Vizsla says kidnapping halts Panuco project in Mexico
Canadian mine developer Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) suspended some work on its flagship Panuco silver-gold project in Mexico’s Sinaloa State after 10 people were taken from the site. The…
Exploration
American Eagle drills long 0.6% copper at NAK in BC
Canadian explorer American Eagle Gold (TSX-V: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) says new drilling at its polymetallic NAK project in British Columbia has enlarged a discovery zone that could serve as the…
Podcast: Zambia’s Copperbelt in focus, ft Midnight Sun’s Adrian O’Brien
This week’s episode features Adrian O’Brien, Vice President of Business Development & Communications at Midnight Sun Mining, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on recent developments in Zambia’s Copperbelt region….
AME: Faster, deeper discoveries needed, Anglo exec says
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) chief technical officer Tom McCulley used his first appearance at the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup to deliver a clear message to the industry: the…
Alamos books new gold in Manitoba and Quebec
Alamos Gold (TSX, NYSE: AGI) said recent drilling at its Lynn Lake project in Manitoba and Qiqavik property in northern Quebec located new mineralization at both sites, potentially boosting the…
Thor outlines million-oz Senegal gold producer
Thor Explorations (TSXV, AIM: THX) says its Douta gold project in Senegal might deliver 82,000 oz. of gold a year as part of the company’s aim to become a multi-asset…
Bolivia’s lithium gamble tests new US alignment
Bolivia’s political trajectory shifted in November when President Rodrigo Paz took office, signalling a turn towards closer ties with the United States after two decades of Socialist Party rule. Paz’s…
Hecla to sell Quebec mine to Orezone, focus on silver
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) agreed to sell its Casa Berardi gold mine in Quebec and a clutch of nearby exploration properties to Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) for up to…
BC adds cash to boost falling minerals claims
British Columbia has committed an additional $3 million to bolster mineral claims after reporting the amount of new staking fell 29% last year. Under the initiative, which was announced on…
Zijin agrees to buy Canada’s Allied Gold for $4B in cash
Zijin Gold agreed Monday to buy Canada’s Allied Gold (TSX, NYSE: AAUC) in a friendly all-cash transaction valued at about $5.5 billion (US$4 billion) as the Chinese miner ramps up…
Ex-Barrick Hemlo logs high-grade gold in new zone
Hemlo Mining (TSXV: HMMC) said new drilling at its namesake mine in Ontario yielded high-grade gold in a new area of the property. Highlight hole 6702503 cut almost 11 metres…
Pope Leo XIV urges ethical mining in Vatican talks
Pope Leo XIV met senior mining and energy executives at the Vatican on Saturday to press for more ethical approaches to resource extraction, signalling a shift in tone between the…