Blast it! How rock hardness inflates mining costs
Rock hardness, or the compressive strength of ore that has to be blasted, chipped or otherwise dug out of the earth, is an often-overlooked cost to mining. Research by Costmine…
Gold
Beaver Creek: Critical minerals shine at precious metals summit
The mining sector, a longstanding pillar of the global economy and even more important now with rising attention to critical metals and secure supply in Western nations, is facing emerging…
Red Lake Camp keeps giving as Frank Giustra-backed explorer hits bonanza gold
Industry financier Frank Giustra’s first foray into gold exploration struck it big Tuesday, reporting bonanza gold grades of more than a kilogram per tonne at its Rowan property in the…
ATEX Resources stock rises on Valeriano resource update
ATEX Resources (TSXV: ATX) saw a significant boost in its share price Tuesday after it issued an updated resource estimate for the Valeriano project located in Chile’s Atacama region. The…
Lundin secures environmental permit to extend Candelaria mine life
Canada’s Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) can proceed with a plan to extend the productive life of its Candelaria copper mine in Chile after local authorities approved a revised environmental impact assessment…
Sitka cuts bonanza interval of 38 metres grading 4 grams gold at RC project in Yukon
Sitka Gold (CSE: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) says hole DDRCCC-23-46 in the Blackjack deposit at its RC gold project has intersected 108 grams gold per tonne over 1.2 metres, including a…
Aris Mining announces record gold production at Segovia; shares up 10%
Aris Mining (TSX: ARIS) announced on Monday gold production of 19,406 oz. at its Segovia Operations in Colombia during August, the highest monthly production since the expansion of the Maria…
TNM Drill Down: Australia tops gold assays Sept. 1–8 with Southern Cross and Musgrave
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider…
Scotgold halts trading as firm’s future in limbo
Trading of Scotgold Resources (LSE: SQZ) shares was halted Monday amid the “highly uncertain” outcome of funding discussions. The company pursuing what could be Scotland’s first commercial gold-silver mine said that while…
Abandoned Minto mine in Yukon put up for sale
The idled Minto mine in central Yukon, which began operations in 2007 and produced about 500 million lb. of copper since, is officially up for sale. PricewaterhouseCoopers, acting as the…
RANKED: Top gold producers of H1 2023
Gold has taken centre stage this year as a flurry of multi-billion dollar M&A deals have played out in the industry. Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) US$19.2 billion acquisition of…
Montage Gold boosts high-return Ivory Coast project with higher-grade zone
Montage Gold’s (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) updated resource estimate for its Koné gold project in Ivory Coast increases the tonnage, grade and potential output by adding a new deposit. The…