Editorial: Nato and Trump to the REE rescue
Today’s huge Pentagon deal for MP Materials, the sole producer of rare earth elements (REEs) in the United States, continues the ratcheting up of developments in this formerly obscure sector….
Canada
Taseko more than doubles Yellowhead copper project value in BC
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-A: TGB; LSE: TKO) has released an updated technical report for the Yellowhead project in British Columbia that confirms its potential to become a tier one…
Ero logs high-grade hits at Brazil gold-copper project
Early-stage drilling at Ero Copper’s (TSX, NYSE: ERO) Furnas copper-gold project in northern Brazil’s Carajás region returned high-grade intercepts that extend known mineralization to a depth of 730 metres. Hole…
Sirios lifts gold grades by at least 20% at Cheechoo
An update for Sirios Resources’ (TSXV: SOI; US-OTC: SIREF) Cheechoo gold project in western Quebec raises the open-pit indicated grade by almost 20% and the inferred grade by almost 40%,…
JV Article: Surge Copper’s Berg project offers right metals, at the right place
If Surge Copper’s (TSXV: SURG; US-OTC: SRGXF) Berg copper-moly porphyry project in central B.C. were operating today, its production profile of 126 million lb. copper a year over a 30-year…
Radisson sees 74% IRR for O’Brien at spot gold price
Radisson Mining Resources (TSX-V: RDS, US-OTC: RMRDF) says a preliminary economic assessment for the former O’Brien gold mine in Quebec’s Abitibi region outlines a high-value project – as long as…
Banyan rises on 2M oz resource update
A resource update for Banyan Gold’s (TSX-V: BYN; US-OTC: BYAGF) AurMac project makes it the second largest resource on the Tombstone Gold belt in Yukon. Shares rose. The update adds…
Emperor Metals doubles inferred gold at Duquesne West
Emperor Metals’ (CSE: AUOZ; US-OTC: EMAUF) initial resource has more than doubled the inferred estimate at its Duquesne West gold project in Quebec’s Abitibi region. Shares rose. The estimate includes…
Endeavour Silver jumps 9% on output
Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK; TSX: EDR) gained on Wednesday after the Canadian miner reported its second-quarter operating results. Silver production rose in plan 13% higher than the first quarter to…
Capstone wins key permit to expand Mantoverde
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) has secured environmental approval from authorities in Chile’s Atacama region for its $150-million Mantoverde Optimized (MV-O) project. The green light extends the mine’s life…
‘Almost no surveillance’ of Eagle leach pad
Victoria Gold wasn’t paying enough attention to the Eagle mine heap leach pad before its catastrophic landslide in Yukon last year, an accident investigator says. The carelessness was a major…
Mali to sell Barrick’s gold: Reuters
The court-appointed administrator of Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali is planning to sell a tonne of the site’s gold to pay for restarting the mine,…