American Pacific grows Tuscarora property near Elko, Nevada
Geologist Eric Saderholm and venture capitalist Warwick Smith started looking for a mining project to collaborate on two years ago. The pair had worked together for five years at Western…
2019
Vale declares force majeure
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has declared force majeure on a series of iron ore and pellets sales contracts after a Brazilian state court ordered it to suspend production from its Brucutu…
Atlantic confirms gold extensions at Cochrane Hill
Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB; US-OTC: SPVEF) says recently completed diamond drilling at its Cochrane Hill gold deposit in Nova Scotia is confirming mineralization extensions initially identified in its 2018 drill…
Pure Gold plans ‘new mine in Red Lake’
Over the last four years, Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) has doubled the indicated resource for its Madsen gold project in Red Lake, one of the highest grade undeveloped gold…
OceanaGold forecasts similar production, slightly higher costs
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) says its mines in the Philippines, New Zealand and the U.S. will produce a total of between 500,000 and 550,000 oz. of gold and 14,000 to…
Andrée St-Germain, José Vizquerra named ‘Young Mining Professionals of the Year’
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London — has given its Mining Professional of the Year…
AME Roundup: Regional Mining Alliance cements new partnership in BC’s Golden Triangle
VANCOUVER — A new partnership between First Nations, exploration companies and the B.C. government named the British Columbia Regional Mining Alliance (BCRMA) is working well to advance mineral exploration and…
Casa poised to progress Keaper and Pitman polymetallic projects
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has optioned its Keaper polymetallic project — 15 km northeast of Terrace, B.C., less than 5 km from the company’s flagship Pitman polymetallic project — to…
Glencore expects higher copper production in 2019
Commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has reported production figures for 2018 and confirmed 2019 guidance that implies a 14%-year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent production. Copper production reached 1.45 million tonnes in…
AME Roundup: Scheer promises to cut red tape
VANCOUVER — A Canadian government led by Andrew Scheer, the current leader of the official opposition Conservative Party of Canada, would repeal legislation currently before the Canadian Senate that he…
Lithium & Uranium Snapshot: Eight energized juniors on the move
While lithium and uranium markets were depressed in 2018, a rebound could occur, as demand pressures for both metals grow in the years ahead. Here’s a look at eight juniors…
Commentary: Lithium opportunities abound in Australia
The following is an edited excerpt from the publication “The lithium–ion battery value chain — new economy opportunities for Australia” by the Australian government’s Australian Trade and Investment Commission. To…