SW US mine rush collides with water limits
Washington’s push to mine more copper and lithium in the U.S. Southwest is running into a harder limit than permitting: whether projects can secure enough water to operate for decades…
HudBay Minerals
SW US CEO chat: Hudbay builds copper giant
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) says it can build two of the largest planned U.S. copper mines without issuing equity, thanks to a financing package backed by offtaker Mitsubishi, streamer…
Lion Copper’s Yerington now ranks among Nevada’s largest red metal deposits
An initial resource for Lion Copper & Gold’s (CSE: LEO; US-OTC: LCGMF) Bear deposit in Nevada establishes Bear as one of the state’s largest undeveloped red metal resources while the…
Hercules hires executive team behind $2B Hudbay deal
Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG; US-OTC: BADEF) has recruited the management team behind Arizona Sonoran Copper’s $2-billion (US$1.4-billion) sale to Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) to push the Leviathan copper discovery…
Interactive infographic: Gold at highs, but finds scarce
The past few years have witnessed huge contrasts in the gold sector: prices are at historic highs but exploration spending and discoveries lag behind. Our latest infographic examines those dynamics,…
CHART: Copper price surge mints 23 unicorn mines
Tech venture capitalists invest in startups and get to call them unicorns. The official definition of a unicorn is a startup with a $1 billion valuation while still a private company. There are 1,765 unicorns globally, past…
Hudbay secures permit for Copper Mountain expansion
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has secured permission from the British Columbia government to proceed with a three-phased expansion of its Copper Mountain open-pit mine that would extend the operation…
Macro forces driving metals jump still intact: Jefferies
Gold’s sharp pullback last week may have handed investors a new entry point into mining equities because wider economic forces driving the recent “metals melt-up” remain intact, Jefferies argues in…
Copper is key at Rio-Glencore deadline
With the time limit for a Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) bid to acquire Glencore (LSE: GLEN) expiring this Thursday, The Northern Miner offers another look at how the…
Kodiak Copper’s first MPD resource shows mid-scale potential in BC
An initial resource estimate for Kodiak Copper’s (TSX-V: KDK; US-OTC: KDKCF) MPD project in British Columbia positions it as a mid-tier open-pit project sitting in the southern area of the…
Osisko Metals surges on C$32.5M investment for Gaspé
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) is set to receive a C$32.5 million investment boost from big names in the industry to support its development of the Gaspé copper project in Quebec….
Arizona Sonoran soars on new copper ranking
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU; US-OTC: ASCUF) shares shot to a historic high Monday after it released a study showing its Cactus project could be the third largest cathode producer…