KMPG says Canadian miners are far more concerned than their global peers about the 'S' in ESG criteria.

Many juniors are on the hunt for ‘technology metals,’ a broad category that includes cobalt, copper, nickel, platinum group elements, graphite, lithium, rare earth elements, and silver, among others.

The drill program is taking place as construction of an open-pit mine at Magino advances toward expected first production in 2023.

All of the major investments in carbon capture have been in Alberta and Saskatchewan, in oil and gas and coal power.

Highlights included 4.41 metres grading 110.22 grams gold per tonne from one metre downhole.

Initial drilling this year has intercepted a shallow zone of gold-silver mineralization and a deeper zone of high-grade copper-silver mineralization.

The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems.