How to attract Silicon Valley and Gen Zs
Silicon Valley could help the mining industry solve problems from funding to smelting but tech wizards shouldn’t necessarily run a mine, panellists told a conference on financing trends in New…
Zinc and Lead
Group Eleven shares leap on high-grade zinc-lead hits at Ballywire in Ireland
Group Eleven Resources (TSXV: ZNG; US-OTC: GRLVF) shares shot up 25% Tuesday as the company reported the strongest zinc-lead-silver drill results yet at its Ballywire prospect, part of its PG…
Southern Silver study ups Mexico project NPV, mine life
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Southern Silver Exploration’s (TSXV: SSV) Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico shows improved economics and added 2.6 years to the mine life. The…
Fireweed Metals nets $41.7M Lundin-backed financing for Yukon crit-mins exploration
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ) has boosted a private placement to $41.7 million to fund this year’s exploration in the Macpass critical minerals district of Yukon. The share offering supported by…
New technocrat Mexican leader unlikely pro-mining even as she replaces ‘whim and bombast’
Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, won Mexico’s election to become the country’s first female leader and is expected to continue the anti-mining policies of outgoing President Andres Manuel López Obrador. …
Video: Osisko Metals advances largest copper project in eastern North America
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNE) is advancing the Gaspé copper project in Quebec with more drilling, community consultations and a preliminary economic assessment starting this year, CEO and chairman Robert Wares…
Adriatic Metals seeks US$50M after first concentrate sale
Europe-focused Adriatic Metals (ASX: ADT; LSE: ADT1) said on Monday it had sold the first shipment of concentrate from its Vares silver mine in central Bosnia, and plans to raise…
Mining-strong Oz budget could lead to another surplus, but more can be done, say insiders
For the second consecutive year, the Australian government has announced a budget surplus mainly owing to a vibrant mining sector, this time projected at A$9.3 billion, though some in the…
South32’s Hermosa project enters US federal permitting under FAST-41
The US Forest Service has started the federal permitting process for South32‘s (LSE: S32; ASX: S32) Hermosa project by kicking off the environmental review required by the National Environmental Policy…
Boliden to restart Europe’s largest zinc mine
Swedish miner Boliden (STO: BOL) plans to resume production at its Tara zinc mine in northeast Ireland after reaching an agreement with unions to lower costs, which will cut of…
Abitibi Metals posts 2.3% copper at B26 in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; US-OTC: AMQFF) reported more strong copper mineralization on Thursday at its B26 deposit in western Quebec after results earlier in the week and in March. Drill hole…
Silvercorp diversifies into South America with $200M deal for Adventus
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE : SVM) is diversifying into South America with the acquisition of Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN; US-OTC: ADVZF) and its 75% interest in the El Domo…