Peru unveils platform to speed up permitting
Officials from Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines met with representatives from the largest mining companies operating in the country to offer details on a new digital initiative expected to…
Copper
VIDEO: Ross Beaty on what’s next for junior miners as investors shun the space
Mining veteran Ross Beaty says he’s never seen a market like the current one, where gold and copper are at or near all-time highs, but “there’s absolutely no money for…
Bougainville Copper soars on Panguna licence extension
Shares in Bougainville Copper (ASX: BOC) rose as much as 64.3% to A57¢, on Friday, their biggest intraday percentage gain since February 2022, after receiving a five-year extension for its exploration licence…
BC’s Nisga’a plan to launch public royalty co
The Nisga’a Nation in northwest B.C. is forming Canada’s largest Indigenous-majority owned public royalty company, demonstrating the increasing power of First Nations in resource development. A new agreement announced Thursday…
NiCAN shares soar on high-grade nickel results at Wine project in Manitoba
Shares in Manitoba-focused NiCAN (TSXV: NICN) surged 266.6% Wednesday on new assay results showing its longest zone of nickel-equivalent mineralization to date at its Wine property in west-central Manitoba. Diamond…
Lumina Gold kicks off feasibility study for Ecuador project
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM) has hired Ausenco Engineering to lead the feasibility study for its Cangrejos gold-copper project in Ecuador, which the company said is the world’s top 15 gold…
Canadian Copper inks offtake, credit facility for Murray Brook in NB
Canadian Copper (CSE: CCI) has entered into an offtake agreement for copper concentrates from its Murray Brook deposit and an unsecured credit facility with Ocean Partners U.K. The offtake deal…
Lion Copper PEA outlines use of Nuton tech at Rio Tinto-backed project
Nevada-focused junior Lion Copper and Gold (TSXV: LEO; US-OTC: LCGMF) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Yerington copper project that envisions using Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
Lifezone Metals rises on new nickel discovery at Kabanga
Shares in Lifezone Metals (NYSE: LZM), 17% owned by BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) rose in the early hours of Monday’s trading session on news about a high-grade nickel…
Nunavut grants White Cliff exploration permit for copper project
Australia’s White Cliff Minerals (ASX: WCN) said on Monday that the Nunavut Planning Commission had approved the company’s exploration plans for its Coppermine River project in the largest and northernmost territory…
Codelco names mining veteran Braim Chiple as CCO
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco has named Braim Chiple as its new chief commercial officer, the latest among top positions changes in the past year, as the miner grapples with…
Falco deal with Glencore paves way for Horne 5 development
Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC) shares gained as much as 41% today on news of an agreement with Glencore (LSE: GLEN) that will allow it to use part of Glencore’s lands…