South32 completes Sierra Gorda stake buy
South32 (LSE: S32; ASX: S32; JSE: S32) has completed the acquisition of a 45% stake in the Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile from Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo…
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Ivanhoe Mines approves plan to expand Kamoa’s processing capacity to 9.2Mtpa
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTCQX: IVPAF) is greenlighting a de-bottlenecking plan for its Kamoa-Kakula copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The plan involves increasing the combined design processing…
Antofagasta profit, dividend hit records on soaring copper prices
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) saw profit surge to its highest ever last year on soaring copper and molybdenum prices, allowing it to pay the biggest dividend in the Chilean miner’s 134-year…
JV Article: Newly public Zacapa Resources focuses on US copper-gold exploration with drill-ready targets in prolific belts
Zacapa Resources (TSXV: ZACA), an exploration company with six copper and gold projects in some of the world’s best jurisdictions – listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange last week, going…
JV Article: Metal Energy advances its nickel-copper-PGE projects in Manitoba and Ontario
Metal Energy (TSXV: MERG) is a newly listed exploration and development company looking for nickel, copper, and platinum group elements (PGE) in Canada. The Canadian junior is part of the Ore…
Arizona Sonoran accelerates exploration in “pivotal year”
Arizona Sonoran Copper Company (ASCU: TSX) has drilled high-grade copper at its Parks/Salyer project, located just 2 km southwest of its flagship Cactus project in Arizona. Drillhole ECP-045 started hitting…
RANKED: World’s top 10 copper mining projects – 2022
Copper, often called the bellwether metal as a barometer of global economic health, is a metal vital to the green energy transition. Demand has been growing for the red metal,…
First Quantum hopes for speedy Cobre Panama contract renewal
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) is hoping a new contract for its flagship copper mine in Panama will be approved soon, after negotiations with the government ended last month, with…
World Copper PEA for Escalones offers post-tax NPV of US$1.5B, payback in 2.2 years
World Copper (TSXV: WCU; US-OTC; WCUFF) has released a positive preliminary economic assessment for its Escalones copper project. The property is within the renowned Chilean porphyry copper bet that runs…
Foran Mining receives key permit for McIlvenna Bay decline, bulk sampling
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) has received the initial permits allowing it to begin development of an exploration decline as part of its pre-development program at the 100%-owned McIlvenna…
American Pacific Mining rides high on third round of Madison drilling
Despite coming off recent highs, the Toronto-quoted shares in copper explorer American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD; US-OTCQB: USGDF) continue to trade nearly 520% higher over the 12-month frame following a…
Barrick grows net reserves to 69Moz at improved grade
Barrick Gold Corporation (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) says it has succeeded in replacing its global gold reserve base by 150% before accounting for acquisition and equity changes at its South…