Fortescue agrees to buy Alta for $139M in copper push
Australia’s Fortescue (ASX: FMG) agreed to buy all of Peru-focused explorer Alta Copper (TSX: ATCU; US-OTC: DNCUD) in a C$139 million ($101 million) deal that accelerates a pivot into copper…
Gold
Seabridge to list Courageous Lake as Valor Gold
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) plans to spin out the company that owns its Courageous Lake gold project in Canada’s Northwest Territories into a new public vehicle called Valor…
London Symposium JV Video: American Eagle’s NAK scales up
American Eagle Gold (TSXV: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) is drilling 30,000 metres at its NAK copper–gold project in central British Columbia, a campaign CEO Anthony Moreau says is building scale while…
London Symposium JV Video: DST touts cyanide-free gold, arsenic-capturing glass
Dundee Sustainable Technologies (CSE: DST) says demand is rising for cleaner, simpler flowsheets as miners push into refractory ores and arsenic-bearing deposits. Watch below the full interview: DST’s role has…
Tahltan back Skeena’s Eskay Creek gold project in B.C.
The Tahltan Nation has voted to support the impact benefit agreement (IBA) ensuring significant financial participation in Skeena Gold & Silver’s (TSX, NYSE: SKE) Eskay Creek gold-silver project in British…
Equinox exits Brazil in $1B China deal
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) is selling its Brazilian operations to China’s CMOC Group in a deal worth over $1 billion (C$1.38 billion) to focus on North America. The assets include the Aurizona mine…
Westgold to spin out mining assets, launch IPO on ASX
Westgold Resources (ASX, TSX: WGX) plans to spin off its non-core gold exploration assets in the Murchison region of Western Australia into a new company that will be listed on…
JV Video: Sitka lines up bigger Yukon drill after new find
Sitka Gold (TSXV: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) plans to scale up drilling at its RC Gold project in Yukon after a new discovery at the Rhosgobel target, Vice-President for Corporate Development…
JV article: Novo targets standalone million-oz deposits as greenfield programs progress
Novo Resources (ASX, TSX: NVO) is sharpening its focus on large-scale gold and copper discoveries across Australia, targeting standalone deposits with million-ounce potential. Backed by A$10 million (C$9.2 million)…
London Symposium JV Video: Japan Gold seeks partner after Barrick exit
Japan Gold (TSXV: JG; US-OTC: JGLDF) is lining up a new strategic partner to fund its next drill campaigns in Japan’s Kyushu and Hokkaido islands, targeting concealed, Hishikari-style epithermal veins….
JV Article: Tiger Gold’s drills roar to life in Colombia
Since optioning the Quinchia gold project in Colombia in May, Tiger Gold has updated historical resources to Canada’s NI 43-101 standards, published a preliminary economic assessment, raised over $23 million…
Court ruling upends B.C. mineral rights
British Columbia’s mining industry faces upheaval from a court ruling affirming Indigenous rights while in a separate move two Interior First Nations want to halt the province’s fast-tracked approval process…