Valley tonnage balloons in Snowline Gold update
A resource update for Snowline Gold’s (TSX-V: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) Valley project in east-central Yukon adds more than 3 million contained oz. in the measured category while almost doubling indicated…
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Agnico lifts Foran stake but copper project costs jump
Canada’s Agnico Eagle (TSX, NYSE: AEM) is increasing its stake in Foran Mining (TSX: FOM) which is coping with increased capital costs for its McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Saskatchewan. …
First Quantum mine closure sucks $1.7B from Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) says its shuttered copper mine in Panama would have contributed more than $1.7 billion (C$2.38 billion) to the Latin American nation’s economy had it remained…
Saudis enter rare earths with MP Materials deal
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia’s state miner Ma’aden to develop a rare earths supply chain in the kingdom, covering everything from mining to magnet…
US signs tin deal with Rwanda
The United States has established a new supply of tin, which it hasn’t mined in more than three decades, after Rwanda’s Trinity Metals agreed to export its mined products. Trinity…
Vizsla to buy Mexican silver-gold project near Panuco
Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) said it agreed to buy the Santa Fe project in western Mexico, south of its Panuco silver-gold property, from a local investor. Shares jumped. Vancouver-based…
Podcast: Silver poised to break records, ft CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian on precious metals
This week’s episode features Jeffrey Christian, managing partner at CPM Group, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the dynamics of the precious metals market. Christian offers insights into the…
Ivanhoe almost doubles Makoko copper resource in DRC
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) said a new preliminary estimate for its Makoko district discoveries in the Democratic Republic of Congo shows that the resource base almost doubled from…
Ausgold solves Katanning ‘puzzle’ with new intercepts
Ausgold (ASX: AUC) on Wednesday reported multi-kilometre gold intercepts along Western Australia’s Stanley Thrust. Step-out drilling at the Katanning gold project (KGP) produced results that suggest a possible gold district,…
Mine rescue teams compete for Ontario title
Eight provincial districts are advancing to the Ontario Mine Rescue competition next month where only one team will return home with the coveted gold hard hats. At district competitions that…
G2 reports near-surface gold at Peters project in Guyana
Canadian explorer G2 Goldfields (TSXV: GTWO; US-OTC: GUYGF) said early drilling at its Peters mine in northern Guyana showed significant widths of near-surface gold mineralization. Hole PDD1 cut 76 metres grading…
Outcrop Silver’s high-grade hits confirm size of Los Mangos system in Colombia
Recent drill results from Outcrop Silver & Gold’s (TSXV: OCG; US-OTC: OCGSF) Santa Ana project in west-central Colombia have confirmed wide, high-grade zones inside the Los Mangos vein system. Highlight…