First Nations buy BC port serving Newmont mines
Two First Nations groups have partnered with a trucking company to buy a bulk terminal port near British Columbia’s border with Alaska serving Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) Brucejack and…
Copper
US adds copper, potash, silicon to critical minerals list
The U.S. government has added copper, potash and silicon to its draft list of critical minerals in the most significant overhaul since it was first published in 2018. The update, mandated…
Rio Tinto overhauls units, axes execs
Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) new CEO Simon Trott has launched a sweeping overhaul of the miner’s structure, consolidating operations into three core divisions while placing several non-core assets…
Ivanhoe maintains DRC zinc forecast, hits records
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says a program to remove constraints at its Kipushi zinc mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo was recently completed ahead of schedule and…
Marimaca Copper targets 2026 build start on new DFS
Marimaca Copper’s (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2) definitive feasibility study (DFS) confirms the Chilean oxide project at the low end of capital intensity among South American copper builds. The DFS, released…
Evolve Royalties in $70M deal for Voyageur Explorers
Private firm Evolve Strategic Element Royalties is poised to acquire the Prairies- and copper-zinc-gold-focused Voyageur Mineral Explorers (CSE: VOY) in a reverse takeover valued at $70.3 million. Voyageur is…
Apache fight with Resolution Copper reshapes land talks
Experts warn the legal battle over the Resolution Copper project in Arizona could alter how miners negotiate with Indigenous communities about disputed lands in the Southwestern United States. The planned…
Troilus, Torngat ink offtakes on Carney’s German mission
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF), which is developing a $1.1-billion (US$800-million) capex brownfield mine project in Quebec, has signed a preliminary copper offtake agreement with a German smelter during Prime…
Ivanhoe advances Kamoa drainage, plans forecasts
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says draining the East section of Kamoa-Kakula, Africa’s largest copper mine by output, should allow mining to restart early next year while it plans…
Aldebaran denies $1.5B Altar project cost on Reuters
Aldebaran Resources (TSXV: ALDE; US-OTC: ADBRF) disputes a Reuters report on Friday that an economic study due next month on the Altar copper-gold project in Argentina will show costs of…
Aldebaran suggests $1.5B to build Altar in Argentina
Aldebaran Resources (TSXV: ALDE; US-OTC: ADBRF) says an economic study due next month on its Altar copper-gold project in Argentina will contain a $1.5-billion (C$2.09-billion) construction figure. The preliminary economic…
Kodiak drills expand MPD copper-gold in BC
Kodiak Copper’s (TSXV: KDK; US-OTC: KDKCF) first near-surface drill results of the year from its MPD project confirm near-surface copper-gold across 950 metres in the South zone. A highlight result…