DPM halts Ecuador gold project drilling amid protests
Drilling at DPM Metals’ (TSX, ASX: DPM) Loma Larga project in Ecuador has been put on hold following widespread protests, the Canadian miner said as it released a new study…
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Bristow’s exit shakes up Barrick leadership
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) shocked markets Monday with the abrupt resignation of president and CEO Mark Bristow, who departs after nearly seven years at the helm without explanation….
Mining Forum Americas: Endeavour Mining lines up growth in West Africa
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Endeavour Mining (TSX, LSE: EDV) is shifting from capital-intensive growth to lifting West African output 30% by 2030 through fine-tuning assets, says CEO Ian Cockerill. Despite…
Mining Forum Americas: Fresh money pours in, but permits will decide where it sticks
Colorado Springs, Colo. – New capital is flooding back into miners, led by generalist funds and crypto-adjacent investors, but industry analysts and fund managers say it will stick only with…
Glencore, Amrize win BC reclamation awards
Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) Canadian coal unit, Elk Valley Resources, and building materials company Amrize (NYSE: AMRZ) led the honours at the 48th British Columbia mine reclamation awards this week. Elk…
Mining Forum Americas: Taiwan war could reshape metals – fast
Colorado Springs, Colo. – The “Trumponomics” playbook – 10% base tariffs, a weak-dollar tilt and rising great-power risk – points to more gold upside and a messy reroute of mining…
Fortune Bay’s Goldfields project value jumps
Fortune Bay (TSXV: FOR; US-OTC: FTBYF) said an updated economic study for the company’s Goldfields project in Saskatchewan shows rising gold prices have resulted in a quadrupling of the past-producing…
DRC to impose cobalt export quotas
The Democratic Republic of Congo will end a ban on cobalt exports next month and impose annual shipment quotas instead as the world’s biggest producer of the metal seeks to…
Seabed miners face squeeze under oceans law
A newly ratified treaty to safeguard life at sea is expected to intensify opposition to deep-sea mining at a United Nations climate summit this week in New York, running alongside…
Stibnite gold-antimony project OK’d for construction
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) can start building its $1.3-billion Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho next month after receiving a notice to proceed from the U.S. Forest Service on…
JV article: Q&A with SRK – How to make smarter mining decisions
From overpriced acquisitions to poorly timed divestments, companies have eroded shareholder value or triggered reputational fallout by misjudging the real worth – or risk – of an asset. That’s where…
Leo Lithium ends with $220M for shareholders
Australia’s Leo Lithium will sell its remaining assets and return at least A$330 million (US$220 million) to shareholders, with the terms of the capital return to be finalized in coming…