Canada Nickel expands Crawford holdings

In this interview with The Mining Report, Desormeaux notes that lithium is less dependent on short-term economic cycles than commodities like oil and copper, and says demand for lithium will grow faster than the global economy.

Additional help from lower exploration expenditures and higher income tax recovery

A new intermediate precious metals producer.

187% increase in indicated resource tonnage; 226% increase in indicated Nb2O5

"We've seen a lot of people who were involved with the initial diamond rush in the early 90s come back to us."

The PDAC hosts the world's biggest trade show next month.

For the companies that are doing well, it is a good time to grow within their markets.

Building the mine would require about 1,000 people. It would then employ 750 once running.

The mining industry employed more than 380,000 people in 2013, accounting for one in every 47 jobs in Canada.