Standard Lithium: Going where the right brine project is

V.SLL, Standard Lithium

Towards the end of our interview, Robert Mintak CEO of Standard Lithium (V.SLL), laid out Standard’s criteria for evaluating lithium opportunities, “You have to get the right project,” he said, “There needs to be infrastructure. You need a workforce. You need to access to water and reagents. You have to consider the jurisdiction and the permitting rules. Utilizing modern selective extraction, you need to not only pump large volumes of brine, you need to know if you will be allowed to re-inject the processed brine.” read more

DXI Energy: Doing First Nations Right

Canada gold, junior mining companies

While you will hear some miners and energy guys complain about First Nations issues the fact is that First Nations people simply want a fair share of the economic activity on their lands. Plus, in Northern BC or the Yukon, First Nations are a readily available source of the workforce mining and energy companies need. read more

Great Infographic on Copper

Canada gold, junior mining companies

Over at the Visual Capitalist, Jeff Desjardins has a fact filled infographic up on copper. More specifically, the fact that copper demand is going to soar in the face of the need to build grid capacity, power electric cars and generally move towards an all electric future. read more

Bayhorse Silver Commences Operations in the “Big Dog” Historic Workings at the Bayhorse Silver Mine, Oregon, USA

Bayhorse silver, V.BHS
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Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – May 1, 2018) – Bayhorse Silver Inc. (TSXV: BHS) (the “Company” or “Bayhorse”) has extended the new main production haulage drift at the Bayhorse Mine from the Mine portal over 700 feet to nearly the most westerly end of the historic mine workings. A crosscut I drift has been extended into the historic Big Dog Zone from the haulage way, where in 1984, Silver King Mines reported mining 5,718 tons grading an average 16.7 oz/t silver using a 6 oz/t silver cut-off grade. read more