Triple Flag acquires royalty on Clean Air’s Thunder Bay North
A little over a month after Triple Flag Precious Metals (TSX: TFPM; NYSE: TFPM) announced it was buying Maverix Metals (TSX: MMX) in a deal valued at $606 million, the…
Copper
Electra Battery Materials launches battery materials recycling demonstration plant in Ontario
Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM; NASDAQ: ELBM) announced the launch of a demonstration plant designed to recover and recycle high-value elements found in lithium-ion batteries, including nickel, cobalt, lithium, copper…
Premium Nickel aims to re-open Selebi mine in Botswana
Premium Nickel Resources (TSXV: PNRL) says drill results at its Selebi nickel-copper-cobalt project in Botswana advance the concept that two past-producing deposits there are connected at depth. The Toronto-based company acquired the project, 400 km north of the capital…
Ecuador signs investment contract with Solaris on Warintza project
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; US-OTC: SLSSF) has signed an investment contract with the government of Ecuador on its 100%-owned Warintza copper-gold project, which president and CEO Daniel Earle says “provides…
Rio Tinto venture makes strategic investment in Regulus Resources
Nuton, a Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO; NASDAQ: RIO) venture that has developed innovative copper sulphide leach technologies, is taking a 16.5% stake in Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG; US-OTC:…
Foran’s US$150M loan helps nearly cover McIlvenna Bay copper project cost
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) says it will use a US$150 million loan from Sprott Resource Lending to help construct its McIlvenna Bay copper project in Saskatchewan. The funding…
Taseko and Mitsui partner to develop Florence copper project in Arizona
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO) shares rocketed by 23% today on news that it has partnered with Mitsui to develop the Florence copper project, located in Arizona. Mitsui has committed to…
Emerita gains on Spain copper project drill results, resource estimate plans
Shares in Emerita Resources (TSXV: EMO; OTCQB: EMOTF) rose 7% on Tuesday after it reported drill results at its Iberian Belt West base metals project in Spain and said it…
TSX drops during the Dec. 12-16 trading week
Stocks fell during the Dec. 12-16 trading period as the U.S. Federal Reserve increased interest rates again to fight high inflation and retail sales figures disappointed analysts. Markets were volatile. …
TSX Venture steady over Dec. 12-16 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 1.36 points or 0.2% over the Dec. 12-16 trading period to end at 576.26. Los Andes Copper lost 45¢ to $13.50 over the…
U.S. markets continue to slide during Dec. 12 – 16 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 556 points, or 1.7%, to 32,920.46, and the S&P 500 lost 82 points or 2.1%, over the week to 3,852.4. The top value gainer…
Newcrest CEO Biswas leaves Australia’s top gold miner
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) announced on Monday that its chief executive officer Sandeep Biswas is retiring from the role effective immediately, after eight years at the helm of Australia’s top gold…