Rio Tinto now the sole owner of the Diavik diamond mine
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is now the sole owner of the iconic Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories after buying the 40% share held by Dominion Diamond…
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Ivanhoe awards Kamoa direct-to-blister plant contract to China Nerin Engineering
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has awarded a 500,000 tonnes per annum direct-to-blister copper smelting plant contract for the Kamoa-Kakula Complex to China Nerin Engineering. The smelter will be…
Wolfden boosts resources at Pickett Mtn base metals project in Maine
Wolfden Resources (TSXV:WLF) has released new resource numbers for its Pickett Mountain base metal project in Penobscot Cty., Maine. Both indicated and inferred resources have been significantly increased by 22%…
Zijin Mining plans to produce copper at its Buritica gold mine
Zijin Mining, China’s No.1 gold producer, is fine-tuning plans to boost the capacity of its Buritica gold mine in Antioquia, Colombia, to produce copper and zinc as well as gold…
Flooding disrupts Teck logistics
Canada’s largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A; TSX: TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), says the unprecedented rain and flooding in British Columbia has disrupted the supply chain between west coast terminals…
NorthWest Copper extends Kwanika high-grade zone
NorthWest Copper (TSXV: NWST; US-OTC: NWCCF) has released the latest results from five drill holes into the high-grade copper-gold porphyry deposit of the Kwanika project, further extending the high-grade core….
Agnico Eagle-Kirkland Lake merger gets a second proxy advisory thumbs-up
The proposed ‘merger of equals’ between Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL; ASX: KLA) have received a second proxy advisory firm…
BHP extends Noront bid deadline amid talks with Wyloo
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has extended the deadline for Noront Resources’ (TSXV: NOT) investors to accept or refuse its bid from November 16 to the end of…
Wallbridge releases mineral estimates for Fenelon and Martiniere
Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM) has released a first resource estimate for its flagship Fenelon gold project and an updated resource estimate for its Martiniere project, both located in the Detour-Fenelon…
i-80 Gold hails “substantial” economic opportunity at Granite Creek
U.S.-focused i-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; US-OTC: IAUCF) says the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Granite Creek asset in Nevada confirm the project offers “substantial economic opportunity.” The…
Largo Resources rebrands into a vanadium energy storage play
Vanadium miner Largo Resources (TSX: LGO; Nasdaq: LGO) is rebranding to Largo Inc. to reflect its focus from being seen only as a primary vanadium miner to a fully integrated…
Aurion shares jump on Kinross option
The Toronto-listed equity of Aurion Resources (TSXV: AU) jumped more than 9% Monday after the company revealed Canadian gold major Kinross Gold (TSX: K) has agreed to earn a 70%…