Suppliers news: Thiess signs contract in Chile
Queensland, Australia-based contract miner Thiess has landed a A$137-million contract for work at Antofagasta’s Encuentro Oxides open-pit copper project under development in Chile.
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Facts ‘n’ figures – Potash bid tops Q2 M&A activity: KPMG report
The following is an edited excerpt from KPMG’s Mining M&A Quarterly Newsletter. For more information and to see the full report visit www.kpmg.com
US markets slide, July 27-31
Expectations that the Fed would raise interest rates in September — along with economic turmoil in Asia and Europe — weighed on U.S. markets over the trading period.
Brazil Resources to buy Whistler project in Alaska
In a letter to shareholders earlier this year, Amir Adnani, chairman of Brazil Resources (TSXV: BRI; US-OTC: BRIZF), stated that the company’s strategy since its initial public offering in 2011 has been “to take advantage…
First Quantum’s Kansanshi gets mixed reviews
VANCOUVER — An updated technical report filed by First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; US-OTC: FQVLF) on its 80% owned Kansanshi copper operations, 10 km north of Solwezi, Zambia, sent analysts scrambling to lower target share prices for the…
Freeport cash backs Reservoir’s high-grade Cukaru Peki prospect
Reservoir Minerals (TSXV: RMC; US-OTC: RVRLF) has reported an 84-metre drill intercept grading 10.8% copper and 10.86 grams gold (17.3% copper equivalent), including 46 metres of 15.9% copper and 16.77 grams gold (25.9% copper equivalent),…
OceanaGold bids $856M for Romarco Minerals
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) is offering to buy Romarco Minerals (TSX: R) in a friendly all-share, $856-million deal to secure low-cost growth in the form of the junior’s Haile gold mine, which is under construction in South Carolina.
TSX moves up, July 27-31
Despite poor economic data and lower oil prices, the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose nearly 2% to finish July at 14,468.44. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index climbed 1.1% to 53.17, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining…
Barrick sells half of Zaldivar to Antofagasta
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is selling a 50% interest in its wholly owned Zaldivar copper mine in northern Chile to Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO; US-OTC: ANFGY) for US$1 billion in cash. The deal will result…
Equitas hunts next Voisey’s Bay
Junior Equitas Resources (TSXV: EQT; US-OTC: EQTRF) has kicked off a second phase of exploration at its Garland nickel-copper-cobalt property in Newfoundland and Labrador, with the hope of discovering deeper Voisey’s Bay-style…
Rambler adds 15 years to mine life at Ming
VANCOUVER — Rambler Metals & Mining (TSXV: RAB) is looking to upgrade its underground Ming copper-gold mine, 17 km east of the town of Baie Verte on the north-central coast Newfoundland, after positive results from a prefeasibility…
Calibre makes progress in Nicaragua
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