DRC to slap export quotas on cobalt
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world’s largest cobalt producer accounting for three-quarters of output, plans to place export quotas on the battery metal after setting a four-month ban…
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Abitibi’s B26 hits high-grade copper in Quebec
Drilling at Abitibi Metals’ (CSE: AMQ; US-OTC: AMQFF) main B26 polymetallic project in western Quebec has returned results as high as 13.25% copper, the company reported Wednesday. Shares rose. Highlight…
Atex rises on best copper-gold assay yet at Valeriano
Drilling at Atex Resources’ (TSXV: ATX) Valeriano copper-gold project in northern Chile returned results as high as 2.21% copper – the company’s highest-grade intersection yet in mineralized porphyry at the…
Collective soars again as Agnico invests $63M
Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) hit a fresh one-year high after the company secured a $63.4 million investment from Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) in a share offering and…
Aris earnings rise on gold price as output falls at Colombia mines, annual results show
Adjusted earnings for Aris Mining (TSX: ARIS; NYSE: ARMN) gained slightly last year over 2023 even though total gold output at its two mines in Colombia fell by almost the…
Collective shares hit 12-month peak on high-grade Ramp zone assay
Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) shares rose 12.5% Thursday and hit a 12-month high after the company reported the best intercept yet in the recently-discovered Ramp zone at its Guayabales…
Meteoric Resources takes crown for world’s largest clay-hosted rare earths project
Meteoric Resources’ (ASX: MEI) update of its Caldeira rare earths project in Brazil makes its 1.1 billion-tonne resource the largest ionic adsorption clay deposit in the world by tonnage and…
Outcrop Silver logs high grade hits at Santa Ana
Outcrop Silver & Gold (TSXV: OCG; US-OTC: OCGSF) booked hits as high as 1,913 grams silver per tonne from step-out drilling south of the main resource at its Santa Ana…
AbraSilver shares rise on high-grade hits at Diablillos
AbraSilver Resource (TSX: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) cut intervals grading higher than 205 grams silver per tonne in the completed stage four drilling at its Diablillos project in northwest Argentina. Shares…
Meridian hikes Cabaçal gold-copper project value by 71% in Brazil after new study
A new report for Meridian Mining’s (TSX: MNO; US-OTC: MRRDF) Cabaçal gold-copper-silver project in west-central Brazil boosts its post-tax net present value (NPV) more than two-thirds over a 2023 study…
Infographic: Major mining infrastructure across Canada
Rich mineral deposits must be accessible before they can be properly developed. In some cases that means building large-scale and expensive road and power networks across the vastness of Canada….
Cloud computing, AI can shorten energy transition, Seequent panel says
The path to the fourth industrial revolution and the green energy transition is best paved by integrating more technology into mining, industry panellists said this week at an event in…