Cameco plans restart of McArthur River mine, Key Lake mill this year
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) is restarting its McArthur River mine and Key Lake mill in Saskatchewan this year, marking a slow easing of the company’s supply discipline as the…
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Candente Copper envisages 28-year, open-pit mine at Canariaco Norte in Peru
Candente Copper (TSX: DNT; BVL: DNT; US-OTC: CDOUF) expects to produce 173 million lb. copper a year from its 100% owned Cañariaco Norte copper-gold-silver project 700 km northwest of Lima…
Ontario confirms link between Parkinson’s and McIntyre powder historically inhaled by miners
The Ontario government has formally recognized that an aluminium and aluminium oxide powder called McIntyre powder, which many Ontario miners were required to inhale as a preventive step against silicotic…
Latin Metals signs option agreement with Barrick Gold for properties in Argentina
A wholly owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has signed an option agreement to acquire up to an 85% interest in Latin Metal’s (TSXV: LMS; US-OTC: LMSQF)…
Top mining association to set up protocol to tackle discrimination, sexism by year-end
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) plans to introduce measures that will “propel” its members to be “more transparent” on issues like sexual harassment and discrimination by the end of…
Fortuna Silver’s San Jose EIA in Mexico extended by two years instead of 12
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) announced that Mexico’s environment ministry made a “typographical error” in the environment impact authorization (EIA) renewal of its San Jose mine in Oaxaca…
i-80 Gold strikes high-grade gold at Granite Creek, expands drill program
i-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; US-OTC: IAUCF) said it intersected “high-grade gold” in the South Pacific Zone of its Granite Creek project, located in the Potosi mining district of Humboldt County…
Mining companies give up claims in Peel Watershed Planning Region in Yukon
Seven mining companies, including Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) and Atac Resources (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF), have agreed to give up their mining claims in the Peel Watershed Planning…
Rockcliff Metals PEA foresees underground mines at its Tower and Rail projects in Manitoba
Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF; US-OTC: RKCLF) has released a preliminary economic assessment for its 100% owned Tower and Rail projects located in central Manitoba’s Flin Flon-Snow Lake Greenstone belt. The…
Coast Copper releases assay results from Empire mine property
Coast Copper (TSX-V: COCO) has intersected high grade copper and gold at its Raven Bluff and Raven pit targets, 200 metres north of the past-producing Merry Widow open pit mine…
The Top Ten 2021 financings of juniors headquartered in B.C.
With AME Roundup in Vancouver starting this week and running through February 3, we’re taking a look at the top ten largest financings completed last year by junior exploration companies…
JV Article: Defense Metals’ Wicheeda rare earths project poised to become the Next REE producer in North America
When Defense Metals (TSXV: DEFN) acquired 100% ownership of its flagship Wicheeda rare earth elements deposit in British Columbia this month, it was the latest in a series of milestones…