Sweden OKs Boliden’s Laver copper concession
Sweden rejected appeals against Boliden’s (STO: BOL) mining concession for Laver, clearing a key hurdle for a copper project that could double the country’s output while leaving major environmental and…
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Rosebud project, like in ‘Citizen Kane,’ reveals another secret
New drilling by Canadian explorer Blossom Gold (TSX: BGAU) at its Rosebud open-pit, heap-leach project in Nevada points to broad mineralized zones around areas of historical underground mining. Hole BG26-027 in…
Tether lifts Metalla stake to 14%
Tether International has raised its stake in Metalla Royalty & Streaming (TSXV, NYSE-A: MTA) to about 14%, deepening the stablecoin group’s push into Canadian gold royalty companies. The El Salvador-based…
NioCorp’s Elk Creek niobium project valued at $3.4B
An updated feasibility study increases the net present value of NioCorp Developments (Nasdaq: NB) Elk Creek project in Nebraska by 46% after the company more than doubled its product range…
Barrick names Bock to lead overseas arm
Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) has named Sebastiaan Bock to lead its international gold and copper business as the miner prepares to split its North American and overseas assets….
Lake Victoria’s Tembo holds 600K oz. gold near Barrick
An initial resource for Lake Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: LVG) Tembo project in Tanzania shows the deposit contains almost 600,000 oz. gold next to Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Bulyanhulu…
Fortuna buys Barrick, Iamgold project for $200M
Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM; TSX: FVI) is buying the Bambadji gold project in Senegal for $200 million (C$279 million) from Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) and Iamgold (TSX: IMG;…
Blue Moon adds tungsten, antimony projects for $20.5M
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) has acquired a set of 33 tungsten and antimony projects in the western U.S., including projects near its Springer complex, among the very…
Sprott backs Sask hydrogen with $10M more
Canadian billionaire Eric Sprott is investing $10 million (US$7.18 million) to increase his stake in Max Power Mining (CSE: MAXX; OTC: MAXXF) and advance its Lawson natural hydrogen project in…
US investor group taps Glencore in bid for Sherritt
A U.S. investor group that includes Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is offering to recapitalize Sherritt International (TSX: S) and acquire control of the beleaguered miner whose survival is in doubt following…
Volta drills gallium 210m past Springer pit
Volta Metals (CSE: VLTA; US-OTC: VOLMF) traced gallium 210 metres beneath the current open-pit outline at its Springer rare earth project in Ontario, widening the mineralized footprint beyond what the…
Iamgold defers Côté expansion, studies bigger build
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has deferred a planned expansion of Côté Gold while it studies a much larger build that could nearly double the Ontario mine’s processing rate to…