November 10, 2023 Happy Creek permitted to expand exploration work at Fox tungsten project in BC The goal of the proposed 2023 to 2027 drilling campaign is to at least triple the existing tungsten resource.
November 7, 2023 What green energy transition? Half of mining still exploring for gold New study shows a $1.1 billion drop in gold exploration budgets this year as juniors struggle to raise capital, but the precious metal still accounts for 46% of the total.
November 2, 2023 Appian acquires mineral sands land package in Virginia Firm plans plans to de-risk and restart the mining operations, with the refurbishment of two existing mineral concentrator plants.
October 31, 2023 Fleet Space Technologies launches new ExoSphere features for global mineral exploration ExoSphere also awarded a Demonstrator Program contract by the Australian Space Agency to develop geophysical devices for locating water deposits on the Moon.
October 21, 2023 Strategic Minerals to ‘fight’ for reopening of suspended section at its Spanish tin-tantalum mine Strategic Minerals Europe issued a media statement saying it will push for the restart of section C of its Penouta tin-tantalum mine in northwestern Spain.
October 20, 2023 British Columbia government to create provincial critical minerals strategy The federal government last year launched a Canadian critical minerals strategy, backed by C$3.8 billion.
October 19, 2023 Quartz can help predict, manage wildfires The intensity of quartz luminescence is higher in sediments that have been exposed to wildfires.
October 12, 2023 Raising capital now biggest risk to stage.mining.companies after ESG The massive capital outlays required by the green energy transition have become a top mining boardroom agenda item, says new survey.
October 11, 2023 “New” mineral discovered in abandoned gold mine dumps A newly discovered mineral, named kanatzidisite, was recently unearthed in mining dumps of the abandoned Nagybörzsöny gold deposit in Hungary.
October 10, 2023 Key question: Which critical mineral will China ban next? The tech products we take for granted in our modern lives remain highly vulnerable to disruption.
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