Rio Tinto raises Yukon copper project stake, cuts diamond plan interest
Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is reshuffling its interests in two Canadian projects as it seeks to focus on green energy metals such as copper. Rio Tinto is spending…
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Caprock’s Ackley hosts same type of mineralization as EU’s largest hard rock lithium project
Caprock Mining (CSE: CAPR) has confirmed the Ackley property in southeast Newfoundland contains zinnwaldite, the same type of lithium-bearing mineral as the Cinovec lithium project in the Czech Republic. Several…
Cage drop kills 12, injures 74 at Implats Rustenburg mine in South Africa
Following a fatal accident at Impala Platinum Holdings‘ (JSE: IMP) Rustenburg mine in South Africa, the death toll has risen to 12 after a victim succumbed to their injuries in…
Sibanye-Stillwater cuts about 300 jobs in US to lower costs
Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW) said on Wednesday it will proceed with expected job cuts at its U.S. platinum-group metals (PGM) operations, as declines in metals prices make it…
Dundee Precious extends Chelopech mine life by one year
Nearly 20 years after buying the Chelopech gold-copper mine in Bulgaria, Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) announced an updated resource estimate that stretches the mine life slightly to 2032 from 2031….
Li-FT’s Yellowknife lithium project ‘overlooked and undervalued,’ Canaccord says
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF) has reported spodumene mineralization as high as 1.7% lithium oxide (Li2O) from drilling at several pegmatites at its Yellowknife project, in the Northwest Territories,…
New high-grade copper find in DRC similar to Kakula, Ivanhoe says
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says it’s made a significant high-grade copper discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) similar to the massive orebody it’s mining at the…
Gold juniors Nighthawk, Moneta to gain heft with all-share merger
Moneta Gold (TSX: ME; US-OTC: MEAUF) and Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF), two juniors with gold development projects in Canada, are planning an at-market, all-share merger. Moneta will contribute…
Podcast: ‘Opportunity abounds’—Stephen Stewart on YMP Scholarships and the exploration sector
In this week’s episode, we feature Stephen Stewart, Chair of Ore Group and Founder of the YMP Scholarships Fund, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Stewart discusses recent developments from…
Alaska Energy Metals acquires Angliers-Belleterre nickel-copper project in Quebec
Alaska Energy Metals (TSX: AEMC) has closed its 100% acquisition of the Angliers-Belleterre nickel-copper project in Quebec for $2.8 million. The Angliers-Belleterre property is underlain by komatiitic ultramafic flow rocks…
Euro Manganese shares jump on US$100M financing with Orion
Euro Manganese (TSXV: EMN; ASX: EMN) has signed a US$100-million financing agreement with private equity firm Orion Resource Partners to advance its Chvaletice project in the Czech Republic. The news…
Panama’s top court deems First Quantum contract unconstitutional
Panama’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) contract to operate the giant Cobre Panama copper mine, the only mining operation in the Central American country, is…