Panama court to rule on First Quantum mine’s fate
Panama’s Supreme Court began deliberations on Friday to decide the future of First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) giant Cobre Panama copper operation, the Central American country’s only mine. The top…
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Northcliff delays Sisson tungsten-moly project
Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF) has announced a delay in the start of construction at its Sisson critical minerals project on environmental and community engagement grounds, now set for Dec. 3,…
LithiumBank DLE test shows >98% recovery in Alberta
LithiumBank Resources (TSXV: LBNK; US-OTC: LBNKF) says tests show more than 98% recovery from direct lithium extraction (DLE) at its Boardwalk brine project in Alberta. The DLE process by G2L Greenview…
Silvercorp Metals sweetens offer for Tanzania-focused OreCorp
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) surprised the market on Thursday by increasing its cash offer for African gold developer OreCorp (ASX: ORR) by A$20 million (US$13 million). The improved…
Baffinland wins output hike after larger plan blocked
Canada has approved a 40% increase in output from ArcelorMittal-backed Baffinland Iron Mines in the country’s far north a year after denying it a larger plan to nearly triple production. Northern…
Collective’s Apollo drill program at Guayabales hits grade
Collective Mining (TSXV: CNL; US-OTC: CNLMF) on Wednesday reported a fresh set of high-grade assay results from the Apollo porphyry system at the Guyabales project in Caldas, Colombia. At Apollo,…
Global exploration snapshot: Eight projects to watch
From Alaska to South America, junior exploration companies are hunting for base metals, uranium and precious metals to power our future. Here’s an overview of eight companies advancing promising projects….
Video: Battery metal boom navigates new tech
How the blossoming markets for lithium, nickel and uranium are coping with new technology, politics and societal concerns led the debate at a panel discussion in Zurich this month. The…
Nunavut nixes Agnico’s Meliadine gold mine expansion
Nunavut’s Impact Review Board has rejected Agnico Eagle Mines‘s (TSX:AEM; NYSE:AEM) application to expand the Meliadine gold mine near the northwest shore of Hudson Bay. The board said the proposal…
Patriot Battery Metals shares rise on new discovery at Corvette
Patriot Battery Metals’s (TSXV: PMET) new discovery of spodumene pegmatite on its Corvette lithium property in Quebec’s James Bay region suggests strong potential for project scale growth, the company and…
Adventus buys Beaty-backed Luminex for Ecuador focus
Canadian junior Adventus Mining (TSX-V: ADZN; US-OTC: ADVZF) is acquiring cohort Luminex Resources (TSX-V: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) in an all-stock deal to focus on copper and gold development in Ecuador….
Uranium sector ‘scrambling’ to fill supply gap
The price of uranium will hit triple-digits for the first time since 2007 as nations weaning off oil and seeking energy security deplete nuclear fuel supplies, the world’s largest investment…