B2Gold gets Menankoto permit and ends dispute with Mali
Mali has agreed to issue an exploration permit to B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) for its Menankoto project, the company says. The permit will be given to a new Malian…
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Rio Tinto and Star Diamond make peace
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and Canadian junior Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) have reached an agreement to end a long drawn out dispute over the development of…
Anglo American flags major design changes at UK fertilizer project
Anglo American (LSE: AAL; US-OTC: AAUKF) has flagged major design changes to the vast fertilizer project being built beneath the North Yorks Moors national park in England, which it acquired last…
Improved interest in gold among US investors: BMO
In a “significant” shift in sentiment in the United States this week, investors appeared to be more interested in gold, according to BMO Capital Markets’ mining analyst Jackie Przybylowski. The…
ICMM members paid US$23.7B in taxes in 2020
The 28-members of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) reported total tax payments of US$23.7 billion in 2020, an effective tax rate of 39.7%, and an increase of…
Otso Gold CEO detained in Finland on suspicion of fraud
A former CEO of Otso Gold (TSXV: OTSO), Brian Wesson, has been detained in Finland and remains in pre-trial custody under criminal suspicion of aggravated embezzlement and payment fraud, the…
Serabi Gold’s Coringa project in Brazil hit by court ruling
Shares in Serabi Gold (TSX: SBI; LSE: SRB) fell today after a Brazilian judge ruled that no future licenses or titles should be granted to the company until it is proven…
Mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz arrested in Greece
The Israeli billionaire, who was convicted of minerals rights-related bribery in January by a Swiss court, remains in the country.
Skeena drills 10 grams gold-equivalent per tonne from Eskay Creek waste
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) continued to find good grades as it completed the second phase of drilling at the Albino waste facility at the Eskay Creek gold-silver project…
Noram Lithium PEA places Zeus project in Nevada at $1.29bn NPV
Production over life of mine (LOM) would reach 245.4 million tonnes, averaging 1,093 ppm Li.
Ivanhoe Mines strikes streams and offtake agreements for Platreef
Ivanplats, the South African subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF), has struck two stream financing deals with Orion Mine Finance and Nomad Royalty for its Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold project…
Mining equipment market to hit US$90B by 2027
The mining equipment market is expected to grow to US$90 billion by 2027, according to the most recent study by Global Market Insights. The growth is propelled by two factors….