US gov’t approves Ambler access road in Alaska
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved the development of the northern route to provide access to the Ambler mining district in northwest Alaska. According to South32 (ASX: S32)…
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Editorial: Gold and silver fire on all cylinders
The stars continue to align for precious metal prices, driven higher by unprecedented economic and political uncertainty and enormous monetary and stimulus programs. This week leaders of the European Union…
Gold price tops US$1,900 per oz., nears all-time high
Gold prices topped US$1,900 per oz. for the first time since 2011, heading for its biggest weekly gain in more than three months, as momentum builds from flaring geopolitical tensions…
Northern Dynasty’s Pebble project approved after 15-year fight
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM) has cleared the last environmental hurdle for its proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine in Alaska almost two decades after developers first started considering the project. The…
Tesla pitches ‘giant contract’ to nickel miners
Tesla boss Elon Musk is asking miners to produce more nickel, a key ingredient in the batteries that power his company’s electric cars, and has offered a “giant contract for…
Teck delays QB2 expansion in Chile
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, could see its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) expansion project in Chile delayed by up to six months due to…
First Cobalt pushes ahead with refinery expansion plan
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC) is moving directly into an expansion scenario for its permitted cobalt refinery in Ontario after conducting a detailed engineering study on the facility. The company said…
Roxgold drills more high grades at Seguela
Four drill rigs at Roxgold’s TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Sequela gold project in Cote d’Ivoire continue to return high-grade results at both Ancien and Antenna North, the company reports. Assay…
Kore advances FG gold project in BC
KORE Mining (TSXV: KORE; US-OTC: KOREF) has released assay results for six holes completed at its FG Gold project in B.C.’s Cariboo region, which extend the Lower Zone discovery and…
Copper price surges to two-year high
Copper futures rallied on July 21 after an agreement on a massive economic stimulus plan in Europe, optimism about a Covid-19 vaccine, and ongoing worries about pandemic-hit supply from top…
Antofagasta maintains copper output despite Covid-19
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has shown resilience amid the country’s Covid-19 crisis, delivering copper volumes in the second quarter that were 5% ahead of expectations, but 8.4% lower than…
Probe drills high-grade gold at Cadillac Break East
Deeper drilling in a previous drill hole intersected 8 grams gold per tonne over 9 metres at the Cadillac Break East property near Val-d’Or, Que., Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC:…