Hecla eyes early 2024 Lucky Friday restart after underground fire
The U.S.’s biggest silver producer Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) expects to restart its idled Idaho-based Lucky Friday mine operations early in the New Year after a fire and a groundfall…
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Adriatic Metals to begin silver production in Bosnia in November
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT) said on Monday that it’s ready to kick off production at its Vares silver project in central Bosnia in November, which will make the…
Beaver Creek: Critical minerals shine at precious metals summit
The mining sector, a longstanding pillar of the global economy and even more important now with rising attention to critical metals and secure supply in Western nations, is facing emerging…
LithiumBank inks direct extraction tech deal for Prairies brine projects
LithiumBank Resources (TSXV: LBNK; US-OTC: LBNKF) announced Monday an intellectual property licensing agreement for direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology owned by G2L Greenview Resources. Effective from Sept. 8, the agreement…
The great platinum deficit: Council forecasts record demand in 2023
The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) forecasts a record 1-million-oz. platinum deficit for 2023, both in absolute ounces and as a percentage of annual demand, amid a surge in automotive and industrial demand and stagnant supply.
TNM Drill Down: New Found Gold’s Queensway delivers week’s top gold assay
The top gold assays from Aug. 25-Sept. 1 come from Canada, Brazil and Australia. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider Mining Intelligence….
Trident Royalties downplays exposure to Mexico’s lithium nationalization
Trident Royalties (AIM: TRR; US-OTC: TDTRF) shares fell to a fresh 12-month low Friday after China’s Gangfeng Lithium announced that Mexico has cancelled its Sonora lithium claims, on which Trident…
U.S. IRA lays bare critical mineral supply fault lines, says report
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is reshaping the landscape of metals and minerals demand, triggering a surge in critical minerals activity while structural permitting challenges in the U.S. legal system…
BCSC to hear NorthWest Copper’s activist investor claims
With shares trending 51% in the red over the past 12 months, NorthWest Copper (TSXV: NWST; US-OTC: NWCCF) says the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has agreed to schedule a…
Franco-Nevada offers ‘financial lifeline’ to Red Pine Exploration
Trading at a 50% drop year-to-date at 15¢ per share, Red Pine Exploration (TSXV: RPX; US-OTC: RDEXF) has sold a 1.5% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on its advanced gold…
Eloro tallies inferred resource of 670 M tonnes containing 1.2 B oz silver equivalent
Eloro Resources (TSX: ELO; US-OTC: ELRRF) has released an inaugural mineral resource estimate for its Iska Iska silver-tin polymetallic project in southwestern Bolivia. Due to the polymetallic nature of the deposit, the resources…
Taseko’s Florence copper project inks preservation deal with U.S. EPA
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has signed a programmatic agreement under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) section 106 process outlining the protocols for the treatment, handling,…