Exploration Top Stories

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge readies first mission

The California-based company will test its technique for refining platinum from a sample of asteroid-like material, while in orbit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 13, 2023 | 5:49 am

Denison pushes ahead with Midwest uranium ISR study

Later this summer Denison will undertake a study requiring the…

Staff Writer | April 12, 2023 | 2:41 pm

Defense Metals completes phase 1 hydromet tests on Wicheeda REE samples

The company has reported that the extraction of praseodymium and…

Staff Writer | April 12, 2023 | 12:32 pm

First Mining finds growth potential at Springpole gold project

The Springpole gold project in Ontario is one of Canada’s…

Staff Writer | April 12, 2023 | 5:53 am

Augustus drilling returns 1.19% Li2O over 17.5 metres, says FE Battery

FE Battery owns 100% of the Augustus property, which covers…

Staff Writer | April 10, 2023 | 10:58 am

Commodity price surge spurs Australian explorers to get digging

Explorers listed on the ASX spent A$666 million in the three months to June 30, which was 34% above the two-year average.

Bloomberg News | September 15, 2021 | 10:47 am

Talon Metals hits record nickel, copper grades at Tamarack

Tamarack is currently the only high-grade development-stage nickel project in the US.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 15, 2021 | 9:01 am

Kutcho Copper expands high-grade BC resource, advances feasibility

The three deposits included in the FS have a combined measured and indicated resource of 22.9 million tonnes grading 1.5% copper and 2.2% zinc.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2021 | 9:53 am

Osisko drills new high-grade zone near Windfall with 2 metres of 67 g/t gold

The company's 50,000-metre drill program has confirmed the Golden Bear discovery zone (D1) and intersected two new mineralized zones.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2021 | 9:42 am

Taranis Resources’ BC bulk permitting tussle a provincial exploration industry boon

Mineral explorers in British Columbia could not get bulk sampling permits since the Mt Polley disaster of 2014.

Henry Lazenby | September 14, 2021 | 9:17 am

Artemis Gold feasibility study outlines $508m initial capex for Blackwater

The project has an initial capital estimate of $645 million, but it will pay for itself in the first 2.3 years of production.

Northern Miner Staff | September 13, 2021 | 10:43 am

SSR Mining drills 19 g/t gold over 7 metres at Seabee

SSR would welcome a significant mine life extension at Seabee because there is excess capacity at the mill.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 13, 2021 | 10:34 am

Lower than expected grades bite into Rainy River guidance for New Gold

Company has cut production guidance at its Rainy River gold mine in Ontario by about 10%.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 13, 2021 | 8:32 am

Spanish Mountain moves BC gold project forward with optimization and EA programs

The company has an active program of exploration drilling to expand the resources ahead of the feasibility study.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 9, 2021 | 10:59 am

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