Osisko Metals, Appian complete JV to advance Pine Point
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) and Appian Natural Resources Fund III LP have closed a previously announced joint venture transaction to advance the Pine Point zinc-lead project in the…
Canada
Hecla firms up deal to acquire ATAC Resources
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Yukon-focused junior ATAC Resources (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) for an implied value of $39 million. The deal, which has…
De Beers finds diamond within a diamond, names it the ‘Beating Heart’
De Beers, the largest diamond producer by value, has unveiled a unique piece it named the “Beating Heart”— a 0.33-carat rough specimen that consists of a diamond within another diamond….
BofA turns bearish on lithium
New lithium supplies coming to market from at least six new projects in the next six months will exacerbate the price pressures the battery-making ingredient has been grappling with the…
Exploits Discovery cuts visible gold at Bullseye project in Newfoundland
Exploits Discovery (CSE: NFLD; US-OTC: NFLDF) says assays from three drill holes show visible gold on its Bullseye property in central Newfoundland. Drill hole BE-23-005 cut 3.5 metres grading 12.6…
High-grade results at Lynx target expand Osisko’s Windfall project
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) reported on Wednesday assay results as high as 286 grams gold per tonne from its Lynx target in the Abitibi greenstone belt in the Eeyou Istchee…
Eldorado secures 80% of Skouries gold-copper project funding
Canada’s Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD, NYSE: EGO) said on Wednesday it had secured previously announced €680 million (about $999 million) in financing facility for the development of its long-delayed Skouries…
Hochschild Mining walks away from Canadian gold project
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has informed Skeena Resources (TSX, NYSE: SKE) that it is ending its option to earn a 60% interest in the Canadian miner’s Snip gold project, located…
New Found Gold’s Iceberg delivers more high-grade hits
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-AM: NFGC) reported strong results Tuesday from diamond drilling at its high-grade Iceberg zone in northeast Newfoundland. Highlights from the drilling include hole NFGC-23-1128, which…
Barrick to earn into Midland’s Patris gold project in Quebec
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Midland Exploration (TSX-V: MD) have inked a deal that gives the world’s second largest bullion producer the right to earn into the junior’s…
Industry mourns the loss of industry giant Stuart ‘Tookie’ Angus
Sympathies continue to pour in following the passing last week of industry veteran Stuart ‘Tookie’ Angus. Angus was a prominent figure on Vancouver’s Howe Street for over four decades, working…
Video: B2Gold doubles down on North American gold
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl talks to B2Gold’s president and CEO, Clive Johnson, during the recent PDAC convention in Toronto. Johnson discusses B2Gold’s recent move to buy Sabina Gold…