Mineros gains on Povernir build permit in Nicaragua
Mineros (TSX: MSA) has received the permit it needs to start building its underground mine at the Porvenir project in northeast Nicaragua. Shares gained 7%. Its subsidiary Hemco Mineros Nicaragua…
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Rio Tinto extracts first gallium in Quebec
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) has produced its first primary gallium from bauxite processed in Quebec, marking a key milestone in its partnership with Indium Corp. of central New…
Revival Gold bets on Mercur, Beartrack-Arnett as catalysts in tight gold market
Revival Gold’s (TSXV: RVG, US-OTC: RVLGF) Mercur project in Utah offers a quicker route to first gold than the more developed Beartrack-Arnett property in Idaho, CEO Hugh Agro said. “It’s…
Private equity mining deals to rise: S&P Global
Private equity deals in the mining sector are expected to grow as demand for minerals essential to the global energy transition continues to rise, S&P Global says in a new report….
Lithium Ionic books 29% rise in resources at Bandeira
An update for Lithium Ionic’s (TSXV: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) Bandeira project in eastern Brazil has lifted contained resources by about one-third over a feasibility study conducted last year. Measured and…
Contango targets 200,000 direct-ship oz. by 2029
Contango Ore (NYSE-A: CTGO) published its first assessment of the Johnson Tract project in southeast Alaska on Tuesday, showing positive economics and costs per ounce around a quarter of the…
Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine wins award for solar plant
Rio Tinto said its Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories won an environmental award for its 3.5-megawatt solar power plant – about a year before the mine’s planned closure….
Gold Fields, AngloGold pause Ghana JV talks
Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) and AngloGold Ashanti (JSE: ANG; NYSE: AU) have paused their plan to merge the Iduapriem and Tarkwa operations in Ghana under a joint venture that…
Gold Fields to buy Gold Road in $2.4B deal
Gruyere gold mine joint venture partners Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources reach agreement on a friendly deal to consolidate ownership.
Lundin/BHP’s first Filo copper resource ranks Chile project among world’s largest
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) says an initial mineral resource estimate shows its jointly owned Filo del Sol project in Chile’s Atacama region would rank among the world’s 10 largest producing…
Kidnappers kill 13 guards at Peru mine
Thirteen security guards kidnapped from one of Peru’s largest gold mines were found dead on Sunday, in a brutal incident underscoring the worsening security crisis in the country’s Amazonian Pataz…
Who’s taking Canada’s nuclear waste?
A small town in Northern Ontario has agreed alongside the local First Nations community to bury Canada’s nuclear waste for centuries, but it faces opposition from other Indigenous and anti-nuclear…