Biden administration blocks Ambler road in Alaska
The road would provide access to untouched deposits of copper, zinc, lead, silver, and gold in northwestern Alaska.
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Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Ganfeng
Less than a week after Ganfeng Lithium filed an arbitration case against Mexico over a cancelled lithium mining concession, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government would seek…
AngloGold boosts investment in Brazil as it mulls Corrego’s fate
South African gold miner AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) plans to spend 1.1 billion reais (US$198 million) in Brazil this year, mainly on exploration. The company, which invested…
Skeena secures $1B finance package for Eskay Creek gold-silver development
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) is getting US$750 million ($1.02-billion) in funding from Orion Resource Partners to finish the Eskay Creek mine redevelopment in northern British Columbia. Orion will…
Gold Reserve raising US$30M to bid for Venezuela’s Citgo in asset seizure dispute
Gold Reserve (TSXV: GRZ; US-OTC: GDRZF), an exploration company that’s still trying to collect on what it’s owed by Venezuela for a 2008 expropriation of its Brisas gold project, is…
Agnico boosts stake in Maple Gold as companies end Quebec JV
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) has raised its stake in Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM) to just under 20% after the companies ended their 50-50 joint venture at…
Kenorland targets gold, lithium in first Ontario exploration program
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) said Monday it has started exploration in northwestern Ontario’s Red Lake district and Wabigoon subprovince. The work involves multiple regional-scale surface exploration programs at its South…
Gowest Gold to go private in deal that includes China-based investors
Citing tough financing markets, Canadian gold explorer Gowest Gold (TSXV: GWA) has agreed with a group of existing shareholders that collectively hold 91.5% of the company’s outstanding share capital to…
South Star nears startup of the Americas’ first new graphite mine in over 25 years
South Star Battery Metals (TSXV: STS) is preparing to start production at its flagship Santa Cruz graphite mine in Bahia, Brazil, within weeks. The company announced this week that it has…
Ecuador to approve Mirador copper mine expansion by August
Ecuador is in the final steps of approving an expansion for the Mirador copper mine, run by the local unit of Chinese consortium CRCC-Tongguan, EcuaCorriente, BNamericas has reported. Diego Ocampo,…
Agnico PEA projects $1B capex to go underground at Detour Lake
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) has posted a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for underground development at its Detour Lake open pit gold mine, in northeastern Ontario that pegs…
US energy storage market hits installation record in Q1
The U.S. energy storage market set a first-quarter record for capacity installed this year, with 1,265 megawatts (MW) deployed across all segments, a report by Wood Mackenzie and the American…