BHP takes minority stake in privately held Kabanga Nickel
Less than a month after walking away from a bidding war with Wyloo Metals for Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) and its Ring of Fire nickel assets in Canada, BHP (NYSE:…
Copper
Ivanhoe Mines to produce 340,000 tonnes of copper at DRC mine in 2022
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) said on January 10 that it expects to produce between 290,000 to 340,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate in 2022 at its Kamoa-Kakula copper…
Clean Air Metals expands high grade zone at Thunder Bay North
On the heels of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Thunder Bay North PGE-copper-nickel project, released in December, Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR) has reported more encouraging results from drilling. The company plans to release an…
Trigon produces first Kombat copper concentrate
Trigon Metals (TSXV: TM) has succeeded in restarting copper and silver concentrate production at the Kombat mine in Namibia, placing the project on track to meet commercial production objectives by…
Negotiations over Cobre Panama mine contract near end
Panama’s government said on January 5 that negotiations with the local unit of First Quantum (TSX: FM), aimed at obtaining more in royalty payments from the Canadian miner and improve…
Magna wraps 2021 drilling at Shakespeare with long, strong nickel and copper
Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU) has wrapped up 2021 drilling at its Shakespeare nickel-copper project 70 km southwest of the Sudbury Basin in Ontario. The most recent assays point toward long…
Libero reports assays from Big Bulk project in B.C.
Assay results from a five-hole drill program at Libero Copper & Gold’s (TSXV: LBC) Big Bulk porphyry copper project in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle have confirmed a strike length that’s greater than two km…
The voice of a new generation in Chile
When Chile’s left-wing president-elect Gabriel Boric (pronounced Bo-rich) takes office on March 11, the 35-year-old will be the youngest president in the country’s history and as the editorial board of…
McEwen Copper commits to PFS for Los Azules
The McEwen Copper division, 81% owned by McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX), is advancing its Los Azules copper project in the San Juan province of Argentina to the pre-feasibility stage….
Mundoro partners with Vale to explore for copper in US
Mundoro Capital (TSXV: MUN; US-OTC: MUNMF) has inked a two-year generative alliance with Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Canadian subsidiary to explore for copper projects in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. The two companies also signed an agreement to explore an undisclosed copper…
Generation Mining clinches $240M stream with Wheaton for Marathon construction
Two weeks after it announced it would be upping its interest in the Marathon palladium-copper project in northern Ontario to 100%, Generation Mining (TSX: GENM) has landed a $240 million streaming deal…
Ivanhoe’s Kamoa exceeds annual copper guidance
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVAPF) announced today that its Kamoa-Kakula joint venture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exceeded the upper end of its annual copper production…