Gahcho Kué diamond mine life extended to 2031
A resource and reserve update from Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD) reveals the plant at the Gahcho Kué mine will be recovering stones into 2031, a year later than earlier estimated….
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Patriot Battery targets 400,000 tonnes per year at Quebec lithium project, PEA shows
Patriot Battery Metals (ASX: PMT; TSX: PMET) is targeting initial lithium production capacity of 400,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate at its flagship Shaakichiuwaanaan project, formerly known as Corvette, in Quebec….
Feds end Canada’s rail strike
Ottawa has stepped in to end a rare strike halting both of Canada’s major railways less than a day after it began. Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon on Thursday afternoon ordered…
Congo copper exports to US begin via Angola railway to Atlantic
A cargo of copper cathodes is headed to Baltimore after arriving by train at the port of Lobito in Angola on Monday.
Perseus sells Montage Gold stake for $61M
Perseus Mining (ASX, TSX: PRU) has divested its equity stake in Canada’s Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU) for $61.4 million to help finance an investment in a Guinea gold project. The…
Lucara finds world’s 2nd largest diamond ever mined
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC), has dug up a 2,492-carat diamond from its prolific Karowe mine in Botswana, the world’s second-largest stone ever mined by size. The “epic” diamond, as…
Podcast: ‘The gold price action is not a Western story’, ft Canaccord Genuity’s Cam Currie
In this week’s episode, Cam Currie, senior investment advisor at Canaccord Genuity and founder of Currie Metals and Mining Group, joins host Adrian Pocobelli to analyze the recent surge in…
SQM profit falls 63%, sees more weak lithium prices
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-biggest lithium producer, reported a sharp 63% decline in quarterly profit on the back of slumping prices of the key metal used in the…
Brazil Potash plans IPO to fund US$2.5B Autazes project
The company has filed a preliminary prospectus for the offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
E3, Pure Lithium advance battery plant plan to tap Alberta brine
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL) (OTCQX: EEMMF) has extended its partnership with Pure Lithium to advance the design of an anode and battery pilot plant in Alberta as well as study…
Regis takes US$130M hit on Australian project in new heritage zone
Regis Resources’ (ASX: RRL), the third-largest gold miner on the ASX, says its McPhillamys project in Australia has lost almost all of its value after the federal government issued an…
Oroco boosts economics at Santo Tomas copper project in Mexico to lead peers
Oroco Resource (TSXV: OCO; US-OTC: ORRCF) says a new study makes its Santo Tomas copper project in western Mexico one of the world’s most capital-efficient by hiking its value 23% while…