Glencore confirms 19 artisanal miners dead in DRC
Glencore (LON: GLEN) says 19 illegal artisanal miners have died, “with possible further unconfirmed fatalities,” when two galleries caved in at Kamoto Copper Co.’s KOV open-pit copper mine in the…
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Orla completes study on Camino Rojo in Mexico
Orla Mining’s (TSX: OLA) Camino Rojo open-pit project in Zacatecas, Mexico, would produce 97,000 oz. gold annually over seven years and could be built for US$123 million, a new feasibility…
Glencore to support First Cobalt’s refinery in Ontario
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has taken a major step toward becoming the only producer of refined cobalt in North America. The company, which plans to restart its hydrometallurgical…
Global Energy Metals expands Nevada footprint
Global Energy Metals (TSXV: GEMC; US-OTC: GBLEF) struck an option agreement in January with Nevada Sunrise Gold (TSXV: NEV) to acquire 85% of the historic Lovelock cobalt mine and nearby…
US Dept. of Commerce recommends uranium quota: Bloomberg report
Shares of Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR) and Ur-Energy (TSX: URE) moved higher on a report from Bloomberg that the U.S. Department of Commerce is recommending that Washington take measures to…
Integra upgrades resource at DeLamar in Idaho
In less than 18 months since acquiring the DeLamar project in southwestern Idaho, Integra Resources (TSXV: ITR; US-OTC: IRRZF) has upgraded 90% of its global resource from the inferred to…
Pala Investments offers $501M for Cobalt 27
Battery metals-focused Cobalt 27 Capital (TSXV: KBLT; US-OTC: CBLLF) has come a long way since listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in June 2017. The company has a cobalt stream…
B2Gold plans expansion of Fekola
After acquiring the Fekola gold project in southwestern Mali through a merger with Papillon Resources in 2014, B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) started building the mine in 2015 and poured…
TSX posts marginal gain, June 10-14: Serabi, Avesoro, Stornoway
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.44% to 16,301.91. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 3.44% to 75.85, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index was up 3.52% to 109.49. Spot…
TSX Venture falls, June 10-14: Alexandria, Bonterra, Great Bear, Eagle Graphite
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.46% to 587.84 during the trading week. An unsolicited takeover offer for Alexandria Minerals from Agnico Eagle Mines sent the junior’s shares up 66.7%…
US markets move higher, June 10-14: Rio Tinto, Alamos Gold, Osisko Gold Royalties
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.41% to finish at 26,089.61, and the S&P 500 Index moved up 0.47% to 2,886.98. Spot gold rose 0.01% to US$1,341.10 per oz. gold….
GoviEx prepares Madaouela for higher uranium prices
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) received the permits needed to build its flagship Madaouela project in Niger three years ago, but lagging uranium prices have kept development in check….