BHP, Vale reach US$30B Fundão dam settlement
The collapse of the dam at an iron ore mine owned by Samarco killed 19 people.
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Adriatic Metals gets green light for new dry-stack tailings facility
Europe-focused Adriatic Metals (ASX: ADT; LSE: ADT1) has received government approval to begin building a mining waste storage facility for its Vares silver mine at the Veovaca site in Bosnia…
Arkansas lithium projects heat up with royalty battle, huge underground resource
As Arkansas contends with booming lithium discoveries and investments by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) among others, the state faces a battle over the amount of…
Montage lands US$825M for new West Africa gold mine
Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has secured a financing package worth US$825 million to fund the construction of its flagship Koné project in Côte d’Ivoire. Shares gained 11.7%. The…
Barrick, Mali exchange shots in US$500M tax dispute
Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) negotiations with Mali’s military government appear to have stumbled after both sides issued claims about a Sept. 30 preliminary agreement. The West African country’s…
Omai Gold fast-tracks Guyana drilling to speed resource update
Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) has added a third drill rig at its namesake Guyana project as it aims to update the resource and the project’s preliminary economic…
NextSource ships first Madagascar graphite to global markets
Canada’s NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT; US-OTC: NSRCF) has completed its first commercial shipments of graphite concentrate from its Molo mine in southern Madagascar, destined for Germany and the United States…
BHP tops all miners in Forbes list of world’s best employers
Australian miner BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has earned a spot in Forbes list of the world’s best employers of 2024, placing best amongst all peers in the…
Collective’s new high-grade find could lift Guayabales economics, analyst says
Collective Mining (TSX: CNL; NYSE: CNL) says it’s discovered a new high-grade gold zone about 1 km deep at the Guayabales project in Colombia that can increase its resource. The find,…
Silvercorp, Salazar to kick off Ecuador mine construction in early 2025
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) are gearing up to kick off construction of their Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold mine in Ecuador in early 2025. After receiving…
Nova Minerals drills more high gold grades in Alaska ahead of resource update
Nova Minerals‘ (NASDAQ: NVA; ASX: NVA) shares soared on Wednesday after the Alaska-focused gold explorer delivered high grades from the final six holes at the RPM starter pit of its…
K92 says drilling shows bulk mining promise at Arakompa, near flagship PNG mine
Drill results from K92 Mining’s (TSX: KNT) pre-resource stage Arakompa gold-silver-copper project in Papua New Guinea has extended the strike to 750 metres, showing high-grade veins and bulk-mineable zones. Among…