Court ruling upends B.C. mineral rights
British Columbia’s mining industry faces upheaval from a court ruling affirming Indigenous rights while in a separate move two Interior First Nations want to halt the province’s fast-tracked approval process…
Copper
Copper price hits record on U.S. growth hopes, China
Copper hit a record high Friday before easing amid expectations of faster U.S. economic growth and continued economic support from the Chinese authorities. Three-month futures on the London Metal Exchange…
London JV Video: Latin America is both risk frontier and growth engine, panel argues
Latin America is both a risk frontier and a growth engine, mining leaders told an International Metals Symposium panel last week, pointing to a centrist drift in Argentina and Mexico…
Copper M&A: SolGold weighs higher $1.1B Jiangxi bid
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (LSE: SOLG) has opened the door to a takeover from China’s Jiangxi Copper (JCC), which returned with a higher all-cash proposal valuing the company at about £842…
BMC Minerals debuts on ASX in A$100M IPO
BMC Minerals (ASX: BMC), the Canadian subsidiary of UK-based BMC, debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday following an A$100-million (US$67-million) initial public offering to help fund its Yukon…
American Eagle drilling boosts NAK copper-gold project
Canadian explorer American Eagle Gold (TSX-V: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) says new drilling at its polymetallic NAK project in British Columbia has markedly expanded a previous discovery zone. The stock rose….
Heliostar hikes value, cost for gold-silver Cerro del Gallo
An updated prefeasibility study for Heliostar Metals’ (TSXV: HSTR; US-OTC: HSTXF) Cerro del Gallo gold-silver project in central Mexico more than doubles the project’s value while also raising costs compared…
London Symposium Video: Franco-Nevada’s Lassonde wins lifetime achievement award
Canada’s Franco-Nevada (TSX, NYSE: FNV) co-founder Pierre Lassonde won The Northern Miner’s Lifetime Achievement Award for pioneering the modern royalty model and helping reshape mine finance. Accepting the honour in…
Chile’s weekend runoff puts copper future at stake
On Dec. 14, Chileans go to the polls to elect a new president who will govern until 2030 and shape the country’s most important economic engine: mining. Voters face a…
Innovation slump drags mining productivity down: report
Mining productivity has fallen for more than a decade and has improved only 1% a year since 2018, a trend McKinsey & Company warns could threaten the sector’s ability to…
ACG walks from Anglo Asian after deal fails test
ACG Metals (LSE: ACG) said Thursday it will not make an offer for Anglo Asian Mining (LSE: AAZ) after a “thorough review” found the move would not create value. The…
Collective finds new gold zone in Colombia
Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) said new drilling at its Guayabales project in Colombia has significantly expanded the size of the deposit’s Apollo system. The stock rose. Hole APC-143D cut 130…