American indexes on the front foot during May 29-June 2 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 580.28 points or 1.8% to 33,673.62 and the S&P 500 gained 87.7 points or 1% over the week to 4,293.13. Among the top gainers…
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Ecuador, Colombia and Peru Snapshot: Eight companies pursuing copper, gold and more
While geopolitical risk in South America is growing, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru remain mineral-rich hot spots with excellent potential for new discoveries. Here are eight junior companies searching for tomorrow’s…
ArcWest shares jump on Freeport earn-in deal as majors eye BC copper
Shares in junior explorer ArcWest Exploration (TSXV: AWX) jumped more than 80% in morning trading in Toronto after it announced an earn-in deal with Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) on one of…
US markets post gains over Jan. 23-27 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 602.59 points or 1.81% to finish the Jan. 23-27 trading week at 33,978.08 and the S&P 500 rose 97.95 points or 2.47% to 4,070.56….
BC, Yukon and NWT snapshot: Eight companies to watch
Northwestern Canada is a vast hub for mineral exploration and mining. Here’s a glimpse of eight companies exploring for precious and base metals in British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest…
JV Article: Element 29 Resources defines first copper-moly resource in mineral-rich Peru
Element 29 Resources (TSXV: ECU) a Vancouver-based copper explorer with projects in Peru, has released its first resource estimates for the Elida project in the Andean nation, with an initial…
Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors
Vancouver-based Foran Mining’s (TSXV: FOM) executive chairman and CEO Dan Myerson doesn’t want to build just one mine. He has designs on creating Canada’s next copper mining camp in the…
Chile to redraw constitution following voter defeat
Chile’s national mining association SONAMI has welcomed the weekend rejection of the proposed new constitution for the world’s number-one copper producer, sending lawmakers back to the drawing board to create…
JV Article: Outcrop Silver on cusp of Santa Ana resource estimate
The Frias underground mine on Outcrop Silver and Gold’s (TSXV: OCG; US-OTC: OCGSF) Santa Ana land package in Colombia produced 7.8 million ounces of silver at an average recovered grade…
Permitting woes have Chile’s miners feeling ‘under threat’
A rash of permit rejections for mining projects by the new left-wing government has rattled nerves in Chile’s mining industry. First came the rejection of Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) US$3-billion…
Element 29 drilling aims to verify historic copper resource at Flor de Cobre in Peru
Element 29 Resources (TSXV: ECU; US-OTC: EMTRF) has announced results from two of 11 holes it’s drilling this year to verify historical resources at its Flor de Cobre copper project in…
RANKED: World’s ten biggest copper mining companies
Following the rampant surge in copper prices earlier this year, competition amongst miners to supply the metal vital to the green energy transition is fierce. Global copper supply is dominated…