Fortescue Metals targets zero emissions by 2040
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG), the world’s fourth largest iron ore producer, has brought forward a self-imposed deadline to be carbon-neutral by 2040, ten years earlier than its closest rivals…
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Skeena progresses Eskay Creek to prefeasibility
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has started a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for the Eskay Creek gold-silver project in the province’s Golden Triangle area. “The PFS is the next…
Libero to drill Big Red gold project in BC
Libero Copper & Gold (TSXV: LBC; US-OTC: LBCMF) has announced its exploration plans for the 260-sq.-km Big Red property within the Golden Triangle. The company plans to first complete a…
Diamonds Snapshot: Six juniors staying in the game
For companies without the size and heft of the big producers De Beers and Alrosa, the diamond space has always been a challenging one – even before the coronavirus pandemic….
TSX Venture slips, June 8-12: Artemis Gold, Rupert Resources, SRG Mining
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell by 0.36% to finish the June 8-12 trading week at 554.91, with gold finishing the week at US$1,730.50 per oz., a rise of US$46.50…
Imperial, Newcrest confirm high-grade mineralization at Red Chris
Exploration drilling has confirmed the continuity of high-grade mineralisation at the Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwest British Columbia, 80 km south of Dease Lake and 1,700 km from Vancouver….
Argonaut receives key permit for Magino
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has completed a key permitting milestone for its Magino project, which included consultation with Indigenous communities and members of the public. The completed Schedule 2 amendment…
Silvercorp walks away from Guyana Goldfields bid
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) has decided not to match a third-party superior bid for Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY), and said that if the takeover target terminates an agreement…
Taseko maintains production through pandemic
While gold miners have been stealing the pandemic limelight as that precious metal’s price has soared, copper miners have struggled with the collapse of their main markets, like China, and…
Maple Gold Mines connects gold zones at Douay
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has released the results of hole 20-281 completed within the conceptual pit shell at the Porphyry zone at the company’s 355-sq.-km Douay project…
Star Diamond and Rio Tinto clash over project ownership
In spite of a legal dispute between partners Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) at the Star-Orion South diamond project in north-central Saskatchewan, the project…
EHR Resources launches diamond ‘incubator’
With a new strategy focused on diamonds that officially launched in March, just as the coronavirus pandemic began to spread across the globe, you might think that EHR Resources (ASX:…