Giyani secures US$16M for Botswana manganese project
Giyani Metals (TSXV: EMM) has secured a US$16 million financing from the Industrial Development Corp. of South Africa (IDC) to fund the development of its K.Hill manganese project in Botswana….
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Australia’s Sandfire ‘extremely sorry’ for damage to Aboriginal artefacts
Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) said on Thursday it had become aware it had destroyed Aboriginal artefacts at its Western Australia-based DeGrussa copper operations, which were placed on care and maintenance in…
Industry groups aim to deliver unified global standard for responsible mining
Four leading industry groups, including the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), are banding together to create a new globalized standard for responsible mining. London, U.K.-based International Council on Mining and…
Panama orders First Quantum’s copper mine closure
Panama has asked First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to halt its Cobre Panama copper mine following a Supreme Court ruling that declared the operation’s mining contract unconstitutional. President Laurentino Cortizo…
Ivanhoe Electric JV kicks off Saudi exploration campaign
Ivanhoe Electric (TSX: IE; NYSE-AM) has kicked off one of the biggest mineral exploration programs ever in oil-rich Saudi Arabia with its 50/50 joint venture partner, state-owned mining company Ma’aden….
Rio Tinto raises Yukon copper project stake, cuts diamond plan interest
Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is reshuffling its interests in two Canadian projects as it seeks to focus on green energy metals such as copper. Rio Tinto is spending…
Caprock’s Ackley hosts same type of mineralization as EU’s largest hard rock lithium project
Caprock Mining (CSE: CAPR) has confirmed the Ackley property in southeast Newfoundland contains zinnwaldite, the same type of lithium-bearing mineral as the Cinovec lithium project in the Czech Republic. Several…
Cage drop kills 12, injures 74 at Implats Rustenburg mine in South Africa
Following a fatal accident at Impala Platinum Holdings‘ (JSE: IMP) Rustenburg mine in South Africa, the death toll has risen to 12 after a victim succumbed to their injuries in…
Sibanye-Stillwater cuts about 300 jobs in US to lower costs
Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW) said on Wednesday it will proceed with expected job cuts at its U.S. platinum-group metals (PGM) operations, as declines in metals prices make it…
Dundee Precious extends Chelopech mine life by one year
Nearly 20 years after buying the Chelopech gold-copper mine in Bulgaria, Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) announced an updated resource estimate that stretches the mine life slightly to 2032 from 2031….
Li-FT’s Yellowknife lithium project ‘overlooked and undervalued,’ Canaccord says
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF) has reported spodumene mineralization as high as 1.7% lithium oxide (Li2O) from drilling at several pegmatites at its Yellowknife project, in the Northwest Territories,…
New high-grade copper find in DRC similar to Kakula, Ivanhoe says
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says it’s made a significant high-grade copper discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) similar to the massive orebody it’s mining at the…