Eric Sprott takes $10M stake in Vizsla Resources
Vizsla Resources (TSXV: VZLA) has closed a bought deal private placement for 16 million units of the company at a price of $1.87 per unit for gross proceeds of $30 million…
Zinc-Lead
US gov’t approves Ambler access road in Alaska
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved the development of the northern route to provide access to the Ambler mining district in northwest Alaska. According to South32 (ASX: S32)…
Discovery drills high-grade silver at Cordero
Discovery Metals (TSXV: DSV; US-OTC: DSVMF) has released results from eight holes completed at its Cordero project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state, including 1 metre grading 1,907 grams per tonne silver-equivalent…
Covid-19 disrupts US$8.8B of global mining output, S&P says
Covid-19 has impacted the mining industry across the globe as lockdowns and travel restrictions have forced companies to halt or scale down operations and suspend work on projects, while reopening…
Rockhaven study shows strong economics at Klaza
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Rockhaven Resources’ (TSXV: RK) wholly owned Klaza gold project in the Dawson Range gold belt outlines a 12-year, combined open-pit and underground operation…
ScoZinc plans low-cost, open-pit zinc mine near Halifax
ScoZinc Mining (TSXV: SZM) has released the results of a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) on its wholly owned and permitted Scotia mine project, 62 km northeast of Halifax. The study…
Arizona Metals hits massive sulphide at Kay mine
Drilling has intersected massive sulphide mineralization at the South zone of Arizona Metals’ (TSXV: AMC) Kay mine property, 69 km north of Phoenix and adjacent to Black Canyon City in…
Trevali suspends Santander mine after 19 workers test positive for coronavirus
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) has suspended operations at its Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru after 19 workers tested positive for the Covid-19. Trevali said the workers were asymptomatic…
Top 10 Canadian-headquartered base metal and uranium explorers
The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10, Canadian headquartered base metal and uranium juniors – with no production and which are not a royalty or streaming company….
Apollo Gold to acquire First Majestic properties
Apollo Gold (TSXV: APGO) has signed a letter of intent to acquire a group of properties in Jalisco state, Mexico, from First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG). The deal…
Crystal Lake targets porphyry system in BC
Last year’s maiden diamond drill program at the Burgundy Ridge area within Crystal Lake Mining’s (TSXV: CLM; US-OTC: SIOCF) 551-sq.-km Newmont Lake property in the Golden Triangle returned broad copper-gold-zinc-silver…
Glencore hit by another probe over Congo dealings
Mining and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is facing a criminal investigation in its home country for failing to have organizational measures in place to prevent alleged corruption in the…