Teck copper output shoots up on QB mine, profit disappoints
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) saw its copper production jump by 74% in the first three months of the year, due mainly to the ramp up of the…
Canada
Equinox Gold buys out Orion for almost US$1B as it readies Greenstone for first gold
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-AM: EQX) is buying partner Orion Mine Finance’s 40% stake in their new Greenstone gold mine in Ontario for US$995 million in cash and shares as it…
Power Nickel earns 80% of Nisk project in Quebec, adds polymetallic zone
Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF) increased its ownership of the Nisk project to 80% from Critical Elements Lithium (CRE: TSXV) and reported new drill results from a polymetallic zone. The…
Generation drilling finds more copper potential at delayed Marathon project
The first phase of drilling this year at Generation Mining’s (TSX: GENM) Marathon palladium-copper project in northwestern Ontario has expanded mineralization by 150 metres from the closest previous hole, revealing…
Standard Lithium commissions North America’s largest DLE unit at demo plant in Arkansas
Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) announced on Wednesday it has successfully commissioned and validated the performance of the largest continuously operating direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit in North America. The lithium…
Magna plans Crean Hill nickel-copper bulk sample
Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU; US-OTC: MGMNF) is now fully permitted to conduct a 400,000-tonne bulk sample at its past-producing Crean Hill nickel-copper project in Sudbury, Ont. The company, which received…
AbraSilver gets $20M investment from Kinross, Argentina power provider
AbraSilver Resource (TSXV: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) said on Monday it has received investments from both Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) and Central Puerto, Argentina’s leading electricity provider, to fund…
Ascot pours first gold at Premier, revives link to century-old mine
Over the weekend, Ascot Resources (TSX: AOT; US-OTC: AOTVF) poured first gold at its Premier gold project as part of the mine’s commissioning process, an event CEO Derek White says…
New Found grows portfolio with Labrador project buy
New Found Gold (TSX-V: NFG; NYSE: NFGC) is expanding its portfolio in Newfoundland with the planned acquisition of Labrador Gold’s (TSX-V: LAB; US-OTC: NKOSF) Kingsway gold project. Adding Kingsway will…
Taranis Resources secures permit after BC legal battle
Taranis Resources (TSX-V: TRO) can go ahead with planned exploration at its Thor polymetallic project near Trout Lake, B.C., almost two years after its permit application and five months after…
Tim Gitzel, CEO of uranium miner Cameco, is our Mining Person of the Year for 2023
Tim Gitzel, an executive at Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) for 17 years and president and CEO for 13, has led the company through more bad times than good. Among…
Reunion Gold inks key deal with Guyana
South America-focused explorer Reunion Gold (TSXV: RGD) has reached a key agreement with the government of Guyana, ensuring stable fiscal and operating conditions for its Oko West gold project’s lifespan…