Osisko drilling hints at high-grade copper for Gaspé
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) said assays from six new drill holes at its Gaspé copper project in Quebec show the presence of a high-grade zone that bodes well for the…
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Friedland sells 4% of Ivanhoe to Qatar for $500M
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has agreed to a $500-million investment from Qatar that gives its sovereign wealth fund 4% of the Canadian copper miner founded by billionaire Robert Friedland….
Ecuador casts doubt on Dundee’s Loma Larga
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has requested further information on DPM Metals’ (TSX: DPM) Loma Larga gold project, handing responsibility for its approval or rejection to authorities in the southern province…
BHP, Lundin bet $400M on Argentina copper hub
BHP (ASX, NYSE: BHP) and Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) joint venture in Argentina is investing more than $400 million near the Chilean border, aiming to develop a multibillion-dollar copper project…
Feds may offer Highland Copper $250M loan
Highland Copper (TSXV: HI) has received a significant boost for its Copperwood project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with the US Export-Import Bank issuing a non-binding letter of interest for up…
Arizona Sonoran bumps copper at Cactus by half
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU; US-OTC: ASCUF) has increased its Cactus project’s contained metal by 51% ahead of a prefeasibility study (PFS) due this year. Cactus now hosts 1.04 billion…
Anglo, Codelco seal pact to mine $5B in Chilean copper
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) Chile’s state-owned copper miner Codelco have sealed a landmark deal to jointly operate their neighbouring mines in central Chile, unlocking at least $5 billion in value….
Beaver Creek: Crypto joins gold windfall in M&A race
Beaver Creek, Colo. – Flush crypto firms and gold miners are driving industry M&A in a competitive market where the number of discoveries has slid by more than half, this…
Seabridge Gold’s strong assays define Snip North
High-grade results from drilling at Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) Iskut project in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle have confirmed the continuity and size of the Snip North target and…
Centerra soars on Mt Milligan gold-copper plan
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) shares jumped to their highest level in more than three years after it released a pre-feasibility study that extended the life of its Mount…
Canada fast-tracks Newmont, Foran projects
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) Red Chris copper-gold mine expansion in British Columbia and Foran Mining’s (TSXV: FOM) McIlvenna Bay copper project in…
Top 20 copper drillers: Andes dominate
The Northern Miner’s list of top 20 copper drill results in this year’s first half reflects the strong exploration momentum in the Andes of Chile and Argentina, as well as…