South32 tops up American Eagle holding
South32 (ASX: S32), the Australian miner with a A$13.6-billion (US$8.7-billion) market cap, is buying more shares to maintain its stake in American Eagle Gold (TSXV: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) that’s advancing…
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Cobalt Holdings drops London IPO plans
Metals investor Cobalt Holdings has dropped plans to list this month on the London Stock Exchange, cancelling what would’ve been that market’s biggest initial public offering in mining since 2018….
Abu Dhabi’s IRH spends $500M to control Alphamin tin
Abu Dhabi’s International Resources Holding (IRH) is acquiring a majority stake in Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM) to access the Bisie tin mine, one of the world’s largest and highest-grade deposits…
Defense Metals eyes $250M loan for BC rare earths
Defense Metals (TSXV: DEFN) said Export Development Canada could lend up to $250 million (C$342 million) to help the company develop and build its main Wicheeda rare earth project in British Columbia. The…
Graphite One surges on FAST-41 for Alaska project
Shares in Graphite One (TSXV: GPH; US-OTC: GPHOF) gained after the company said the U.S. government put it’s billion-dollar Alaskan project in a fast-track approval process. Graphite One is advancing…
XXIX refocuses Opemiska copper resource in Quebec
XXIX Metal (TSXV: XXIX; US-OTC: QCCUF) downgraded its Opemiska project resource in northern Quebec and said the deposit covers less ground than previously thought. The indicated pit-constrained resource is 62.7…
First Quantum faces $20M monthly bill in Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) will spend about $20 million a month to maintain its idled Cobre Panamá copper mine under a recently approved care and maintenance plan. Roderick Gutiérrez,…
SolGold to quit Toronto exchange, eyes ASX
Ecuador-focused SolGold (LSE, TSX: SOLG) has applied to voluntarily delist its ordinary shares from the Toronto Stock Exchange on June 18 because the amount of trading doesn’t warrant the cost….
Ivanhoe jumps on plan to restart DRC copper mine
Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVNl US-OTC: IVPAF) plans to dewater the Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo could restore operations as early as this month. Its shares rebounded….
Teck halts Chile copper mine for one month
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A; NYSE: TECK) said a mechanical issue at its Carmen de Andacollo open-pit mine in Chile will force production to be halted for about a month. The…
Mali court postpones ruling on Barrick mine
A Malian court has, for the third time, postponed a hearing on whether to place Barrick’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex under provisional administration, Reuters reported on Monday. The…
Ioneer quadruples Nevada project reserves, costs double
Australia’s Ioneer (ASX: INR) has quadrupled ore reserves at its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, sharply increasing both the project’s mine life and its development cost. The company’s flagship…