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NuVau plans IPO to revive historic copper-zinc project in Quebec

Quebec-focused NuVau Minerals aims to go public this month, a move it says will help it access provincial government support for exploration […]

Blair McBride | October 21, 2024 | 11:35 am

US Snapshot: Mining and exploration for copper, gold, rare earths and more

The United States has a long mining and exploration history…

Northern Miner Staff | October 17, 2024 | 11:34 am

Site visit: Fireweed closes in on Far North critical minerals boom

Remote eastern Yukon —The snow-peaked mountains and green valleys of eastern…

Blair McBride | July 12, 2024 | 10:25 am

US Forest Service kicks off federal permitting process for South32’s Hermosa project

The US Forest Service (USFS) has started the federal permitting…

Staff Writer | May 12, 2024 | 11:23 am

Mexican president proposes ban on open-pit mining

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, presented…

Staff Writer | February 10, 2024 | 2:53 pm

Highest efficiency solar cell now a reality

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created a solar cell with a record 39.5% efficiency under […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2022 | 6:06 am

South Africans’ hair reveals heavy metal exposure from mining at Witwatersrand

An international team of researchers is analyzing individual hair samples from people living and working around the Witwatersrand basin near Johannesburg to […]

Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 | 5:05 am

Zinc joins the battery race in the US

US battery maker Urban Electric Power is set to supply an initial 4,550 MWh of its rechargeable zinc alkaline batteries over the […]

Staff Writer | May 17, 2022 | 5:05 am

Osisko Metals announces $10M bought deal to fund Pine Point, Gaspé exploration

Osisko Metals (TSXV:OM; OTC:OMZNF) is planning to raise $10 million through a bought deal private placement to fund the exploration of its […]

Jackson Chen | May 16, 2022 | 12:06 pm

Far North Snapshot: Eight companies venturing into the remote north for minerals

Although there are many examples of fabulously rich gold, diamond and base metals mines that have been developed in the Far North, […]

Norm Tollinsky | April 29, 2022 | 12:24 pm

Zinc-air batteries get solar energy makeover

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) developed a technology to improve the electrochemical performance of zinc-air batteries by […]

Staff Writer | April 10, 2022 | 7:16 am

Gatos Silver achieves record quarterly production, shares up

Gatos Silver (NYSE, TSX: GATO) produced a record 2.39 million oz. of silver during the first quarter of 2022 from its 70%-owned […]

Jackson Chen | April 8, 2022 | 8:55 am

Aguila working through historical data on Sherridon VHMS project in Manitoba

Aguila Copper (TSXV: AGL; OTC: AGLAF) is currently working through historic data obtained on its recently acquired assets located in the Sherridon volcanic-hosted massive […]

Jackson Chen | March 15, 2022 | 8:02 am

There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto

Researchers at the University of Tübingen have found parallels between the minerals discovered by the Mars rover Curiosity in the sediment of […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2022 | 6:25 am

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NuVau plans IPO to revive historic copper-zinc project in Quebec

US Snapshot: Mining and exploration for copper, gold, rare earths and more

Site visit: Fireweed closes in on Far North critical minerals boom

US Forest Service kicks off federal permitting process for South32’s Hermosa project

Mexican president proposes ban on open-pit mining

Highest efficiency solar cell now a reality

South Africans’ hair reveals heavy metal exposure from mining at Witwatersrand

Zinc joins the battery race in the US

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