Featured Image: Protesters gathered outside Rio Tinto’s Perth office after the blasting of the Juukan caves. (Photo: SBS Australia) You will hopefully remember that the mongrels at Rio Tinto (LSE:RIO, ASX:RIO, NYSE:RIO) blasted two 46,000-year-old Aboriginal rock shelters of enormous cultural and technological significance into oblivion earlier this year, when they absolutely did not need […]
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Project of the Week: Mawson Gold Continue to Rock Australia
This weeks ‘Project of the Week’ takes on the plural form. I chatted to Mike Hudson, CEO of Mawson Gold, about their recently acquired Australian projects. Mawson began their exploration in Finland and have had success with Rompas-Rajapalot which is now NI 43-101 complaint and the most advanced Gold-Cobalt project in Finland. They expanded their […]
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King of the Mining Ring 2020: Results
Video Replay: Watch the full show here if you’d like to see the battle as it happened… Beware scrollers, spoilers below! Happy Friday y’all! Today there’s a few sore heads in the Spotlight camp as we celebrated the end of our 3 month ‘King of the Ring’ tournament last night. I want to start […]
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LATAM Showdown and a Rio Wrist Slap
Drill season jukebox: There’s really not much Aussie music in my library… For those who lost a bit of their heritage this week, the best I can offer are: ‘The Cat Empire’ (More cowbell calls at 7:30) Featured Image: Rio Tinto were given permission to blast Juukan Gorge 1 and 2 under Section 18 of […]
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Tales from the Covid Bunker: Day 39
End of the world Jukebox: As the days go on and on… South African band Seether – Same Damn Life. I was really confused watching this video for the first time, I really thought there were 2 singers back-forthing the high and low lines in the verses… Featured image: Taken on a site vist in […]
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Special Feature: What’s Happening with EV’s – Specifically Cobalt?
A Spotlight Special Feature: Timothy Strong – Project Development Manager – Global Energy Metals Corporation I have held an interest in the electric vehicle (‘EV’) sector and the battery metal space long before joining the team at Global Energy Metals Corp. (TSXV: GEMC | OTCQB:GBLEF) earlier this year. However, since joining this ambitious, industry minded […]
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The Mining Mongrel: April Review (Part 2)
Featured Image: Ironridge Resources’ drill team Continuing on from previous last week, the metals and mining sector has seen more of the same, with few new changes to mine closures or government shutdowns. The most dramatic pace in the market has been Uranium, with supply having significantly being impacted with the restrictions in Namibia, the […]
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The Newest Oldest Mining Districts
Paul Kuhn, Lucy Crane and Mike Hudson talk about how modern technology and exploration is breathing life into historic mining districts – Join our weekly events at www.spotlightmining.com/register
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Tales from the Covid Bunker: Day 20
End of the world Jukebox: William Shatner – Common People Don’t forget: tomorrow at 16:00 GMT (09:00 PST) we’ll be hosting ‘Around the World with Corona’. A panel of our friends including Jorge Sanhueza, Paul Metcalfe (Auramex) and Tim Strong (Kangari) will discuss their regions of choice and how the current market downturn has impacted […]
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A long chat with Paul Metcalfe, VPX at Auramex Resource Corp… Why drilling is often a huge waste of money and why many juniors neglect first principle geology in their programs.
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