Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Veronique Noll, vice-president of products and solutions with PhotoSat discusses her company's work using satellite imagery to produce geospatial surveys and maps for mining clients. Noll spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at AME in January.Read More

Despite tight restrictions, an Australian junior is planning to begin construction of Chile's first new lithium project in decades. Home to the world's largest lithium reserves, Chile's exports of the mineral have soared in recent years as producers Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and SQM (NYSE: SQM) have rushed to expand capacity to meet red-hot demand from the electric vehicles industry. Exports rose 47%...Read More

Explorer and developer Bluejay Mining (LSE: JAY) said on Tuesday it would not spin off its battery and critical metals exploration subsidiary Disko Exploration, as previously announced.Executive chairperson Robert Edwards, who joined the Bluejay team in October, said that after completing a strategic review, the company has concluded a demerger was not the best way forward. The junior had annou...Read More

Africa-focused Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) said on Tuesday it had suspended operations and was evacuating personnel from its Nairoto exploration camp in Mozambique following an attack on a nearby village.The company's project is located in the resource-rich northern Cabo Delgado province, which has become the epicentre of Islamic extremist insurgency.The violent rebellion, locally known as al...Read More

The Toronto-quoted equity of explorer ATAC Resources (TSXV: ATC) jumped about 38.5% on Monday following the weekend announcement by Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX) of a takeover bid at an 85% premium.While the all-scrip deal values ATAC at 12 ? per share, implying a value of $25 million, ATAC's board has rejected the unsolicited offer, prompting Victoria on Monday to extend the offer to Feb. 17 to give...Read More

Unrealistic expectations for the energy transition could undermine the bullish demand scenarios currently accepted as the norm as the energy transition unfolds, Capitalight Research MD Tom Brady says.For example, global automotive market sales are expected to more than double to nearly 125 million by 2030, with 'base case' scenarios pointing to 35% PEVs in the mix. By 2050, most scenarios have the...Read More

Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) says the first mineral resource for its billion-dollar Great Bear project in northwest Ontario shows potential to be a world class asset. The open-pit indicated mineral resource shows 33.1 million tonnes grading 2.6 grams gold per tonne for 2.7 million oz. contained metal, Kinross said Monday in a news release. The total open-pit and underground inferred resourc...Read More

Stephen Desposito, founder and CEO of Regeneration discusses his company's work helping placer miners in Yukon and Alaska re-mine gold from old tailings, restoring habitat and selling the gold to corporate customers. Desposito spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at AME in January.Read More

Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence.This week's best drill assays come from Australia and Canada. Red 5 (ASX: RED) announced on Feb. 7 that hole KHRD0868 at the King of the Hills project had returned 50.5 metres grading 15.9 grams gold per tonne from 14...Read More

During the Feb. 6-10 trading week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 56.7 points or 0.17% to 33,869.3 and the S&P 500 fell 46 points or 1% to 4,090.5.Among this week's top-traded stocks was major Barrick Gold, which saw at least 31 million shares change hands by market close on Friday. The company's equity added US62 ? to end the trading week at US$23.94. The company made headlines this week a...Read More

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 6.7 points or 1.1% over the Feb 6-10 trading session, ending the week at 613.42.Callinex Mines was the week's top value gainer, adding 71 ? per share to close at $3.35 apiece on Friday. On Feb. 6, the company announced it had appointed former Hudbay Minerals CEO Peter Jones to its technical team. Jones is credited for playing a pivotal role in devel...Read More

Over the Feb. 6-10 trading period, the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose by 146.22 points or 0.7% to 20,758.34. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 3.34 points or 2.9% to 116.22 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index ended 10 points or 4.9% higher at 202.37. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index gained 9.47 points or 3.3% to 290.92 and spot gold ended the week flat at 1864.82 per oz., down just US93 ?. T...Read More

Vulcan Energy Resources (ASX: VUL), one of the very few lithium miners in Europe, said on Monday it plans extract enough lithium to supply up to 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) a year to help the local industry transition from combustion engine to battery power.The Australian miner now aims to produce 24,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) per year by 2027, according to the definiti...Read More

Simon Ridgway, founder and CEO of Rackla Metals discusses plans to drill this summer at the Astro target inside the highly prospective Tombstone Gold Belt that spreads through the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Ridgway spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at VRIC in January.Read More

Canada's B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) is buying fellow precious metals miner Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) in an all-stock deal worth $1.1 billion (US$824 million).The transaction hands B2Gold the Back River Gold district property in Nunavut, which holds multiple high-potential mineralized zones poised to boost the Vancouver-based gold giant's reserves.The most advanced project in...Read More

The push for renewable energy and the electrification of road transport systems worldwide has many observers casting a worrying eye on potential supply constraints in copper markets. Vancouver-based junior NGEx Minerals (TSXV: NGEX) is working to tap into a bullish outlook for energy metals by advancing its exploration work in Vicu??a, an emerging copper-gold-silver district in the Andes mountain...Read More

Martin Turenne, President, CEO and Director of FPX Nickel Corp. (TSX-V: FPX | OTCQB: FPOCF) and John Kaiser of Kaiser Research Online discuss the exploration...Read full newsRead More

Diversifying into global markets ex-US has been a frustrating choice for asset allocation for much of the past decade. So far in the new year, Europe is the leader.Read full newsRead More

Udemy, Inc. (NASDAQ:NASDAQ:UDMY) Q4 2022 Results Conference Call February 14, 2023 5:00 PM ETCompany ParticipantsDennis Walsh - Vice President of Investor RelationsGregg Coccari - Chairman...Read full newsRead More

TMFC is a tech-heavy investment vehicle I have been covering since January 2022. Click here to read why I maintain Hold rating for the ETF.Read full newsRead More