Zenith grows Dulcie gold project resource by 41%
Zenith Minerals (ASX: ZNC) says contained gold at its Dulcie Far North (DFN) project in Western Australia jumped 41% compared with the previous resource in December. The resource — all…
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Silver X secures $2M from Trafigura to support Peru copper expansion
Silver X Mining (TSXV: AGX; US-OTC: AGXPF) has secured a $2-million loan from commodities trading giant Trafigura to support the expanded production of copper from its Nueva Recuperada project in…
Magna’s Crean Hill nickel project granted $500K
Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU; US-OTC: MGMNF) has been awarded $500,000 by the Ontario government for the company’s brownfield Crean Hill nickel-copper-platinum group metals project. The award is part of the…
BofA sees $4,000 gold price on US debt, not war
Analysts at Bank of America see gold prices reaching $4,000 an oz. — an 18% jump above current levels — within the next year due to a ballooning U.S. fiscal…
Vizsla raising US$100M to develop Panuco project
Canadian miner Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) is raising about US$100 million ($138 million) to advance the exploration, drilling and development of its flagship Panuco project in western Mexico. The…
Trafigura backs Euro Sun’s Rovina Valley with $200M financing deal
Euro Sun Mining (TSXV: ESM; US-OTC: ESMNF) has lined up a $200-million loan package, with backing from global commodities trader Trafigura, to help finance its Rovina Valley gold-copper project in…
Greenland grants 30-year permit to moly mine
Greenland Resources (Cboe CA: MOLY; FSE: M0LY) has secured a 30-year permit for its Malmbjerg molybdenum project, a major development backed by the European Union. The open-pit mine is expected…
Maritime expands Hammerdown gold as output nears
Canadian explorer Maritime Resources (TSX-V: MAE) said drilling at its Hammerdown project in Newfoundland and Labrador identified a new near-surface gold zone with “substantial” grades. The stock jumped. Hole HDGC-25-272…
Video: First Cariboo gold ‘between third base and home plate’, Osisko’s Roosen says
Osisko Development’s (TSXV, NYSE: ODV) $650 million (C$893 million) Cariboo gold project in British Columbia will soon begin pre-construction activities, co-founder and CEO Sean Roosen says. A May update on…
Rio Tinto settles hedge fund claims on Oyu Tolgoi
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) has agreed to pay nearly $139 million to settle a long-running class action lawsuit accusing the company of concealing development delays at its $7-billion giant…
Delays hit Gemfields ruby plant in Mozambique
Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) said on Friday that the commissioning of a second processing plant at its Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique has been postponed to September due to…
Lundin targets top-10 copper miner status
Canada’s Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has unveiled a strategic growth plan designed to catapult the company into the world’s top 10 copper producers. The Vancouver-based miner aims to reach annual…