter

Jeff Currie, Goldman Sachs head of commodity research, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to break down nickel futures after the London Metal Exchange suspended tradi...Read full newsRead More

@casualhexes @joshdr83 Just wrong - read and do some DD

Tue Mar 08 17:03:49 2022 / air quality enjoyer

Surging raw materials costs, made worse by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, could set back the dream of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other auto executives to roll out more affordable electric vehicles.Read full newsRead More

#Nickel surge just raised the input cost for an electric vehicle by $1,000, Morgan Stanley estimates #EV

Tue Mar 08 16:24:19 2022 / Staff reporter

Nickel is a key material used in electric vehicle batteries.Read full newsRead More

@AsennaWealth "..A nation that can't control its #energy sources can't control its future.." ????

Tue Mar 08 13:41:41 2022 / Assad Tannous

?EUR?A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future."- Barack ObamaRead full newsRead More

Boost Your Oil Profits

March8, 2022 / Christian DeHaemer

During President Biden's State of the Union Address, the price of oil jumped 10% to $113 a barrel. The president has prioritized climate change over energy independence at a time when the world is facing an energy crisis.Coal prices have been skyrocketing and are up about 500% for the year. This week, oil prices climbed even more. If you do the math and adjust for inflation, oil would have to hit...Read More

Alba Minerals, GreenRoc Mining up on initial Amitsoq graphite resource

March 8, 2022 / Posted Henry Lazenby

The London-listed equities of Alba Minerals (LSE: ALBA) and GreenRoc Mining (AIM: GROC) rose on Tuesday following a maiden graphite resource for the Greenland-based Amitsoq project.GreenRoc has compiled a Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (JORC) compliant indicated and inferred resources of 8.28 million tonnes at an average grade of 19.75% graphitic carbon, giving a total graphite content of 1.63 mill...Read More

Russia's Ukraine invasion to fuel reorientation of commodity markets: BMO

March 8, 2022 / Posted Alisha Hiyate

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, already pushing up prices for an array of commodities rapidly higher since it began on Feb. 24 - including adding a record 250% to the price of nickel over the past two days - will have longer-lasting structural effects on metals and mining markets and supply, said BMO Metals and Mining in a report released on Monday. The report "Ukraine & Russia: Identifying Exposur...Read More

Women in mining still facing bullying, discrimination - report

March 8, 2022 / MiningCOM Staff Writer

Women working across the resource industry continue to face challenges around bullying, discrimination and inequitable treatment, a new report by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) shows.According to the document, which is based on the responses of 550 people polled for the organization's fourth annual Women in Mining Survey, 70% of female respondents said bullying is com...Read More

The Northern Miner Podcast - episode 281: It's time to 'fast-track permitting in a responsible manner', ft Integra Resources president and CEO George Salamis

March 8, 2022 / Posted Adrian Pocobelli

This week's episode features Integra Resources president and CEO George Salamis in conversation with Northern Miner Podcast host Adrian Pocobelli. George discusses the recent BMO conference in Florida, supply concerns ("We're short on everything"), and how North America can streamline its metal production with faster permitting timelines.This week's CEO Spotlight features Lomiko Metals chief execu...Read More

LME cancels nickel trading after price soars past US$100,000 a tonne

March 8, 2022 / Posted Cecilia Jamasmie

The London Metal Exchange (LME) cancelled nickel trading on Tuesday after a first-time 250% price spike triggered by Western sanctions against major producer Russia, which left brokers struggling to pay margin calls against unprofitable short positions.Prices for the metal, key ingredient in batteries that power electric cars and high-tech devices, soared to a record above US$100,000 a tonne amid...Read More

Mkango produces rare earth metals from Songwe Hill project in Malawi

March 8, 2022 / Posted Naimul Karim

Mkango Resources (TSXV: MKA) says that it has produced neodymium and praseodymium enriched rare earth carbonate on a pilot basis from raw materials taken from its Songwe Hill Rare Earths project in Malawi in east Africa. The company's CEO William Dawes told The Northern Miner that the hydrometallurgical piloting, which took place at Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, was a...Read More

Let Me Tell You About the "Murmansk Run"

March8, 2022 / Adam English

Some 80 years ago, some poor young man on the HMS Sheffield, clearly not willing to smile for reasons probably related to the conditions depicted, was captured on film in a God-forsaken corner of the world:The U.S. was swirling around the maelstrom that was World War II as it sent rickety cargo ships to sleepy ports few Americans knew about - some worse than others.Welcome to the "Murmansk Run."Pa...Read More

Geodrill finishes 2021 with strong quarter as net income surges

08 March 2022 / Nathan Richardson

Geodrill hopes that a strong gold price and new contracts will see the good results continue through 2022. The Q4 net income stood at US$2.8 million, or $0.06 per share, which saw 2021 net income rise 88% year-on-year to $14.1 million, or $0.31 per share. The West Africa-based company's revenue hit $26.7 million in Q4, having risen by 8% year-on-year.For 2021, the company's revenue was $...Read More

Vizsla Silver CEO Update on Maiden Resource and Huge Drill Program in 2022

Mar 08, 2022 / Vizsla Silver

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