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by Greg Klein | November 1, 2018
As the crew drills deeper into the Kibby Basin project, assays continue to show “consistently high levels of lithium,” Belmont Resources TSXV:BEA… Read More
Outcrops, pegmatites and spodumene mean lithium and tantalum for 92 Resources
by Greg Klein
92 Resources’ James Bay-region Corvette property features drill-ready targets as well as 15… Read More
by Greg Klein | October 25, 2018
Whether he’s just another politician on the wrong side of the culture wars or a dangerous demagogue as portrayed by those claiming the correct side, Ja… Read More
by Greg Klein | October 25, 2018
While remaining focused on its flagship Corvette project, 92 Resources TSXV:NTY announced surface exploration results from another Quebec lithium proper… Read More
by Jeff Desjardins | posted with permission of Visual Capitalist
The Chart of the Week is a Friday feature from Visual Capitalist.
When ground broke on the massive Tesla Gigafactory… Read More
China’s overseas expansion raises concerns of influence and arrogance
by Greg Klein
The country boosts its domestic industries through state-sanctioned dumping along with lax environme… Read More
by Greg Klein | October 16, 2018
Similarities to the Clayton Valley and successful exploration so far have prompted two potential JV partners to plan a busy autumn at their Kibby Basin lithi… Read More
The U.S. calls for new supply strategies to meet economic and defence risks
by Greg Klein
The goal might be summed up by a new slogan: Make America Self-Reliant Again. Or, with a tad less co… Read More
The territories reap tangible and intangible benefits from their biggest industry
by Greg Klein
Baffinland president/CEO Brian Penney joins QIA president P.J. Akeeagok and others at a signin… Read More
by Greg Klein | October 2, 2018
Following the ounce-of-prevention principle, securities commissions across Canada plan a number of initiatives to encourage smarter, safer investment strategi… Read More
by Greg Klein | October 1, 2018
CAQ incoming premier Francois Legault argued against unacculturated immigrants, made popular funding promises and vowed to cut taxes. (Photo: Coalition Avenir… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 28, 2018
More assays from hole KB-3 at Nevada’s Kibby Basin project show additional lithium at depths between 387.3 metres and 548.4 metres. Earlier this mont… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 28, 2018
An historic British Columbia mining camp comes under additional scrutiny with new research released September 28. Geoscience BC’s latest report and 1… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 27, 2018
Maybe this represents a distinctly West Coast weirdness inapplicable to the real world. If not and the trend grows, however, the engagement diamond trade l… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 25, 2018
Encouraging assays and heightening concern for critical minerals bring an exploration team back to Saville Resources’ (TSXV:SRE) Niobium claim group… Read More
How mining—coal mining at that—revived a B.C. district
by Greg Klein
Two years after taking over a bankrupt company’s Peace River region assets, Conuma employs over 750 peo… Read More
by Jeff Desjardins | posted with permission of Visual Capitalist | September 18, 2018
In the mining industry, location is paramount.
Invest your capital in a jurisdiction that doesn’t… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 14, 2018
Last year’s global market for diamond-encrusted jewelry rose 2.2% to a new high of $82 billion, largely due to the planet’s most populous age g… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 12, 2018
A company focused on base metals in two continents has broadened its approach by moving into a lithium-producing neighbourhood. By exercising its 100% opti… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 12, 2018
Sixty-five kilometres north of Nevada’s Clayton Valley, encouraging assays from the first hole of the year averaged 415 parts per million lithium at… Read More
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent sails past an iceberg in Lancaster Sound in 2008.(Photo: Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
by Edward Struzik | Queen’s Universi… Read More
Operating in northern Canada often means creating your own transportation routes
by Greg Klein
Amid all the controversy over spending $4.5 billion of taxpayers’ money to buy a pipeline… Read More
by Greg Klein | September 4, 2018
Impractical but legal tender just the same, the Royal Canadian Mint’s latest batch of coins features, not for the first time, a world first. This one… Read More
by Greg Klein | August 28, 2018
In theory, the latest court decision regarding Taseko Mines’ (TSX:TKO) New Prosperity project might have brought some clarity to Canada’s vaguely… Read More
from the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines | August 24, 2018
The Northwest Territories diamond mining industry celebrated two milestones this month, gratefully acknowledged by northern gove… Read More
by Greg Klein | August 23, 2018
Even with prices floundering around 20-month lows, the World Gold Council sees technical and fundamental reasons for optimism. But a sustained recovery would… Read More
Could synthetics bring death to diamond mining? Or a kind of reincarnation?
by Greg Klein
Somehow a real diamond got mixed up with the fakes.
This summer the Gemological Institute of Americ… Read More
by Greg Klein | August 20, 2018
In an update on tests conducted by l’Université Laval, Commerce Resources TSXV:CCE reports another stage of progress with the completion of crush… Read More
Rick Rule addresses a capacity crowd at Sprott’s 2018 symposium in Vancouver.
Investors who missed the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver last month can now listen in rem… Read More
by Nicholas LePan | posted with permission of Visual Capitalist
Canada is a mining nation.
From the Rockies to the Canadian Shield, and from the Prairies to the North, the variety of geology… Read More
How gold rushes helped make the modern world
by Benjamin Wilson Mountford/La Trobe University and Stephen Tuffnell/University of Oxford | posted with permission of The Conversation
Detail fr… Read More
Part 4 of the Warren Buffett series
by Jeff Desjardins | posted with permission of Visual Capitalist | August 9, 2018
Warren Buffett’s investing track record is nearly impeccable.
Over… Read More
by Greg Klein | August 8, 2018
A property with limited exploration but encouraging geophysics shows further promise following a recent field program. Of eight surface samples collected by Sa… Read More
When gold fever brought American warfare north of the border
by Greg Klein
Is this the price of gold—the murder of defenceless people followed by retaliatory beheadings as a private Am… Read More
by Greg Klein | August 2, 2018
With exploration permits now in hand, Maxtech Ventures CSE:MVT has early-stage plans for two properties with manganese and vanadium potential. Work will be car… Read More
by Greg Klein | July 26, 2018
With its initial drill program wrapped up on time and on budget, Emerita Resources TSXV:EMO expects to release a resource estimate for its Salobro zin… Read More
by Greg Klein | July 24, 2018
Ongoing metallurgical work at l’Université Laval has so far accomplished a number of goals while helping Commerce Resources’ (TSXV:CCE) Ashra… Read More
How might a U.S.-China trade war affect rare earths?
At first glance, the rare earths aspect of the U.S.-China tariffs tussle looks like small change—a proposed 10% duty on American R… Read More
Among them, Rick Rule foresees “the absolute heyday of prospect generators”
by Greg Klein
Miners have suddenly become “lean and mean” but not in a good way, according… Read More
by Greg Klein | July 13, 2018
With an option agreement now in place, Belmont Resources TSXV:BEA gains a new partner and new money for the Kibby Basin lithium property, 65 kilometres north of… Read More
Regulators emphasize innovation and deterrence as financial sanctions fail
by Greg Klein
It was a momentous week for Canadian regulators, seemingly. In a ruling on “one of the largest… Read More
by Nicholas LePan | posted with permission of Visual Capitalist | July 11, 2018
Base metals are the most fundamental minerals produced for the modern economy and metals such as copper, zinc… Read More
by Greg Klein | July 5, 2018
The half-dozen Canadian companies among the world’s top 40 miners increased exploration expenditures last year at twice the rate of the others. That info c… Read More
Transcending low school grades, he hit high grades in mining and philanthropy
by Greg Klein
A few of Goldcorp’s 15,000 employees stride through Quebec’s Éléonore mi… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 29, 2018
Rewards to informers have yet to be revealed but the Ontario Securities Commission says wronged investors have benefited from Canada’s first-such cash-for… Read More
The Royal Canadian Mint breaks the numismatic mould to cast creative coins
by Greg Klein
Although often extending the bounds of traditional coinage, the Mint acknowledged its heritage with a… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 26, 2018
From the end of the Earth and beyond, the ever-innovative Royal Canadian Mint has sourced distinctive materials to distinguish two new collectibles. Each commem… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 26, 2018
An undrilled property with encouraging geophysical results will undergo a summer field program, now that Saville Resources TSXV:SRE has finalized its acquisitio… Read More
Geologists need public engagement and new approaches to achieve it: Iain Stewart
by Greg Klein
There’s nothing like jumping into a river at the head of a waterfall—especially t… Read More
by Greg Klein | Updated June 20, 2018
With permits now in hand, Belmont Resources TSXV:BEA expects to activate a rig on its Kibby Basin lithium project next month. Once completed, the boreho… Read More
by Jeff Desjardins | posted with permission of Visual Capitalist | June 19, 2018
Overcoming gut-wrenching failure is often a surprising prerequisite for achieving phenomenal success.
In fact… Read More
Resources for Future Generations brings diverse viewpoints to vital issues
by Greg Klein
Geo-boffins take part in a pre-conference field trip to the southern British Columbia porphyry belt.(… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 13, 2018
As a long-overdue modern exploration program continues on northwestern Ontario’s Confederation Lake, Pistol Bay Mining TSXV:PST released assays for an ini… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 12, 2018
A first-time international conference held in Vancouver from June 16 to 21, Resources for Future Generations hopes to attract a diverse audience. The purpose, a… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 11, 2018
It was a day of big moves for energy minerals as China bought into Ivanhoe, Vale lengthened Voisey’s and streaming companies went after the Labrador nicke… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 11, 2018
Channel sample results from the face of previous underground workings auger well for plans to re-start southern British Columbia’s Lexington mine, Golden… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 7, 2018
He reportedly promised to get Ring of Fire development started even if he had to climb onto a bulldozer to blaze a trail himself. Now Doug Ford and Ontario&rsquo&hell…Read More
by Greg Klein | June 7, 2018
It’s been a local fixture for decades but a company that panders to pampered argonauts will officially take over the Alaska panhandle port of Skagway. This… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 7, 2018
Three more holes from eastern Brazil’s Salobro zinc project have Emerita Resources TSXV:EMO encouraged about potential expansion to an historic, non-43-101… Read More
Solid state’s a contender, but lithium-ion has years of growth: Simon Moores
by Greg Klein
Lithium bulls faced a bearish backlash last February, when Morgan Stanley circulated a note p… Read More
by Greg Klein | Updated June 5, 2018
With financial support from the Quebec government and academic expertise from two universities, Commerce Resources TSXV:CCE announced progress on the pre… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 1, 2018
One of Canada’s greatest mineral discoveries since 1883, the Ring of Fire offers tremendous potential to a region plagued by endemic poverty and to a provi… Read More
by Greg Klein | June 1, 2018
While a rig remains busy, new assays from old core show consistency with historic results, bringing Emerita Resources TSXV:EMO closer to a 43-101 resource on its… Read More
by Greg Klein | May 31, 2018
As the United States embarks on its critical minerals strategy, Quebec has also taken steps to build crucial expertise and an alternative source of rare earths… Read More
by Greg Klein | May 30, 2018
As work resumes at Diagras, Margaret Lake Diamonds TSXV:DIA now returns to a second front in its search for Northwest Territories gems. On May 30 the company ann… Read More
by Greg Klein | May 29, 2018
A new line of lab-grown stones to suit smaller budgets—that might seem a backward step for De Beers. This is of course the company that for so long propped… Read More
Issuers and investors both benefit as Capiche revamps private placements
by Greg Klein
“There’s gotta be a better way to do this.”
That’s a refrain James Atherton he… Read More