Frik Els , Editor

Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.

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Verde Potash’s $25 million deal provides no succour to investors still nursing 27% knock after poor economic study

Verde Potash shares fell 2.8% to $6.51 by lunchtime on Thursday after the company announced bought deal financing of $25 million. In the run up to the release of a preliminary economic assessment report for its Amazon project a month ago, Verde Potash's shares were driven all the way up to $8.95, only to come crashing down after the study disappointed investors all round.

White Tiger Gold is fading to grey

White Tiger Gold shed another 6% on Monday on almost double usual trading volumes, despite releasing high grade drilling results for its Nasedkino project that it says are enough to go ahead with a final feasibility study. The counter is now down 30% year to date and a shadow of its former self in January last year. At the time it was trading at a whopping $4.80.
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Mining vs AI: What’s wrong with this picture?

As the saying from mid-19th century California goes, during a gold rush the easiest way to get rich is selling shovels and picks.