April 4, 2019

Conservation group raises concerns over proposed Canadian potash mine

CanPacific Potash plans a new 3.25 million tonne per year solution potash mine and submitted its environmental impact assessment to the province in January.

April 4, 2019

Lucapa Diamond cuts debt related to building Mothae mine

The diamond producer has inked deals with New Azilian and Equigold, following the delivery and de-risking of the Lesotho-based mine, which began commercial production in December.

April 3, 2019

Nouveau Monde raises C$10m for Matawinie development

The company has arranged a private placement with Pallinghurst Graphite that will raise C$10.3m for continued work on the Matawinie graphite project in Quebec.

April 3, 2019

GFG Resources discovers new gold zone at Pen project

The new find was made at the Crawford target, with drill intercepts of 21.26 g/t gold over 1.7 metres.

April 3, 2019

Production of battery grade cobalt blows up First Cobalt’s stock

The restart of North America's only cobalt refinery is one step closer for Fisker-backed company.

April 3, 2019

Osisko Metals intersects more shallow, high-grade at Pine Point, NWT

The company intends to update a portion of its inferred resource to the indicated category before the end of the year.

April 3, 2019

Plans for logging, mining near British Columbia parks spark concern

Cross-border concerns about mineral exploration and logging in British Columbia's Skagit River watershed may put a long-simmering campaign to close a hole in the middle of two provincial parks back…

April 3, 2019

American Manganese’s lithium-ion battery recycling technology granted patent

The company said the granting of the patent comes at a time of surging demand for lithium-ion batteries as part of the trend towards ‘the electrification of everything.'

April 3, 2019

Barrick upbeat about new DRC president’s stance on mining, investment

The company said Felix Tshisekedi had confirmed his intention of working with miners to keep growing the Central African nation’s gold sector.

April 3, 2019

ISIS claims kidnapping and killing Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

In the he latest issue of propaganda newsletter Al-Naba, ISIS took responsibility for the abduction and murder of Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Kirk Woodman.