January 23, 2023

New geochemical data to support critical minerals exploration in British Columbia interior

Release adds to a public data set that now includes analytical results from over 1,500 till samples, filling in significant gaps in previous and historical sampling.

January 20, 2023

ChatGPT doesn’t know where the world’s copper comes from, AI images show mining stuck in the Great Depression

So much for data mining and machine learning.

January 20, 2023

Iron Ore Company of Canada donates 34 hectares of land to Labrador City

A parcel will be developed by the Town as a green space dedicated to senior citizens, the remaining to benefit the community.

January 19, 2023

NI 43-101 consultation shows divide between regulators and industry

In the wake of the Bre-X Minerals gold salting fraud of the 1990s, Canada's regulators National Instrument 43-101. But it isn't perfect.

January 18, 2023

Use tech jobs to attract women to industry, Future Minerals forum panel says

The industry needs to encourage mentors, adjust mindsets and offer technology jobs to boost the level of women from just 8% of the global mining workforce.

January 17, 2023

How abandoned mines can become clean energy storage systems

A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions.

January 17, 2023

Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023

A recent Harvard study indicates 81% of institutional investors in the US and 83.6% in Europe plan to increase their ESG allocations over the next two years.

January 16, 2023

‘Era of trust’ is over, says VRIC’s Jay Martin, as mining juniors head for Vancouver shores

The trust that allowed for global trade over the last 30 years has shifted irreversibly, and countries are now scrambling to secure supplies of natural resources as a matter of…

January 15, 2023

Former gold mine to host largest underground caverns in history

The site, located under the Black Hills of South Dakota, will host the largest neutrino experiment in history.

January 13, 2023

The view from England: Space rocks and rockets, the final frontier

Space never ceases to fascinate, whether it is our reaching the extra-terrestrial or the extra-terrestrial reaching us.