Agnico Eagle becomes sole owner of Canadian Malartic mine
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), the world’s third-biggest gold producer, is now the sole owner of Canadian Malartic, the country’s largest open pit and one of North America’s…
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Teck produces first copper concentrate from QB2 in Chile
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) has produced the first bulk copper concentrate at its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) project in Chile as the project advances to full production…
Video: How Arca uses mine waste rock to lock-in atmospheric carbon
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl interviews Greg Dipple, head of science for carbon capture and sequestration company Arca during the recent PDAC convention in Toronto. Dipple explains the company’s…
Video: Integra Resources’ George Salamis on creating the largest Great Basin gold miner
The Northern Miner’s Western Editor, Henry Lazenby, interviewed Integra Resources president and CEO George Salamis about the rationale behind the company’s at-market merger with Millennial Precious Metals at the PDAC…
Dundee Precious extends Chelopech mine life to 2031
Dundee Precious Metals‘ (TSX: DPM) latest reserve update for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in Bulgaria has increased the mine life by two years to 2031. While the overall reserve base…
Taseko beefs up economics for Florence ISR copper project as it waits for permit
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) says operating its Florence Copper production test facility in Arizona over the past 18 months has increased its confidence in the in…
Generation Mining’s updated Marathon feasibility shows strong economics despite 25% capex rise
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; US-OTC: GENMF) has delivered an updated feasibility study for its Marathon palladium-copper project located in northwestern Ontario, outlining a 25% increase in initial capital costs. The…
Danakali sells stake in flagship Colluli potash project in Eritrea To Chinese buyer
Australia’s Danakali (ASX: DNK) has completed the sale of its 50% stake in the Colluli potash project in Eritrea, 13 years after partnering with the Eritrean National Mining Corp. (ENAMCO) to build…
Barrick Gold, PNG ink new deal to restart Porgera mine
Through the New Porgera Progress Agreement (NPPA) all parties have committed to resume Porgera’s operations as soon as possible.
New tool could help Brazil’s crack down on illegal gold mining
Brazilian gold aggregator Fênix DTVM and Minespider, which runs a traceability platform for tracking down the precious metal through the supply chain, completed this week the first stage of a project…
First Quantum to take majority stake in Rio Tinto’s Granja copper project in Peru
First Quantum Minerals (TSE: FM) has agreed to partner with Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) to develop the La Granja project in Peru, forming a joint venture that will…
JV Article: Radius Gold options Tropico near Juanicipio/Fresnillo mines in Mexico
It took two years and six trips to Mexico, but earlier this month Radius Gold (TSXV: RDU) emerged triumphant with an option agreement to earn 100% of the Tropico target…