Barrick Gold rolls out new 10-year plan at Kibali mine
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) said on Wednesday it was rolling out a new 10-year plan at its Kibali mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is Africa’s…
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Patriot Battery Metals shares rise on metallurgical test work ahead of first resource at Corvette
Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET; ASX: PMT) has announced high lithium oxide (Li2O) recoveries from heavy liquid separation (HLS) testing on pegmatites from its Corvette property in Quebec. The news,…
Strike at Newmont’s Peñasquito to further hurt Mexico’s mining sector
Mexico’s chamber of mines (Camimex) is warning the halt of Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) Peñasquito gold-silver operation due to a strike now on its fourth week, will have a…
Artemis Gold receives Fisheries Act permit for BC mine
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) has received the permit from Fisheries and Oceans Canada for its Blackwater project in central British Columbia, which allows the company to begin in-stream construction work…
Podcast: ‘Scarcity alarms’ for copper and silver, ft Global X commodities analyst Roberta Caselli
This week’s episode features Global X commodities research analyst Roberta Caselli in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on metals and energy markets. Caselli sheds light on the fundamental dynamics of…
Australian lithium M&A heats up with Develop Global’s bid for Essential Metals
Australian base metals explorer Develop Global (ASX: DVP) is buying coveted fellow lithium developer Essential Metals (ASX: ESS) in a share-based deal worth about US$102 million (A$152.6 million). The buyer, a…
Lucapa Diamond achieves debt-free status
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) said on Tuesday it had fully repaid all interest-bearing loans that it borrowed from gold company Equigold and the Industrial Development Corp. of South Africa (IDC). The company,…
Glencore offers to buy rest of PolyMet for US$71M
Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has offered PolyMet Mining (TSX: POM; NYSE: PLM) to buy the company’s shares it does not already own for US$2.11 in cash each,…
TNM Drill Down: Ora tops weeks gold assays at Garden Gully
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider…
Canada’s Top Ten: Barrick leads this year’s list of miners by market cap
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) returned as Canada’s largest mining company on the Toronto Stock Exchange, displacing last year’s leader Nutrien (TSX: NTR), which plummeted in market value by…
Site visit: Tonopah primed for mining renaissance as precious metals attract prospectors
In the dimly lit Jack Dempsey dinner hall of the 1906 Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, Nev., a group of miners, financiers, analysts and the media recently convened to explore the…
Pentagon ordered to probe undersea mining to counter China’s battery metal dominance
The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC), a mineral explorer of the Pacific Ocean floor, is welcoming United States Congressional efforts to elevate contentious undersea mining to help achieve battery metal independence…