Robin Bromby
Robin has worked in journalism for 58 years, with 32 of those involving covering resource companies. Previously a reporter for The Australian, Robin has authored countless newspaper columns on mining and oil juniors and has published many books about mining and investing.
Canadian silver producers seek recognition of critical mineral status as deficits continue
A group of 19 Canadian silver miners is asking the federal government in Ottawa to recognise silver as a critical mineral as the country’s producers boost production to C$300 million per year. Acknowledging that the second half of the 20th century saw silver production in Canada decline due to economic factors and falling grades, the […]
New Found intersects bonanza grade gold in Newfoundland, assays as high as 756.96g/t
Vancouver-based New Found Gold (NYSE: NFGC) continues to improve its Newfoundland story with the first diamond drill hole at its Iceberg discovery producing a bonanza grade hit just 35 from surface. While the overall assay of 27.05m at 105 grams per tonnes gold is impressive in itself, so too are the higher-grade intervals. And while […]
Canadian lithium projects attract growing interest from Australian explorers
Australian explorers look like they’re leaving no lithium stone unturned as they continue to peg ground in Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada, chasing the battery metal’s hot future in the electrification revolution. Continuing forecasts of severe lithium shortages by 2030 — just seven years hence — are fuelling market enthusiasm for new exploration stories. […]
Mining survey reveals top 20 global jurisdictions for companies to operate in
Three countries dominate the latest Fraser Institute global mining survey with Nevada, Western Australia and Saskatchewan taking out the top most favoured places to be exploring or mining. The Toronto-based think tank’s annual ratings are closely watched for who’s up, who’s down — and who’s out the back door (this year that includes New Zealand […]
Global battle shaping up for supply of lithium
The lithium sector has been hit with two battles in so many days as countries take positions to control supply. Suddenly, it seems the playing field is undergoing significant changes that will soon have end users — and particularly the automakers revving up their electric vehicle output — with increasing concerns about supplies. However, Australia […]
Orbit Garant pioneer Pierre Alexandre confirmed in top spot at drilling major
Major Canadian drilling company Orbit Garant (OTC: OBGRF) has confirmed the permanent appointment of Pierre Alexandre as its president and chief executive officer – a role he has been filling on an interim basis since last November. Mr Alexandre has a long history in the drilling business and now helms Orbit Garant, which has 216 […]
Europe poised to enter rare earths race after major discovery in Sweden
With no internal supply, vast numbers of European industries have been reliant on China for rare earths, until now. That may now be on the way to changing with the announcement by the Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB that it has identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth oxides in the Kiruna area […]
Copper Mountain Mining hit by ransomware, second major attack on copper producer
In a development that will send shockwaves through the mining industry, it seems that metal producers might be a new target for ransomware criminals. Copper Mountain Mining (ASX: C6C) has put its Canadian treatment plant on “preventative” shutdown after being hit by a ransomware attack. It has released no details of the cyber-attack on its […]
York Harbour Metals hits more copper-zinc in effort to revive 124-year-old Newfoundland mine
Toronto-based York Harbour Metals (OTC: YORKF) has drilled through copper and zinc-rich volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS) at its flagship York Harbour copper-zinc-silver project in western Newfoundland. The historic mine operated between 1898 and 1913 and has remain closed ever since despite five separate exploration programs between 1953 and 1992, all of which resulted in a […]
Western vaults drained of silver to meet soaring Indian demand
Traditionally, India’s precious metal dealers have received their gold shipments by air, but their silver normally came by sea. That made sense due to the relative values per ounce of the two metals (with the gold:silver ratio now at 1:77). However, such is the demand for silver in 2022 that this metal, too, is now […]
Ascot Resources hits 488g/t gold at Big Missouri gold-silver deposit
Vancouver-based Ascot Resources (OTCQX: AOTVF) has drilled its highest-grade gold intercept in five years – unveiling a 1m interval at 488 grams per tonne gold at its Big Missouri deposit. This was within a broader 7.9m intersection grading 62.76g/t gold and 27.36gt silver, which was one of numerous successful holes in the latest drill program […]
Lithium Chile increases brine resource by 81% after bringing on second production well
Calgary-based Lithium Chile (OTCQB: LTMCF) has increased the total resource at its Salar de Arizaro brine project in Argentina to 2.587 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent, which up 81% on the previous estimate. Of that, 1.337Mt of contained lithium carbonate equivalent is within the indicated category, with the balance classified as inferred. The latest […]
Atalaya Mining unveils new massive sulphide discovery in southern Spain
Single commodity focused Atalaya Mining (TSX: AYM) is reporting some high-grade copper intercepts from its Proyecto Masa Valverde (PMV) project in southern Spain, including a potential new massive sulphide discovery at the Mojarra Trend. The company says the newly discovered Mojarra Trend is “very promising”. A second hole at the previously undrilled area at the […]
Austral Gold picks-up stake in ASX-listed explorer after sale of non-core Argentine silver project
Toronto-listed Austral Gold (TSX-V: AGLD) is topping up its cash, snaring a strategic stake in budding silver play E2 Metals (ASX: E2M), and is now free to focus on its core projects. Austral (ASX: AGD), which is also listed in Australia, will pocket US$5 million and take a 19.99% holding in E2 Metals by selling […]
Laramide Resources poised to crest the nuclear energy wave
A “company maker” project in Queensland, strategically located exploration assets in the US, and an America determined to become more self-sufficient in uranium — that, in a nutshell, is the story behind Laramide Resources (OTCQX: LMRXF) and its plan to be a key player in an increasingly energy hungry world. As president and chief executive […]
Grounded Lithium expands the exploration boundaries in Saskatchewan
Just over a month ago Grounded Lithium Corporation (TSX-V: GRD) completed only the second well drilled in Saskatchewan province specifically aimed at finding lithium. The well was drilled at Grounded Lithium’s Kindersley project as part of its search for lithium brine mineralisation. Saskatchewan has been drilled long and hard for most everything else — potash, […]
Flying Nickel Mining poised to become producer of two key battery metals
With the world depending heavily on China and Russia for its vanadium, and the supply chains from both of those countries now threatened by geopolitics, the importance of increasing Western production is becoming more urgent. Vancouver-based Flying Nickel Mining Corporation (TSX-V: FLYN / OTCQB: FLYNF) has entered into a non-binding agreement to acquire the Gibellini […]
Uranium stocks in the Athabasca Basin
If you want to see two sides to the uranium coin – just take a look at Canada and Australia. North of the 49th parallel in North America, there is a hive of mining and exploration activity. And the centre of that activity is the 100,000 square kilometre Athabasca Basin, which spans the northern parts […]
Goldman Sachs sends shockwave through battery metals markets
Prices of ASX-listed lithium stocks cratered on Wednesday after US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs issued a prediction that key battery metals are heading for a sharp correction. A sector that has seemingly been on a long upward tear was stopped in its tracks by the Goldman Sachs report forecasting cobalt and lithium in particular, were […]
US Defense Department seeks to fund mining and processing in Australia and UK
In a bid to reduce its reliance on China for critical metals, the US Department of Defense is seeking Congressional approval to finance mining and processing of strategic metals, particularly, lithium and rare earths, in Australia. The US department also wants the United Kingdom to be similarly classified, as it now refines the key battery […]