Taseko inks US$50M royalty deal to speed up Florence copper mine construction
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has inked a deal with Taurus Mining Royalty Fund that would allow it to speed up construction of its Florence copper mine…
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At Saudi Arabia’s Future Minerals Forum, the buzz word is partnership
Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Mark Bristow and Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Mark Cutifani like Saudi Arabia’s plan to be a regional financial partnership hub because others racing to develop…
Samsung SDI buys Canada Nickel stake, right to acquire 10% of Crawford
South Korean battery manufacturer Samsung SDI has become the latest company to invest in Canada Nickel Co. (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF), which is developing the Crawford nickel sulphide project in…
Zijin invests $130M in Solaris and its Warintza copper project
An affiliate of China’s Zijin Mining Group is investing about $130 million in Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; US-OTC: SLSSF) for a 15% in the company, which owns the Warintza copper…
Cordoba rises on US$40M for copper project due to become Colombia’s largest
Shares in Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; US-OTC: CDB) gained on Thursday after it received a second tranche of US$40 million from China-based partner JCHX Mining Management to advance its Alacran…
Agnico Eagle invests $23M for 12% of Canada Nickel
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), the largest gold producer in Canada, has acquired a stake of Canada Nickel Co. (TSXV: CNC; OTCQX: CNIKF) as the junior advances its…
Cash-strapped Horizonte secures US$20M to advance Araguaia nickel project in Brazil
Nickel developer Horizonte Minerals (AIM: HZM; TSX: HZM) has tapped Glencore (LSE: GLEN), Orion Mine Finance Management and London-based La Mancha Resource Capital for $US20 million to advance the Araguaia…
Pan Am Silver’s La Colorado Skarn project is large but manageable, BMO says
Pan American Silver’s (TSX: PAAS; NYSE: PAAS) La Colorada Skarn project in Mexico could mine 50,000 tonnes of ore a day to produce 17.2 million oz. a year of silver,…
Can beaten-up junior miners fight illegal short-selling?
Terry Lynch began to notice unusual price movements in Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF)’s stock (then called Chilean Metals) years ago. The shares consistently traded down at the end…
Explainer: Naked short selling
This “explainer” is intended to supplement to this recently published story on illegal short selling. Covered vs. naked “Covered” short selling is a legal way to profit in a falling…
Arizona Lithium rides momentum ahead of Prairie project PFS
Arizona Lithium (ASX: AZL) has raised A$16.5 million (US$11 million) in flow-through funding as it prepares to release results of a prefeasibility study for its Prairie lithium project in Saskatchewan….
TechMet urges UK to catch up in critical minerals race
Britain is falling behind European and North American peers in securing local sources of critical minerals, which threatens to hit the car industry the hardest, a government report warns. Successive…