Rio Tinto puts Star-Orion JV with Star Diamond on hold
Shares of Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) fell by more than 50% on June 29, after the company announced that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) had exercised its…
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Geoscience BC expands mineral database searchable by location
Geoscience BC has completed a new project that would make data for hundreds more mineral exploration and development reports in British Columbia searchable by location for the first time. National…
Azimut makes new nickel-copper discovery at Wapatik project in Quebec
Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM; US-OT: AZMTF) has made a new nickel-copper sulphide discovery during its initial diamond drilling program at the Wapatik project in Quebec. Highlights from the discovery hole…
Teck tests carbon capture use and storage in British Columbia
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, has set a carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) pilot project at its metallurgical complex in southern British Columbia. The CCUS plant, which…
MAC poll shows public support at all-time high for Canada’s miners
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released a new national poll that for the first time finds high levels of support for Canadian mining. The shift indicated increased understanding on…
Westhaven continues to cut gold at Shovelnose as it aims to expand resource
Westhaven Gold (TSXV: WHN) has reported new high grade drill results from its ongoing program at its Shovelnose gold property in British Columbia, as it looks to expand resources in…
Calibre Mining cuts high grade at Panteon north in Nicaragua
Calibre Mining’s (TSX: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) shares rose this morning after the company reported high-grade precious metals intercepts from drill results at the Panteon north zone at its Limon mine…
Canada Nickel confirms discovery at Reid, drilling 354 metres of 0.24% nickel
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has received results from drilling at the Reid property in Ontario, where two holes were recently completed as part of its regional exploration…
E3 Lithium starts drilling Alberta’s first lithium evaluation well; welcomes Imperial Oil as investor
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETMC; US-OTC: EEMMF) has started drilling a brine production well — which it says is Alberta’s first — for evaluating lithium in its Clearwater project. The well,…
Rio2 shares fall on EIA rejection of its Fenix Gold project in Chile
Chile’s Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) has rejected the environmental impact assessment for Rio2’s (TSXV: RIO; US-OTC: RIOFF) Fenix gold project in the Atacama region. The SEA’s report notes that while…
Northern Graphite reports first production since acquiring Lac des Iles mine; says market is ‘tightening’
Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) sold 965 tonnes of graphite, worth US$1.5 million, and produced 1,281 tonnes in May at its Quebec-based Lac des Iles mine, which the company…
Xtra-Gold rises on expansion drilling results from its Kibi gold project in Ghana
Shares of Xtra-Gold Resources (TSX: XTG; US-OTC: XTGRF) rose to their highest in a month on Thursday afternoon as the company reported results from ongoing resource expansion drilling at its…