Analysts weigh in on Osisko Development’s Utah gold mine acquisition
Less than two weeks after revealing its intention to add a new gold project to its list of assets, Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV) is getting positive feedback from market analysts…
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Ontario confirms link between Parkinson’s and McIntyre powder historically inhaled by miners
The Ontario government has formally recognized that an aluminium and aluminium oxide powder called McIntyre powder, which many Ontario miners were required to inhale as a preventive step against silicotic…
Latin Metals signs option agreement with Barrick Gold for properties in Argentina
A wholly owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has signed an option agreement to acquire up to an 85% interest in Latin Metal’s (TSXV: LMS; US-OTC: LMSQF)…
Benchmark drills high-grade gold and silver near surface at Cliff Creek
Benchmark Metals (TSXV: BNCH; US-OTC: BNCHF) has drilled 73.6 grams gold per tonne and 1,738.5 grams silver per tonne over 3.1 metres at its Cliff Creek North deposit. The deposit…
Triple Flag acquires royalty on Monarch’s Beaufor gold mine in Quebec
Monarch expects the mine to return to production by June 2022.
BHP to cut emissions by 30% with first LNG-powered bulk carrier
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has taken a key step towards its goal of reaching net-zero by 2050 after receiving the first of five LNG-powered carriers to transport…
MMG to halt Las Bambas copper mine by Feb 20 amid fresh blockade
MMG (HKG: 1208) said today that it will have to halt production at its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru by February 20, following a new blockade of the road…
Peru copper output up almost 7% despite social unrest
Copper output in Peru, the world’s second-largest producer after Chile, increased almost 7% to 2.3 million tonnes in 2021 despite several protests that paralyzed some of the country’s key operations. …
Top mining association to set up protocol to tackle discrimination, sexism by year-end
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) plans to introduce measures that will “propel” its members to be “more transparent” on issues like sexual harassment and discrimination by the end of…
Fortuna Silver’s San Jose EIA in Mexico extended by two years instead of 12
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) announced that Mexico’s environment ministry made a “typographical error” in the environment impact authorization (EIA) renewal of its San Jose mine in Oaxaca…
Colombia to open gold, coal assets up for bids
Colombia will begin taking offers in its first bidding round for gold and copper exploration contracts before the end of March, the government said this week, as part of ongoing…
IsoEnergy assays 20%+ uranium oxide at Larocque East property in Athabasca Basin
IsoEnergy (TSXV: ISO; US-OTC: ISENF) received high-grade assays of 20.4% uranium oxide over 6.5 metres, including 34.5% over 3.5 metres from the Hurricane zone at its Larocque East project in…