JV Video: Minaurum’s Alamos lands 55M-oz resource
Minaurum Silver’s (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) maiden inferred resource of about 35 million oz. silver at its Alamos project in Mexico’s Sonora state, published late last month, gives the junior…
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Roundup video: BC must open land access, AME says
British Columbia should do more than that just impose fixed timelines for mineral exploration permits to restore confidence for prospectors and juniors, the head of the Association for Mineral Exploration…
Capstone strike ends allowing Mantoverde at full rate
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) is preparing to restore full output at its Mantoverde copper-gold mine in Chile after workers in the operation’s biggest union ratified a new three-year…
VRIC video: Few new TSX listings suggest it’s early in cycle for juniors, Soar Financial says
The relative lack of new mining listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange last year – despite firmer metals sentiment – suggested the junior market was still in the early innings…
Anglo flags third De Beers writedown
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) is weighing a third writedown of De Beers in as many years as weak diamond prices persist and the miner advances asset sales ahead of its…
Rio Tinto, Glencore nix $260B mega-merger
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) and Glencore (LSE: GLEN) have scrapped plans for a $260-billion merger that would have created the world’s largest mining company. In a statement on Thursday,…
Roundup Video: Laurion’s silver strike ‘bankrolled’ ancient Athens
A silver windfall more than 2,500 years ago helped turn Athens into the Mediterranean’s dominant sea power, The Northern Miner Podcast host Adrian Pocobelli says. In a presentation delivered to…
VRIC Video: Wheaton sees 1M oz sooner as production growth accelerates
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX, NYSE, LSE: WPM) is coming off its best year ever with the help of four new mines entering production and stronger output from existing assets, CEO…
AME Video: DRC export curbs revive cobalt, Adamas Intelligence says
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s surprise move last year to curb cobalt exports helped lift prices and pushed higher costs back into the electric-vehicle supply chain, Adamas Intelligence battery-metals analyst…
JV article: ReeXploration plans first drill at Namibia’s Eureka target
ReeXploration (TSXV: REE) is preparing a first‑pass drill program at its Eureka project in central Namibia to test a newly mapped uranium system while advancing an existing rare earths resource…
VRIC JV Video: Trinity One buys Ecuador’s Silver-1
Vancouver-based Trinity One Metals (TSXV: TOM; US-OTC: ARJNF) has agreed to acquire Ecuador’s past-producing Silver-1 mine, a deal CEO Thomas Wood said would give the roughly $9-million microcap a primary-silver…
AME Roundup Video: BC sets 140-day permit timelines
British Columbia will begin processing mineral-exploration permit applications within 40 to 140 days starting April 1, a move aimed at keeping investment flowing after exploration spending hit a record $751…