Voisey’s Bay underground expansion delivers first ore
June 11 marked the milestone first production of ore from the underground expansion project at the Voisey’s Bay nickel-cobalt mine owned by Vale (NYSE: VALE). The mine is located on…
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Ganfeng Lithium to buy 50% of Mali mine for $130 million
Ganfeng also wants at least half of Goulamina’s first-phase annual output, estimated in 455,000 tonnes of spodumene.
US markets down, June 7-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.80% to finish the week at 34,479.60 and the S&P 500 dropped 0.41% to 4,247.44. Spot gold fell by US$14.20 per oz., or 0.75%, to…
TSX Ventures slips, June 7-11
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index slipped 0.17% to finish the trading week at 979.70. Spot gold fell by US$14.20 per oz., or 0.75%, to US$1,877.80 per ounce. Callinex Mines climbed 74¢…
TSX mixed, June 7-11
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.55% to 20,138.35 during the June 7-11 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index slipped 0.79% to 113.61, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
Jetti Resources’ technology could help unlock millions of tonnes of copper from tailings
A new technology by Jetti Resources that can be used to extract copper from mine waste could be a “game-changer” for the copper industry, says Mike Outwin, Jetti’s CEO and…
Risk is a moving target
With more than 99.6% of the votes counted in Peru’s presidential election, it looks like left-wing Pedro Castillo of the Peru Libre party has defeated his right-wing opponent, Keiko Fujimori,…
Leftist Castillo emerges as likely winner of Peru’s contested presidential election
Socialist candidate Pedro Castillo is emerging as the winner of Peru’s June 6 presidential elections, with 99.6% of the votes counted. According to the latest update, Castillo had about 50.2%…
Western Uranium & Vanadium buys physical uranium
Western Uranium & Vanadium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF) has signed an agreement to buy 125,000 pounds of uranium concentrate at the current market price for delivery before the end of…
Gold Mountain speeds toward first production at Elk Gold in BC
Gold Mountain Mining (TSXV: GMTN; US-OTC: GMTNF) is on track for first production in October and first revenue in November at its Elk Gold project in British Columbia. The company…
Imperial drilling at Red Chris cuts 1.1 g/t gold, 1.1% copper
Imperial Metals (TSX: III) has released new drill results from the newly discovered East Ridge zone of the Red Chris copper-gold mine, 80 km south of Dease Lake in B.C….
Diamonds Snapshot: Eight Canadian companies ready for discovery
After a difficult 2020 that saw a near shutdown of the diamond market for half the year as a result of pandemic-related travel restrictions, diamond prices have bounced back in…