Colombia abandons plan to tax gold exports
Colombian finance minister José Antonio Ocampo said the government has withdrawn a plan to introduce a 10% duty on gold exports included in the tax reform bill submitted by the…
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TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week Aug 19-26
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence. Brisbane-based Santana…
Video interview: American Pacific Mining’s Constantine buy a ‘win-win’ for both juniors
Vancouver-based American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD; US-OTCQX: USGDF) has announced the acquisition of Constantine Metal Resources (TSXV: CEM) and its Palmer zinc-copper-gold-silver volcanic massive sulphide project north of Haines in…
Japan’s nuclear policy shift marks a turning point for uranium
More than a decade after the 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan roiled the uranium industry, the country has announced a major policy shift…
Rio Tinto invests $35M in new aluminum recycling centre in Quebec
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO, ASX: RIO) announced Friday it is investing $35 million to build a new aluminum recycling facility at its Arvida Plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que. The investment will…
Nevada Copper unveils restart and US$93M financing plan for Pumpkin Hollow
Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU; US-OTC: NEVDF) plans to restart and ramp up its Pumpkin Hollow underground mine in Nevada and has agreed to non-binding terms with lenders for up to…
Wyloo Metals invests A$150M in rare earths developer to fund stake in Neo Performance Materials
Four months after closing the acquisition of Canada’s Noront Resources and its Eagle’s Nest project in Ontario’s Ring of Fire, one of the world’s largest undeveloped high-grade nickel sulphide deposits,…
Clean Air Metals advances Thunder Bay North towards resource update, prefeasibility
Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR; OTC: CLRMF) has released new assay results from the 2022 drill campaign at both the Escape and Current PGE (platinum group elements)-copper-nickel deposits, part of…
The View from England: Copper and an artist drawn to war
A recent report suggests copper might have something in common with Eric Ravilious, whose paintings became increasingly associated with conflict. A strategic study by IHS Markit (now a part of…
Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Electric one of three finalists for Saudi Arabia project
Saudi Arabia has narrowed the field to three finalists for a massive mining exploration licence about 175 km west of Riyadh that it says contains about 25 million tonnes of…
Marathon’s Valentine gold project gets OK from the feds
Three years after kicking off its environmental assessment work, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) has received environmental assessment approvals from both the federal and provincial governments for its Valentine gold project…
Hudbay inks exploration deal for satellite properties near its Constancia copper mine in Peru
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has reached an exploration agreement with the Uchucarcco community in Peru for the surface rights to the Maria Reyna and Caballito satellite properties near its…