Wesdome Gold plans low-cost mine at Kiena
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly owned Kiena mine complex, 15 km northwest of Val-d’Or and 100 km east of Rouyn-Noranda…
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O3 Mining to raise $35M for Quebec exploration
O3 Mining (TSXV: OIII) has entered an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters to raise $35 million (upsized from $30 million) for exploration at its projects in Quebec and for…
Marathon Gold a ‘takeover target’ says National Bank Financial
Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ; US-OTC: MGDPF) has completed a bought deal financing raising $34.5 million that will be spent on permitting, development and exploration at its wholly owned Valentine gold…
Lithium prices to jump as pandemic hinders expansions, analyst says
Prices for lithium, one of the key ingredients for the batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs) and high tech devices, are expected to climb in two years, when shortages in…
Rio Tinto extracts high-purity scandium in Quebec
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has developed a way to extract high-purity scandium oxide from waste at its titanium dioxide production facilities in Quebec. The company has been using…
Vale ordered to set aside US$1.5B for damages from tailings dam disaster
A judge in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has partially granted an injunction sought by prosecutors by ordering Vale (NYSE: VALE) to set aside 7.9 billion reais (US$1.5 billion)…
Maple Gold Mines extends gold mineralization at Douay
Drilling within the Porphyry zone at Maple Gold Mines’ (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) 355-sq.-km Douay project in northern Quebec has intersected mineralization outside of the existing resource model. The company…
Lundin Gold to raise $50M in bought deal financing
BMO Capital Markets will buy 4.15 million common shares of Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) at $12.05 per share in a bought deal financing that will raise $50 million for the…
Palladium One outlines drill target at LK in Finland
Palladium One (TSXV: PDM; US-OTC: NKORF) has traced a new drill target within its wholly owned Lantinen Koillismaa (LK) project in Finland, 190 km northeast of Oulu. The latest target…
Silver One expands Candelaria in Nevada
Drilling at Silver One Resources’ (TSXV: SVE; US-OTC: SLVRF) Candelaria project in Nevada has expanded higher-grade mineralization between the past-producing Mount Diablo and Northern Belle pits at depth and confirmed…
Pandemic to worsen copper glut during next 18 months
A global copper surplus currently in the making is expected to get worse in the next 18 months as market disruptions have created greater uncertainty in the factors affecting supply…
Talon Metals closes private placement to advance Tamarack project in Minnesota
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF ) has raised $4 million in a non-brokered private placement of more than 40 million common shares at a price of 10¢ a share….