Lundin Mining to buy Yamana’s Chapada mine in Brazil
Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN; NASDAQ: LUMI) proposed acquisition of Yamana Gold’s (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) Chapada copper-gold mine in Brazil for US$800 million in cash will boost its copper production…
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American Pacific signs JV with OceanaGold
In its fourth joint-venture deal in Nevada over the last six months, OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) will invest US$4 million for the next four years to earn a 51%…
Thor secures US$78M for Segilola in Nigeria
Thor Explorations (TSXV: THX) estimated in a definitive feasibility study two months ago that pre-production capital expense to build an open-pit mine at its Segilola gold project in Nigeria would…
Sigma Lithium, Japan’s Mitsui form strategic alliance
In 2012, A10, a leading Brazilian M&A and private equity firm, used its personal capital and partners’ funds to back Sigma Lithium Resources (TSXV: SGMA; US-OTC: SGMLF) and its hard-rock…
TSX Venture posts marginal gain, April 1-5: Cantex, Filo, Ximen
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 0.47% to 629.81. Cantex Mine Development — whose chairman is Charles Fipke — posted the biggest gain, rising 94¢ to $3.43. The company announced…
TSX rises, April 1-5: Kirkland Lake, Labrador Iron Ore, North American Palladium
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.83% to 16,396.15. Spot gold finished the week at US$1,291.40 per oz., down 60¢ from the previous week. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 0.91%…
First Cobalt produces battery grade sulfate
Most refined cobalt used in the electric vehicle market is produced in Asia, but First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC FTSSF) intends to start refining the metal into battery-grade cobalt sulphate…
Chakana Copper advances Soledad in Peru
Since exploration began in August 2017 at its Soledad copper-gold-silver project in Peru, Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU; US-OTC: CHKKF) has drilled four of 17 confirmed breccia pipes, pinpointed another 12…
Kutcho fast tracks copper-zinc project in BC
Since closing the acquisition of its namesake high-grade copper-zinc project in northern British Columbia in December 2017, Kutcho Copper (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF) has completed a field season of data…
Ivanhoe tests area near Kamoa North discovery hole
In January, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) reported a 22-metre intercept of 13.05% copper at a 2% cut-off in a shallow, flat-lying discovery sitting within 190 metres of surface…
Guyana Goldfields’ reserves drop 43% with new deposit model
The amount of gold in proven and probable reserves at Guyana Goldfields’ (TSX: GUY) Aurora mine in Guyana has been lowered 1.69 million oz., compared with estimates a year ago,…
Corvus Gold chips away at North Bullfrog-Mother Lode
Before he founded International Tower Hill Mines (TSX: ITH; NYSE-AM: THM) in the mid-2000s and discovered the Livengood deposit in Alaska — a development project that now has an estimated…