Equinox Gold sells Brazil mine, focuses on Canadian growth
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) has sold its Pilar gold mine in Brazil for US$38 million in cash as part of a portfolio optimization strategy that includes increasing its stake…
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Goldman Sachs calls copper “the new oil”
In a new report on copper, global investment bank Goldman Sachs says meeting the Paris climate goals and supporting the green transition away from fossil fuels and towards electrification will…
Glencore shareholders revolt over CEO’s pay
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis, one of Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) top shareholders, is pushing investors to vote against the company’s plans to pay its new chief executive Gary Nagle up to…
SilverCrest connects Babicanora veins at Las Chispas
As SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE: SILV) prepares to put its Las Chispas project in Sonora, Mexico into production by the second half of 2022, latest infill and expansion drill…
Almaden case headed to Mexico’s Supreme Court
An appeal of an April 2019 lower court ruling that jeopardized Almaden Minerals‘ (TSX: AMM; NYSE-AM: AAU) Ixtaca gold-silver project in Puebla state – and the validity of Mexico’s mining…
Anglo American to run South America mines 100% on renewables
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has signed a deal to run its Quellaveco copper mine in Peru 100% on renewables, effectively allowing the miner to deliver on its promise of powering all…
CRU World Copper Conference: Friedland on the new world order
Robert Friedland, the founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) gave a keynote presentation at this year’s virtual CRU World Copper Conference. Filmed from his home…
HighGold Mining steps out Johnson Tract in Alaska
Final results for nine holes drilled as part of a 16,418-metre, 32-hole drill program completed last year at HighGold Mining’s (TSXV: HIGH; US-OTC: HGGOF) gold-polymetallic project in southcentral Alaska expand…
Macquarie joins peers on bullish lithium prices outlook
Lithium shares are on a roll after investment bank Macquarie (ASX: MQG) joined peers in predicting a further increase in prices for the key battery metal driven by increasing demand…
Wesdome confirms Kiena gold resource with bulk sample
Ahead of an upcoming prefeasibility study expected this quarter on a restart of the Kiena mine complex in Quebec, Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) has announced the results of…
Eloro drill program continues to outline potential ‘world class’ silver-tin deposit in Bolivia
Eloro Resources (TSXV: ELO) has released results from five holes drilled at its Iska Iska silver-polymetallic deposit in southern Bolivia, where a 50,000-metre drill program is underway. Highlights from drilling…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Close encounters of the polar bear kind
Field geologists — those lucky souls — contend with a lot of wildlife. We hike, bang rocks, hike some more, eat lunch, watch cute critters: all very National Geographic. But…