This post was originally published on this site.Mining projects dominate the investment prospectus Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will put before global investors in Toronto next week, reported to account for 63 of its 167 opportunities. LithiumBank Resources (TSXV: LBNK; US-OTC: LBNKF) became the latest miner to confirm its place Friday. Its Boardwalk lithium brine project, 270 km northwest of Edmonton, is included in the 66-page booklet prepared for the Sept. 14-15 Canada Investment Summit. “[Foreign investors] look at Canada as a stable jurisdiction,” Lance Rishor, head of Macquarie Capital in Canada, told The Miner last month. “They look at...

This post was originally published on this site.The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) this week selected four projects for $73 million in funding through DOE’s Mine of the Future initiative to establish domestic testing grounds for innovative mining technologies.   The projects will accelerate the commercialization of mining technologies, upgrade domestic mining capabilities, and build on the US’ mission to secure America’s critical minerals supply chains, CMEI said. “Investing in moving cutting-edge mining technologies out of the lab and into the field will help unleash America’s vast mineral resources,” US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a news release.   “These investments will prove...