Gold and silver had a fairly quiet week until Thursday (February 12), when both precious metals saw steep declines early in the day. The gold price, which had been steady above $5,000 an ounce and even briefly exceeded $5,100, plummeted by more than $100 and bottomed out around $4,900. Meanwhile, silver fell from more than […]
Latvian startup Deep Space Energy announced it has raised approximately $1.1 million in a combination of private investments and public financing to develop a radioisotope-based power generator designed to operate on the moon. The company closed a US$416,500 pre-seed round led by Outlast Fund and angel investor Linas Sargautis, a former co-founder of NanoAvionics. It […]
Against the backdrop of record high gold and silver prices, Next Big Rush creator Fabi Lara provided a timely reality check at this year’s Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. Addressing a packed room with a noticeable rush of first-time attendees, she urged investors to balance excitement with discipline as the commodity bull market accelerates. Lara framed […]
Energy Fuels (TSX:EFR,NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU) and Australian Strategic Materials (ASX:ASM,OTC Pink:ASMMF,OTCPL:ASMMF) have entered into an implementation deed, under which Energy Fuels proposes to acquire 100 percent of Australian Strategic Materials. The acquisition is intended to enable Energy Fuels to create a new “mine-to-metal and alloy rare earths champion” and includes Australian Strategic Materials’ Dubbo rare earths project […]
Laramide Resources (TSX:LAM,OTCQX:LMRXF) has withdrawn from a greenfield uranium exploration project in Kazakhstan, citing policy changes that it says have effectively closed the door to economically viable foreign investment in the country’s uranium sector. The Toronto-based company announced on Tuesday (Jan 20) It has terminated its option agreement with privately held Aral Resources for the […]
Gold prices remained fairly stable this week after last week’s brief rebound, trading largely between US$4,000 and US$4,100 per ounce during the period. Silver was more volatile, briefly jumping above the $52 per ounce level. The precious metals were under some pressure on Thursday (November 20) following the publication of US jobs figures from September. […]
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for PDAC 2026, taking place March 1-4, 2026 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto. The world’s leading meeting for mineral exploration and mining will once again unite industry leaders, investors, governments, students and indigenous communities for […]
American Uranium Limited (ASX:AMU, OTC:AMUIF) (American Uranium, AMU or the Company) is pleased to announce that hydrogeological testing has commenced at the Lo Herma ISR uranium project in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. The testing is being conducted by Petrotek Corporation, a leading injection well and subsurface resources consultancy with more than 28 years […]
Lithium. Uranium. Vanadium. Titanium. Iron. These are the essential building blocks of the clean energy era: powering electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, defense technologies and advanced manufacturing. They are also at the heart of a new industrial race that is reshaping investments, policies and geopolitics across North America. Across Canada’s vast northern provinces, reconnaissance teams […]
Thor Energy (ASX:THR,LSE:THR,OTCQB:THORF) has a binding agreement with US-based DISA Technologies to treat abandoned uranium mine waste in Colorado and also recover salable uranium and other crucial minerals. Under the agreement, DISA will deploy its patented High-Pressure Slurry Ablation (HPSA) technology at Thor’s uranium projects in Colorado, which are operated through its US subsidiary Standard […]