Lucara unearths 692-carat diamond at Karowe mine in Botswana
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has recovered its fourth diamond weighing over 300 carats this year from its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana — a 692.3-carat stone. The diamond, measuring 46.5…
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TNM Drill Down: South America dominates Top 10 copper assays YTD
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner presents the top 10 drill results for major metals year…
Luminex reaches ‘historic’ agreement with informal miners around Ecuador gold project
Luminex Resources (TSXV: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) says it has reached “a historic and unprecedented” mediated agreement with informal miners in the Condor North portion of its Condor gold project in…
Uranium Energy adds Rio Tinto’s exploration projects to Athabasca portfolio
Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) has expanded its landholdings in the Athabasca basin of Saskatchewan with the acquisition of exploration-stage projects held by Rio Tinto Exploration Canada, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto…
‘Unexpected’ mineralization hints at an even bigger Filo del Sol system
Filo Corp. (TSX: FIL; NASDAQ: FIL) has released assay results from its recent work at the Filo del Sol project’s Aurora zone, confirming the continuity of high-grade copper-gold mineralization and…
Sweden to lift ban on uranium mining
Sweden’s Climate Minister, Romina Pourmokhtari, has unveiled plans to lift the nation’s ban on uranium mining, paving the way for an expanded nuclear energy capacity. Pourmokhtari told The Times that a…
Podcast: Mining industry’s ‘risk aversion towards innovation’ hurts progress, ft YMP Arizona founder Caelen Burand
This week’s episode features Caelen Burand, founder of Young Mining Professionals Arizona and ASM consultant & engineer, who joins host Adrian Pocobelli to discuss how the mining industry is performing…
How miners can better manage community resettlement as demand for metals rises
It’s an undeniable fact that the world needs more metals to deal with the effects of climate change and to achieve net zero by 2050. Renewable energy (solar panels, wind…
FE Battery shares soar on lush lithium cuts
FE Battery Metals’ (CSE: FE) shares shot up 53% in early trading Monday after the company announced a channel sample value of 14.7 metres grading 1.15% lithium oxide (Li2O) from…
TNM Drill Down: Didipio drilling underlines depth potential
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Aug. 11-18. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider Mining Intelligence….
Tucano Gold to take over Great Panther’s Tucano mine in Brazil
Tucano Gold has entered into a definitive deal to acquire the subsidiaries of Great Panther Mining, Mina Tucano and Tucano Resources Mineração, for consideration of BRL1.00 (US20¢) per share, along…
Azure Minerals raises A$130M to fund Andover lithium project
Australian lithium developer Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) has launched an institutional placement to raise A$120 million ($104.2 million). The company will issue 50 million fully paid ordinary shares at $2.40…