Barrick pulls the trigger on Pueblo Viejo expansion
The Dominican Republic has completed a review of the location for a new tailings storage facility for Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) US$1.4 billion Pueblo Viejo gold mine expansion…
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Wyloo targets net-zero mine, world-class battery production after Noront takeover
Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has completed the acquisition of Noront Resources almost a year after placing its initial offer to buy the company and edging out the world’s…
Bradda Head Lithium flies high following Basin East resource growth
A little more than nine months following its initial public offering (IPO), U.S.-focused junior Bradda Head Lithium (AIM: BHL, US-OTCQB: BHLIF) shares continue to fly high following the 65% resource…
Civil claim filed against junior miner Pure Gold in BC Supreme Court
Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM; LSE: PUR) has been named in a civil claim in the British Columbia Supreme Court for allegedly failing to disclose information relating to its operations…
Chile sues BHP, Albemarle, Antofagasta over water use
The Chilean government of President Gabriel Boric is suing mines operated by giants BHP (ASX: BHP), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Antofagasta (LON: ANTO) over alleged environmental damage caused in the northern Salar…
Federal budget proposes $3.8B to support Canada’s critical minerals industry
Canada’s 2022 Budget has proposed to provide a total of up to $3.8 billion over eight years to develop electric vehicle components such as batteries and permanent magnets and ensure…
Analysts adjust higher metal price assumptions on Russia-Ukraine conflict
Several analysts have adjusted higher their metal price assumptions for 2022 as the February Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, wreaking havoc on global metals and mineral supply chains. Moody’s…
Kinross to post first resource for Great Bear in 2022, with prefeasibility study to follow
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is aiming to report an initial inferred resource for its recently acquired Great Bear (Dixie) project in Red Lake, Ont., by the end of…
Ambler Metals’ suspended access road permits in legal limbo
A judge of the Federal District of Alaska is expected to render a decision soon in a dispute regarding the development of a 340-km, east-west-running controlled industrial access road that…
Glencore to buy recycled nickel and cobalt products from Electra in 2023
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has agreed to purchase nickel and cobalt products for a year from a battery recycling plant that’s poised to go online in 2023 – Electra Battery Materials’…
Black Iron won’t publish Shymanivske feasibility until there’s peace in Ukraine
Ukraine-focused iron ore developer Black Iron Inc (TSX: BKI; US-OTC: BKIRF) will not publish the highly anticipated feasibility study for the Shymanivske project until peace has returned to the Dnipropetrovsk region…
Westhaven drills highest ever intercept (37 g/t Au and 215 g/t Ag) at Shovelnose
Westhaven Gold (TSXV: WHN) has released new results from ongoing drilling at its wholly owned Shovelnose gold project. Covering 76.2 sq. km, Shovelnose is the largest of the company’s four properties…