Capstone Copper building copper-cobalt district in Chile
By integrating its Mantoverde and Santo Domingo mines it expects to churn out 200,000 tonnes of copper and 6,000 tonnes of battery-grade cobalt a year.
Canada
Alamos feasibility reveals big reserves increase, capex required
An updated feasibility study on Alamos Gold’s (TSX: AGI; NYSE; AGI) Lynn Lake project in Manitoba, Wednesday showed a big increase in reserves, but also a big increase in expected…
E3 Lithium nears first production at DLE field pilot plant
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL), developer of a large lithium resource in south-central Alberta, has started commissioning of its direct lithium extraction (DLE) field pilot plant. With all major pieces of…
Site visit: Yukon gold duo McConnell and Christie helm Victoria, Banyan in surging Tombstone belt
John McConnell and Tara Christie are the Yukon mining power couple. The husband and wife are both presidents and CEOs of Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX) and Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN;…
Canadian deep-sea miner TMC to seek licence in 2024
Canada’s The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMCWW) is ready to apply next year for a licence to start mining the seabed, with production expected to start as early as the fourth quarter of…
How Rainbow Rare Earths plans to bootstrap itself onto the global stage
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) is making strides in the rare earths sector as its Phalaborwa project in South Africa underpins an aggressive international growth strategy. While pilot-scale production at…
Sayona books first revenue from NAL project as initial lithium shipment leaves port
Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA; US-OTC: SYAXF) has made the first commercial shipment of lithium-bearing concentrate from the North American Lithium (NAL) project in Quebec. The project is operated by Sayona…
Niger coup does little to move uranium price
The global uranium industry is bracing for potential fallout from a recent military coup in Niger, accounting for about 5% of global nuclear fuel production. Several miners active in Niger…
How Madison Metals plans to disrupt junior finance with a uranium token
Industry veteran Duane Parnham sat at a cozy dinner table with his family last Christmas when inspiration struck. Watching his kids and in-laws engrossed in cryptocurrency trading gave Parnham, the…
Lithium Americas shareholders approve split
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) is going ahead with a planned separation of its North American and Argentinean businesses into two independent public companies, after shareholders approved the split…
TNM Drill Down: New Found’s Queensway South points to more discoveries
Our TNM Drill Down features the top gold assays of the week of July 21-28. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data provider Mining Intelligence….
Patriot Battery posts first Corvette lithium resource, shares dip
Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET; ASX: PMT) has delivered the long-awaited maiden resource estimate for the CV5 pegmatite at the Corvette lithium project in James Bay, Que., saying that results…