TSX Venture edges higher over the Oct. 17-21 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged up 11.95 points or 2.1% over the Oct. 17-21 trading session to end at 593.04. Sigma Lithium was the week’s top gainer by value,…
Copper
Los Andes Copper on track to deliver Vizcachitas prefeasibility by year-end, says CEO
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTCQX) is eager to restart drilling at the flagship Vizcachitas porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in Chile while it works in parallel to publish a pre-feasibility study…
Royalty firm Ecora plans transition to green metals despite lucrative coal contract
Ecora Resources (TSX: ECOR), a mining royalties company, is betting its shift to green-economy investing in projects by giants such as Vale (NYSE: VALE) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
A scary time for everyone as gloomy forecasts for mining and exploration show
With annual financial budgets looming, the end of October is a frightening time in the calendar. This year is especially scary because of the considerable political and financial uncertainty. Soaring…
Stillwater Critical enjoys ‘sweet spot’ in Montana’s Lower Stillwater PGMs Complex
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) is “rewriting the book” on the Lower Stillwater Igneous Complex in Montana, says president and CEO, Michael Rowley. The company’s evaluation of the…
Barrick close to building US$7B copper project in Pakistan as 50%-owned asset
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) said on Monday it had achieved a significant legal milestone to proceed with the development of the giant Reko Diq copper-gold deposit in Pakistan,…
JV Article: Element 29 Resources defines first copper-moly resource in mineral-rich Peru
Element 29 Resources (TSXV: ECU) a Vancouver-based copper explorer with projects in Peru, has released its first resource estimates for the Elida project in the Andean nation, with an initial…
Regulus receives US$5M investment from Osisko Gold for AntaKori project
Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG; OTC: RGLSF) has secured a US$5 million investment from Osisko Gold Royalties in exchange for a net smelter return (NSR) ranging from 0.125% to 1.5% on certain claims…
Vale opens first phase of $945M copper complex expansion in Sudbury
Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s largest iron ore and nickel producer, has opened the first phase of a $945 million expansion at its Copper Cliff Complex South Mine in Sudbury,…
Turquoise Hill’s fifth largest investor to reject Rio Tinto’s US$3.3B takeover bid
Sailingstone Capital Partners, the fifth-biggest investor in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR) said on Friday it will vote against Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) intended US$3.3 billion…
Video: Marimaca Copper confirms Chile discovery as one of decade’s largest
Developer Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; US-OTC: CROJF) has released an updated resource estimate for its namesake project in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile, confirming it as one of the…
S&P flags cooling exploration activity as market volatility bites
The latest reports from S&P Global Commodity Insights confirm an overall downward trend, with the market intelligence firm’s Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) falling to a 20-month low in August. In…