XXIX hits 5.3% copper over 11 metres at Opemiska in Quebec
Drilling by XXIX Metal Corp. (TSXV: XXIX, OTCQB: QCCUF) at the Opemiska Copper Complex in Quebec has found strong copper mineralization in an area between two former mines. Company shares…
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Sandfire America wins water rights ruling in Montana
Sandfire Resources America (TSXV: SFR) has received another positive court ruling in Montana regarding its leasing of mitigation water rights for the Black Butte copper project, which has been challenged…
Oman exports first copper in 30 years
Oman has sent its first shipment of copper concentrates, resuming exports of the red metal from the sultanate after a three-decade hiatus. The Lasail mine in Sohar, 200 km north…
Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals raises US$537M in race for critical minerals
KoBold Metals has raised US$537 million in its latest funding round as it seeks to become a key player in critical minerals needed for the energy transition. Supported by investors such…
Hudbay gains all permits for Copper World in Arizona
Hudbay Minerals‘ (TSX, NYSE: HBM) proposed 85,000-tonne-per-year Copper World project in Arizona is now fully permitted for development after receiving all three key state-level approvals. The Arizona Department of Environmental…
Marimaca Copper makes Pampa Medina Norte discovery in Chile
Marimaca reported results from the maiden scout drilling program at the Pias target, located northwest of Pampa Medina within the broader Sierra de Medina property block.
London Symposium JV Video: Forte Minerals prepares to drill for gold in Peru
Forte Minerals (CSE: CUAU; US-oTC: FOMNF) will begin drilling in March at its high-sulphidation gold project in Peru’s Puno region, president and CEO Patrick Elliott told a London conference. The…
Cordoba secures US$10M bridge loan from partner JCHX for Alacran project
Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; OTCQB: CDBMF) on Friday secured a US$10 million loan from China’s JCHX Mining Management. The money will help advance its Alacran copper-gold-silver project in Colombia. The…
London Symposium JV Video: Renewed industry push sees Ontario mines power up
Ontario is modernizing its Mining Act to meet business needs, mines minister George Pirie said at a recent London conference. This year, Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) began the $3…
Trade spats to curb industrial metals demand: BMO
BMO Capital Markets has lowered its demand estimates for next year on the anticipation that higher tariffs and multilateral trade friction could tamp down industrial output. “There is no getting…
YMP Scholarship: Mining industry must narrow talent gap by spotlighting roles in green transition
The following essay was chosen as the winner of The Northern Miner’s 2024 Young Mining Professionals Scholarship. Mining is perhaps more crucial today than at any other point in human…
London Symposium Video: New unified global sustainability standard to roll out by 2026, panel hears
Global mining groups aim to launch a single sustainability standard by early 2026 to simplify reporting and address industry challenges, an event in London heard this month. The International Council…