Franco-Nevada lands $1B royalty on Iamgold’s Côté
Canada’s Franco-Nevada (TSX, NYSE: FNV) has agreed to acquire a royalty package on the Côté Gold mine in Ontario from a private third party for $1.05 billion in cash. The Toronto-based…
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Agnico stake in Fury Gold could rise to 9.9%
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) has nearly tripled its equity position in junior explorer Fury Gold Mines (TSX, NYSE-A: FURY) with a further $4.3-million investment. Most of the new…
Drilling returns ‘high-calibre’ uranium results at NexGen’s PCE target
Drilling by NexGen Energy (TSX, NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) has returned results as high as 0.5 metre grading 68.8% uranium oxide (U3O8) at its Patterson Corridor East (PCE) target in…
Arizona Metals books high-grade hits at Kay
Arizona Metals (TSX: AMC; OTCQX: AZMCF) said drilling at its Kay project in the central part of the state returned high-grade results of 9.5 metres at 5.37 grams gold per…
Barrick fights Mali bid to control Loulo-Gounkoto
Canadian gold giant Barrick (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) is pushing back against an attempt by the Malian government to wrest control of the Loulo-Gounkoto mine complex away from the company….
Opus One drill results at Noyell shows growth promise
Opus One Gold (TSXV: OOR) says that drilling at its Noyell project near Matagami, Quebec, has redefined management’s interpretation for the project. Hole NO-25-06 cut 8.4 metres (true width 6.6…
Aftermath reports shallow copper, silver in Peru
Canadian explorer Aftermath Silver (TSXV: AAG; US-OTC: AAGFF) said drilling at its Berenguela silver-copper-manganese deposit in Peru intersected shallow mineralization, paving the way for an updated resource estimate. Hole AFD129…
U.S. OK’s Anfield mine in first fast-tracked project
The United States Department of the Interior has approved Anfield Energy’s (TSXV: AEC; US-OTC: ANLDF) Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium mine in Utah – the first project to be greenlit under a…
Ivanhoe, Zijin in spat over quake impact on Kakula
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) on Friday disputed a statement by its Chinese partner, Zijin Mining, regarding operational issues at their jointly owned Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of…
New Imperial Metals drill results reveal significant mineralization at Mount Polley
Imperial Metals (TSX: III) reported drill results as high as 33.7 metres grading 0.79% copper and 2.02 grams gold per tonne at the Mount Polley mine in south-central British Columbia….
China rules critical mineral despite efforts: IEA
A new report by the International Energy Agency paints a sobering picture of the global push to secure critical minerals as nations are forced to navigate through high geopolitical tensions…
Generation rises on Marathon copper build permit
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; US-OTC: GENMF) shares rose Thursday morning after the company’s receipt of the final construction permit for its Marathon copper-palladium project in northwestern Ontario. The industrial sewage…