Friedland-backed Cordoba sells Alacrán copper project
Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; US-OTC: CDBMF) has agreed to sell its remaining half-interest in the Alacrán copper project to a consortium of investors including China’s JCHX for cash of up…
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Ireland logs strongest silver assays since Beatles Help!
Group Eleven Resources’ (TSXV: ZNG; US-OTC: GRLVF) Thursday exploration update at its Ballywire discovery returned among the highest-grade silver intercepts in Ireland in more than 60 years, the company says….
Buffett knows resources need rail: ex-Tory leader O’Toole
As U.S. protectionism intensifies under renewed tariff threats and energy pressures, Canada’s former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is calling on the nation to double down on domestic resources and reassert…
Sitka assays suggest ‘significant’ deep tonnage in Yukon
Canadian explorer Sitka Gold (TSX-V: SIG; OTCQB: SITKF) said assay results from drilling at its RC gold project in Yukon suggest the deposit could contain significant tonnage at greater depths than…
Grey Fox emerges as McEwen’s growth driver
McEwen Mining (NYSE, TSX: MUX) is banking on the Grey Fox deposit to drive production growth at its Fox Complex just outside Timmins, Ontario. McEwen plans to lift Fox Complex…
Barrick cuts ‘Gold’ from name as metal prices fuel profit
Canada’s gold giant Barrick (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has officially changed its name to Barrick Mining Corporation, or Société minière Barrick in French, and reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit that was…
Centerra update lifts tonnages at BC’s Kemess project
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) has issued a resource update that increases by more than 10 times the tonnages at its Kemess project in the Toodoggone district of north-central…
Mineros gains on Povernir build permit in Nicaragua
Mineros (TSX: MSA) has received the permit it needs to start building its underground mine at the Porvenir project in northeast Nicaragua. Shares gained 7%. Its subsidiary Hemco Mineros Nicaragua…
Rio Tinto extracts first gallium in Quebec
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) has produced its first primary gallium from bauxite processed in Quebec, marking a key milestone in its partnership with Indium Corp. of central New…
Contango targets 200,000 direct-ship oz. by 2029
Contango Ore (NYSE-A: CTGO) published its first assessment of the Johnson Tract project in southeast Alaska on Tuesday, showing positive economics and costs per ounce around a quarter of the…
Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine wins award for solar plant
Rio Tinto said its Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories won an environmental award for its 3.5-megawatt solar power plant – about a year before the mine’s planned closure….
Lundin/BHP’s first Filo copper resource ranks Chile project among world’s largest
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) says an initial mineral resource estimate shows its jointly owned Filo del Sol project in Chile’s Atacama region would rank among the world’s 10 largest producing…