Seven Reasons Why Panther Minerals is a Top Uranium Investment Play
Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are investing in nuclear options to meet their energy needs. The uranium market has reached a critical juncture. Supply issues, uranium inventory drawdowns, extension of existing nuclear power generation projects as well as the development of advanced nuclear technologies have rocketed demand levels. Unfortunately, China and Russia control 60 percent of […]
When air filters pollute the air, silver and copper sprays can help
Silver and copper-based spray coatings have proven to eliminate the growth of some of the most dangerous bacteria in air filtration systems, significantly reducing the risk of airborne bacterial and viral infections. In a paper published in the journal Materials Chemistry and Physics, the researchers behind these findings explain that they tested various spray coatings […]
Endeavour Silver on track for end of year start at Terronera
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) is pushing ahead to start its Terronera silver-gold project in Jalisco state, Mexico, by the end of this year. Concrete work is well advanced at the site, and vertical construction is underway. Following a thorough risk analysis last year, the company has updated the initial capital cost, schedule, and […]
McClean Lake uranium mine in Canada to resume production
Denison Mines (TSX: DML) (NYSE: DNN) and joint venture partner Orano Canada said on Wednesday they will restart the McClean Lake mine, located in the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan, amid improving project and commodity economics. Operations at McClean Lake, owned by the namesake JV (MLJV) in which Orano is the operator and has a […]
India fights coal war despite energy transition pledges – study
The expansion of fossil fuel and low-carbon energy infrastructures is predicated upon direct state-sanctioned violence to facilitate land acquisition in India, a recent study in the journal Climate and Development states. According to the article’s author Mukul Kumar, assistant professor of urban planning and public policy at the University of California, Irvine, although India has […]
Probe Gold drills 1.17% copper over 9.5 metres at La Peltrie option property
Probe Gold (TSX: PRB) has intersected the highest copper grades ever at the La Peltrie copper-gold property – 1.17% copper over 9.5 metres and 0.5% copper over 13.2 metres. The drill program was following up on the 2022 discovery hole, which returned 0.13% coper over 345.5 metre. The 2023 program also expanded the mineralization to […]
IAMGOLD shares surge on progress at the Côté Gold Project
IAMGOLD’s (NYSE: IAG; TSX: IMG) shares jumped on Tuesday following the company’s announcement of preliminary full-year and fourth-quarter 2023 production results, along with updates on progress at the Côté Gold Project located in Ontario, Canada. The miner reported 2023 attributable gold production of 465,000 ounces, at the top end of the annual production guidance of […]
Barrick accelerates Zambian copper mine expansion, eyes 2028 first production
The proposed expansion of Barrick Gold’s (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX) Lumwana copper mine is being accelerated with first production now scheduled for 2028, chief executive Mark Bristow advised Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema in their meeting Tuesday. According to Barrick, the Super Pit expansion project will transform Lumwana into one of the world’s major copper mines, […]
Blackwolf Copper and Gold (TSXV:BWCG) Provides Exploration Updates for Harry and Cantoo Properties in Golden Triangle, British Columbia
Figure 1: Harry property map showing the prospective QSP alteration extent in light orange and the silver and base metal trend in blue. All zones are color coded in relation the mineralization-style; yellow associated to high-grade gold-silver and blue to silver-base metal veins. Source; Blackwolf Copper and Gold Blackwolf Copper and Gold (TSXV:BWCG) has announced […]
Endeavour Mining’s second-biggest gold mine hit by strike
Workers at Endeavour Mining’s (TSX, LON: EDV) Hondué mine in Burkina Faso, the company second-biggest gold operation, have walked off the job on Tuesday, blocking the access road to the site. A memo seen by Bloomberg revealed that an “illegal” and “unplanned” strike began affecting operations at Hondue on Sunday, in the latest setback for […]