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…
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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…
Copper developer lands LA fund manager’s $140M
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON; US-OTC: BMOOF), a Vancouver-based junior advancing the Nussir copper project in Norway, has secured at least $140 million (C$194 million) in financing from Hartree Partners…
Emerita’s El Cura gold-copper hits lift resource potential
Drilling by Emerita Resources (TSX-V: EMO; US-OTC: EMOTF) at its El Cura deposit in southwest Spain shows its potential to add significant tonnage with high-grade gold and copper to the…
First Quantum restructures debt
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) says it’s restructuring its debt to take advantage of favourable bond markets. On Tuesday, the copper producer issued an update to its 6.875% 2027 senior…
Intrepid hits high-grade copper in historic hotspot
Drilling by Intrepid Metals (TSXV: INTR; US-OTC: IMTCF) in the Earp zone at its Corral copper project in southeast Arizona has returned highlights of 16.3 metres grading 1.68% copper and…
Metallium eyes $60B metals recycling market
Metallium (ASX: MTM; US-OTC: MTMCF) is advancing one of the first large-scale metals recovery plants in the United States to commissioning in December as it considers rolling out its modular…
Harmony Gold’s MAC Copper takeover OK’d
Harmony Gold’s (JSE: HAR; NYSE: HMY) acquisition of MAC Copper (NYSE: MTAL; ASX: MAC) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle after Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board gave its approval of…
African Rainbow boosts Surge Copper stake to 19.9%
African Rainbow Minerals (JSE: ARI), controlled by billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has increased its stake by another 6.5% in junior Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG) which is developing the Berg project that…
Marimaca hits fresh 13-year high on copper results
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2) surged to its highest level in more than 13 years after the company said new drilling at its Pampa Medina property in northern Chile…