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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
92 Energy launches winter drilling at uranium project in Athabasca Basin
Uranium explorer 92 Energy (ASX: 92E) has kicked off the winter drilling campaign at its Gemini uranium discovery target within Canada’s world-class Athabasca Basin, as it seeks to increase strike length. Initially, the program will comprise 4,000m of diamond drilling. To date, the Gemini uranium discovery has been defined over a 200m by 220m area […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ioneer now open to North American investors after listing on Nasdaq
Emerging lithium-boron supplier ioneer (ASX: INR) reports its American Depositary Receipts (ADR) have begun trading on New York’s Nasdaq exchange under ticker code ‘IONR’. As the company explains it, “North American investors can now support the clean energy supply chain as the US domestic electrification revolution via Nasdaq”. The ADR began trading on Thursday. ioneer’s […]
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 […]