Bunker Hill to buy Silver47 in $163M all-stock deal
Bunker Hill Mining (TSX: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) agreed to buy Silver47 Exploration (TSX-V: AGA; US-OTC: AAGA) in an all-stock deal valued at about $163 million (C$225 million) that will create…
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Metals Exploration locks in $27M as La India first gold nears
Metals Exploration (AIM:MTL) has secured $27 million (C$38 million) in equipment financing as its La India gold project in Nicaragua closes in on first production by year-end. The company has…
Central Nevada Gold on mine hunt: CEO
Privately held developer Central Nevada Gold will look at acquiring other precious metals assets in the state after buying the past-producing Mule Canyon mine from Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX:…
Brazil’s top court breaks Indigenous mining deadlock
Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling allowing Cinta Larga Indigenous communities to legally conduct mineral exploration in four territories under temporary safeguards while lawmakers develop long-delayed legislation that governs…
Lassonde-backed Cadillac Mines drilling points to more Ontario gold
Canadian developer Cadillac Mines (TSX: CADY) says new drilling at its past-producing Kerr-Addison property in Ontario could open the door to a larger open-pit gold resource. The stock rose. Standout…
Colombia gold mine collapse kills 13 workers
At least 13 workers have been killed and another seven injured in a landslide at an open pit gold mine in southwestern Colombia — the latest in a series of…
Podcast: Mineral War — China’s grand plan to dominate metals markets, ft Tomasz Nadrowski
This week’s episode features portfolio manager Tomasz Nadrowski, author of Mineral War: China’s Quest for Weapons of Mineral Destruction, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on China’s resource strategy over…
Fortescue exec kept on job during sex-harassment probe
Fortescue (ASX: FMG) is keeping an unnamed senior executive at work while external lawyers investigate allegations of sexual harassment and bullying, energy chief Gus Pichot said Thursday. The Australian miner…
High-grade Ima resource boosts Idaho tungsten revival
An initial resource for American Tungsten’s (TSXV: TUNG; US-OTC: TUNGF) Ima project in northeast Idaho positions it as the state’s highest grade tungsten project where the critical metal is in…
Las Bambas halt compounds South America copper woes
China-controlled miner MMG (HKG: 1208) has suspended operations at its Las Bambas mine in Peru after an accident killed two workers, adding another disruption to South American copper supply as…
Blockade keeps Endeavour’s Mexican mine shut
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) operations at its Terronera silver-gold mine in Mexico remained suspended Thursday as a local community blockade over infrastructure, services and financial support continued in…
Friedland’s forgotten metal wins $400M US backing
After more than two decades, billionaire Robert Friedland’s plans of developing a scandium mine in New South Wales (NSW) look to be finally coming to fruition. Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX:…