It is difficult to tell how mining investment will do in a country, but there is a concise rubric you could use to divine the news.
In this week's On the Rocks, Emily King speaks with American Rare Earth's President Marty Weems to discuss the global scramble over rare earth...
Prospector recently hosted a demonstration on how to use Prospector for PDAC, with Phil Hopwood, principal of KWR Capital.
Prospector's Head of Content and Marketing Nicholas LePan sat down with the President and CEO of Cassiar Gold Corp., Marco Roque, to discuss gold and...
Renewable technology such as EVs, solar power and batteries increasingly attract investment, but the minerals and metals that build this tech are not.
A mineral deposit is finite and so are the taxes governments derive from a project. This infographic takes a look at the choices a government needs...
Prospector's founder Emily King sat down with Hugh Brown, a best-selling author and photographer, to discuss artisanal miners in the developing world.
Nuclear fuel conversion is where the U.S. and allied countries still rely on Russia, according to a new paper from Columbia University.
In April 2022, the Wilson Center hosted a panel discussion concerning Russia’s war and global food, energy, and mineral supply chains.
Article 27 would have given the state exclusive mining rights over lithium, rare earth metals, and hydrocarbons and a majority stake in copper mines.
Prospector's founder Emily King sat down with the CEO of Lomiko's Metals, Belinda Labatte to discuss the optimistic future for critical minerals.
Mining companies lost interest in tin decades ago because they believed it reached its peak, but a renewable future is changing the metal's prospects.
At the Future Minerals Forum 2022, Prospector's founder, Emily King, discussed the possible solutions to increase female participation in mining.
Learn how to leverage Prospector to find buried mining information quickly and efficiently.
The London Metals Exchange suspended trading of its nickel contract not over concerns in Russia, but because of a bet went wrong.
A chart reveals the supply problem of the mining industry, using cobalt as a dramatic example.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the most dangerous realignment of global supply chains in a generation, one the United States may not be ready...
Russia is more than oil and gas, it is a major supplier of metals and minerals. What would happen if those supplies were no longer available for sale?
The price of potash and fertilizers were already heading towards multi-year highs but Western sanctions threaten global supplies and prices.
For the top 10 deals, over ~95 Moz of gold switched hands in 2021 valued at over $17.5 billion.
Carbon taxes may not be a bad word in the mining industry, at least according to a new paper in Nature that reveals the industry’s low carbon...
Prospector’s database comprises over 4,900 technical reports tagged by metal(s). Using this data, we can see what metals are on the TSX and TSX...
The leader of Canada’s opposition party is demanding a national security review of the Neo Lithium takeover by China’s Zijin Mining.
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) are home to 43% of the world’s publicly-listed mining companies.
Gabriel Boric, a 35-year old former student leader, became Chile’s next president defeating right-wing opponent Jose Antonio Kast.
The International Monetary Fund outlines a net-zero carbon future could generate US$13 trillion in revenue from copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt.
One South African researcher is looking into the use of hemp to clean the soil around abandoned and polluted gold mining areas. The pollution is the...
Former Natural Resources Editor of Visual Capitalist, as Editor and Head of Content
Recent discoveries and successful mine constructions are changing the fortunes for Ecuador's mining industry and potential investors.
One month before COP25, some of the world's top miners committed to a goal of net zero direct and indirect carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner.
The US is narrowing the gap with China in the race to dominate the battery value chain.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) ranked the United States second in its 2021projections for the Global Lithium-ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking.
Barrick's Mark Bristow built his reputation on mining deals, but at the recent MINExpo conference in Las Vegas he said his focus is on building new...
The price of uranium is melting up to the highest level since 2015 due in part to Sprott's new fund pushing prices to meme-worthy highs.
A military coup in Guinea briefly threatened one of the world's leading suppliers of aluminum, causing prices to spike.
Earlier this month, Australian miner BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) through a subsidiary entered into an agreement to acquire all the...
Prospector Launches Industry-first Mobile App That Allows Investors And Mining Companies to Research, Match, And Connect
The EV future ever creeps closer and so does its material impact. The auto industry will have to rely on the mining industry to provide the lithium,...
Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML) increased production from its T-zone starter pit at the Nechalacho rare earths mine in Canada’s Northwest...
Australian Miner BHP (NYSE: BHP, LSE: BHP, ASX: BHP) has entered into an agreement to acquire junior mining company Noront Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:...
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) may begin excavation work at its Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada.
China’s Ganfeng Lithium announced on Friday it made an ~US$280-million offer to buy Millennial Lithium (TSX: MLE).
McEwen Mining (NYSE, TSX: MUX) announced plans to spin out two assets into a new company, McEwen Copper, and plans to raise $80 million.
General Motors announced plans to work with a California-based lithium extraction and geothermal energy company, Controlled Thermal Resources
According to Gerry Shih of the Washington Post, on May 21, economic officials in Beijing vowed to “crack down on bitcoin mining and trading.” This...
Bloomberg reports that Russian metals company MMC Norilsk Nickel is financing an offering of exchange-traded commodities, nickel and copper.
Ganfeng Lithium (US: GNENF, SHE: 002460, HKG: 1772), one of the world’s top lithium producers, said on June 11, it would sell around USD$630 million...
Volkswagen's Chief Technology Officer Thomas Schmall in an interview highlighted its battery ambitions with an investment in US-based QuantumScape.
An order sent to miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 26 banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate.
In an analyst note sent to investors on Tuesday, May 18, JPMorgan hinted that institutional investors are going back to gold, as the price of Bitcoin...
Chile’s state miner Codelco is in the midst of a 10-year, $40-billion initiative to upgrade its wide network of aging operations, which suffer rom...
Increasing metals prices puts profits in miners' pockets, but they risk slowing the energy transition to renewables.
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI, NYSE: FSM) and Roxgold (TSX: ROXG, US-OTC: ROGFF) have agreed to a "business combination" in which Fortuna will spend...
Orocobre (ASX:ORE, TSX:ORL) and Galaxy Resources (ASX:GXY) entered into a merger agreement where Orocobre will acquire Galaxy.
The first-round winner of Peru’s presidential election, Pedro Castillo wants to renegotiate mining contracts rather than seize assets, said an...
Rio Tinto (ASX: LON, NYSE: RIO) has started lithium production from waste rock at a test plant located at a borates mine in California.
Automaker BMW has officially signed a Eur285 million ($334.4 million) deal with US-based Livent for the supply of lithium directly to BMW's battery...
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has begun a 9,000-metre exploration drill program.
At the 2021 PDAC conference, keynote speaker Laura Tyler, Chief Technical Officer for BHP, noted that she sees the mineral exploration industry...
Elon Musk has called nickel Tesla’s “biggest concern.”
NexGen Resources (TSX-V: NXE) announced the closing of a financing for CDN$150 million, led by Canaccord Genuity.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Bristow revealed that the grass on the other side is expensive and ignores the company’s own copper projects’ green...
A Powerful Combination of Interactive Geospatial Mapping and AI-Powered Search and Insights Modernizes Research and Investment in Mining
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) plans to conduct a $16-million exploration program on its Western Foreland exploration licenses.
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart buys into a German lithium project being developed to bring the battery chemical to Europe for the continent’s...
DeepGreen Metals, a company exploring the ocean for polymetallic nodules has released a resource from its ocean floor exploration contract.
Legendary mining financier, Robert Friedland, speaking at British Columbia's Association for Mineral Exploration conference, outlined that a post...
Norway is preparing for an environmental impact study needed to open areas of its seabed mineral exploration and production.
TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) efforts to sell its Hope Bay Gold Project to Shandong Gold Mining had been abruptly ended by the Canadian Government,...
The Greenstone Gold Mines Partnership is developing the Hardrock mine gold project in Northern Ontario.
Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO, ASX: RIO, NYSE: RIO) is entering the lithium business with its Jadar project in Serbia.
According to Goldman Sach analyst Nicholas Snowdon, the current price strength is not an “irrational aberration” but rather the first leg of a bull...
Endeavour Mining Corp. (TSE: EDV) is acquiring Teranga Gold Corp. (TSE: TGV) in an all-stock deal valued at about $2.4 billion.
Canada’s Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) has begun construction at its wholly-owned Santa Luz gold mine in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI) (NYSE/LON: AUY) is growing its position in the Abitibi Greenstone belt of Québec, Canada, by acquiring Monarch Gold (TSX:...
Pure Gold Mining (TSX-V: PGM, LSE: PUR) has released results from its surface and underground exploration program at its PureGold Mine (formerly...
Josemaria Resources (TSX: JOSE, Nasdaq Stockholm: JOSE) published a feasibility study prepared by Fluor Canada with SRK Consulting (Canada), and...
Global Mining Expert, Futurist, and Frontier Market ‘Explorer’, Emily King, Launches “On the Rocks” Podcast to Combine Adventures in Geology, Future...
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (TSX:KL) (NYSE:KL) (ASX:KLA) announced on Oct. 12, 2020, production results for the third quarter and first nine months of...
New site features dynamic search of technical reports and access to information on sustainability
An Industry-First Combination of Technology will Streamline Complex, Segmented Data and Revolutionize and Modernize Research and Investment in Mining
Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG; US-OTC: RGLSF) and Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) ink deal that grants Osisko rights on existing royalties...
The AI-Powered Search Engine Promises to Bolster Analog Gold’s Growth in “Undervalued” Mining Market
Newmont Corp. (TSX: NGT) and Agnico Eagle (TSX: AEM) have come together to form a 50-50 Joint Venture.
Companies Will Develop New Maps to Give Prospector Subscribers a User-Friendly Way to Explore Mining Companies and Projects
Agreement allows for faster access to information, transparency and a growing investor base
Female-Founded Technology Company Gives Everyone A User-Friendly Way to Explore and Invest in Global Mining Projects, From Large Institutions to...
The newly launched Prospector platform uses technology to increase access to information and capital for the mining industry.
The newly launched Prospector platform uses technology to increase access to information and capital for the mining industry.