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…
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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…
Who’s taking Canada’s nuclear waste?
A small town in Northern Ontario has agreed alongside the local First Nations community to bury Canada’s nuclear waste for centuries, but it faces opposition from other Indigenous and anti-nuclear…
Collective discovers gold, copper at San Antonio project
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) said it discovered gold and copper during early-stage drilling at its San Antonio project in Colombia. Hole SAC-11 returned 290.2 metres grading 0.58 gram per…
Supply risks trump demand concerns: Cameco CEO
Global utilities have their work cut out if they hope to secure enough uranium to meet demand over the next 20 years, Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) CEO Tim Gitzel…
Rio Tinto eyes rare earths sector
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) is considering a move into rare earths and other critical minerals as it responds to shifting global market dynamics and trade tensions. Following the company’s annual…
Infographic: Where uranium activity is banned in Canada
In contrast with Canada’s uranium hotspot, the Athabasca basin in Saskatchewan, exploration and mining of the energy metal has for at least 12 years been banned or largely restricted for…
Artemis soars as Blackwater starts commercial output
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) shares skyrocketed to an all-time high Friday after the company said it had begun commercial production at its Blackwater open pit mine in central British Columbia,…
Southern Cross banks $143M to fast-track Sunday Creek resource estimate
Australia’s Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG) raised $143 million (A$162 million) in a private placement in Canada to support work at the Sunday Creek gold-antimony project. Bankers from Stifel Nicolaus…
Q&A JV with Eriez: How the HydroFloat system improves mining operation profitability
As pressure mounts on miners to deliver critical minerals faster and cleaner, technologies that boost efficiency while cutting environmental impact are in the spotlight. One of those is the HydroFloat…
Uranium: Where claims are hottest now
Uranium has had its ups and downs on the spot market over the last few years. Surging demand and supply constraints elevated the price to a 17-year high in early…