First Cobalt extends mineralization at Iron Creek in Idaho
First Cobalt (TXSV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has extended copper-cobalt mineralization along strike at both its Waite zone and No Name zone, part of its Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho….
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Roxgold acquires Newcrest’s Seguila project in Cote d’Ivoire
Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) is purchasing from Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) a large and carefully assembled land package in Cote d’Ivoire that includes the Seguela gold project and its…
SEMAFO tables maiden resource of Bantou gold zone
SEMAFO (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) has tabled a maiden resource for the Bantou gold zone, located about 170 km south of its Mana gold mine in Burkina Faso, totalling 2.1…
Vale evacuates 500 people near Sul Superior tailings dam as ‘safety measure’
Vale (NYSE: VALE) is evacuating 500 people from an area below the Sul Superior dam, an upstream tailings dam that used to support production from the company’s Gongo Soco mine,…
Balmoral extends depth of Grasset deposit in Quebec
In the first expansion drilling since 2015 on its Grasset deposit in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Quebec, Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has extended the known depth of…
Gainey Capital confirms high grades at Las Margaritas
Gainey Capital’s (TSXV: GNC; US-OTC: GNYPF) first pass sampling at its newly-optioned Las Margaritas gold project in Durango, Mexico, sampled up to 40 grams gold per tonne and confirmed the…
Vale declares force majeure
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has declared force majeure on a series of iron ore and pellets sales contracts after a Brazilian state court ordered it to suspend production from its Brucutu…
Atlantic confirms gold extensions at Cochrane Hill
Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB; US-OTC: SPVEF) says recently completed diamond drilling at its Cochrane Hill gold deposit in Nova Scotia is confirming mineralization extensions initially identified in its 2018 drill…
OceanaGold forecasts similar production, slightly higher costs
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) says its mines in the Philippines, New Zealand and the U.S. will produce a total of between 500,000 and 550,000 oz. of gold and 14,000 to…
Glencore expects higher copper production in 2019
Commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has reported production figures for 2018 and confirmed 2019 guidance that implies a 14%-year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent production. Copper production reached 1.45 million tonnes in…
AME Roundup: Scheer promises to cut red tape
VANCOUVER — A Canadian government led by Andrew Scheer, the current leader of the official opposition Conservative Party of Canada, would repeal legislation currently before the Canadian Senate that he…
Lithium & Uranium Snapshot: Eight energized juniors on the move
While lithium and uranium markets were depressed in 2018, a rebound could occur, as demand pressures for both metals grow in the years ahead. Here’s a look at eight juniors…