Silver Lake Resources grabs troubled Harte Gold
Australia’s Silver Lakes Resources (ASX: SLR) said on Friday it had won the bid for Harte Gold (TSX: HRT), whose sole asset is the three-year-old Sugar Zone mine in Ontario, Canada….
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Newcrest expands footprint in Canada with Pretium buy
Newcrest Mining (ASX, TSX: NCM) is expanding its footprint in Canada, particularly in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, after shareholders in Pretium Resources approved the Australian miner’s bid for the company….
Imperial Metals surrenders giant copper project to B.C. government
Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has entered into a memorandum of agreement with British Columbia to surrender the mining rights of its Giant Copper project, located between Hope and Princeton and surrounded…
Capstone enters exploration deal with BHP Copper for project near Pinto Valley
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has entered into an 18-month agreement to conduct drilling and collect metallurgical samples at BHP Copper’s Copper Cities project, located 10 km east of Capstone’s Pinto…
CNSC okays Denison amendment of McClean Lake tailings licence
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted permission to expand the McClean Lake tailings management facility (TMF), reported Denison Mines (TSX: DML; HYSE: DNN). The uranium mine, mill and…
Kumtor exceeds 2021 gold production guidance under nationalized management
The Kumtor Gold Company (KGC) says the nationalized Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan had exceeded production guidance for 2021. Under the new external management, which took over the asset when…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Hiring can be a fine art
Recruiting geologists and engineers for a project can be a tricky business. For all sorts of reasons, someone who comes across well in an interview can be an absolute antisocial…
Codelco adds 30 years to Andina copper mine
The Andina Transfer project turned the underground operation into an open pit mine located 3,500 metres above sea level, which holds 30% of Chile’s copper reserves.
Global Atomic releases drill results from Dasa uranium project in Niger
Drill results from the Zone 3 extension at Global Atomic’s (TSX: GLO; US-OTC: GLATF) Dasa uranium project in Niger have “exceeded expectations,” CEO Stephen Roman says. The drilling outlined continuous mineralization over a…
Terra Uranium signs option deal with CanAlaska for two uranium projects in Saskatchewan
Australia’s Terra Uranium has signed a deal to earn up to an 80% interest in CanAlaska Uranium’s (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC: CVVUF) 100%-owned Waterbury East and McTavish projects in Saskatchewan’s Eastern Athabasca Basin. Under the option agreement Terra can earn an…
Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2022
2021 was a big year for ESG. Extreme weather, pandemic ripple effects across healthcare, education, and the economy, the COP26 climate summit (and protests), and new sustainability legislation prompted calls…
Electra signs recycling, cobalt supply deal with Marubeni
Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM; US-OTC: ELBMF) has signed a battery recycling and cobalt sulphate supply agreement with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni. The two have signed a memorandum of understanding that…