Nexa Resources aims to expand copper assets
Nexa Resources (TSX: NEXA; NYSE: NEXA) is looking to expand its copper assets, CEO Tito Martins told MINING.COM. “Copper is the mineral of the moment, of the decade, and maybe the…
Zinc and Lead
Base and Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight companies pursuing critical minerals
Amidst a growing move towards electrification and emerging concerns about the sourcing of raw materials, base and battery metals exploration and development assets in North America are on investors’ radar…
Adriatic takes big strides forward at its brownfield projects in the Balkans
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT) has “an interesting few years ahead,” says the company’s managing director and CEO Paul Cronin, as the junior explorer progresses its brownfield projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina…
Global Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies advancing projects around the world
With few mineral discoveries made over the past decade, the industry is now on the lookout for new deposits and future mines. Below, we provide an overview of eight companies,…
Trilogy, South32 partner with Alaska to fund critical mine road
Ambler Metals, a joint venture between Canada’s Trilogy Metals (TSX, NYSE: TMQ) and Australia’s South32 (ASX: S32; LSE: S32), has inked a development funding agreement with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export…
Kutcho Copper grows copper-zinc resource ahead of feasibility release
Kutcho Copper (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF) has released an updated resource for its Kutcho copper-zinc project in northwestern B.C. The latest resource features an 8% increase in measured and indicated…
Newmont updates industry-leading reserve portfolio
Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has reported its 2020 year-end reserve and resource update, and its 94.2 million oz. of attributable gold reserves are the largest in the industry, the…
Eldorado Gold inks revised investment contract with Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has inked an amended investment agreement with the Greek government covering the miner’s operations in the north of the country. The new contract between Eldorado’s…
Adriatic Metals receives exploitation permit for Veovaca
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT) has received an exploitation permit for its Veovaca project near Vares in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 50 km north of the capital, Sarajevo. The permit, issued by the…
US markets up, Jan. 18-22
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% to finish the week at 30,996.98 and the S&P 500 climbed 0.02% to 3,841.47. Spot gold jumped US$26.90 per oz., or 1.47%, to…
Gatos Silver puts Mexican mine into production and then lists on TSX/NYSE
It’s unusual for a privately held company to put a mine into production before it becomes a publicly listed company. “It’s incredibly rare – by and large it’s virtually impossible…