SITE VISIT: New Pacific advances Bolivian silver project towards late 2022 PEA
Looking down into the deep ravine in the centre of New Pacific Metals’ (TSX: NUAG) Silver Sand project in central Bolivia, one does not have to be a geologist to…
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Orosur reports ‘substantial’ gold assays at Anzá project in Colombia
Orosur Mining (TSXV: OMI; AIM: OMI) says diamond drilling at its flagship Anzá gold project in Colombia returned “substantial” assays from the Pepas prospect. Drill hole PEP007 intersected 80.6 metres…
Omai doubles Guyana gold resource
Guyana-focused Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG) has reported a near-doubling of the resource base after releasing a new resource estimate for its namesake gold project. The new resource update incorporates…
Los Andes Copper on track to deliver Vizcachitas prefeasibility by year-end, says CEO
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTCQX) is eager to restart drilling at the flagship Vizcachitas porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in Chile while it works in parallel to publish a pre-feasibility study…
Royalty firm Ecora plans transition to green metals despite lucrative coal contract
Ecora Resources (TSX: ECOR), a mining royalties company, is betting its shift to green-economy investing in projects by giants such as Vale (NYSE: VALE) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
Uranium Snapshot: Seven juniors searching for the energy metal
As the world looks for low-carbon energy solutions, more nations are coming to the conclusion that nuclear power needs to be part of the mix. Here are seven junior companies…
Equinox feasibility confirms CIL plant could extend Los Filos mine life to 2036
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) has released results of a feasibility study for an expansion at its 100%-owned Los Filos mine complex located in Mexico, which would see the operation extended…
China’s Zijin to buy Rosebel from Iamgold for US$360M
Canada’s Iamgold (TSX IMG; NYSE: IAG) said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its stake in the Rosebel gold mine in Suriname to Zijin Mining in a deal valued…
JV Article: Element 29 Resources defines first copper-moly resource in mineral-rich Peru
Element 29 Resources (TSXV: ECU) a Vancouver-based copper explorer with projects in Peru, has released its first resource estimates for the Elida project in the Andean nation, with an initial…
Regulus receives US$5M investment from Osisko Gold for AntaKori project
Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG; OTC: RGLSF) has secured a US$5 million investment from Osisko Gold Royalties in exchange for a net smelter return (NSR) ranging from 0.125% to 1.5% on certain claims…
Visualization: Lithium producers in ‘generational challenge’ to meet 2050 demand, finds BMI report
The world will need to produce 11.2 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) by 2050, or 20 times 2021 output, to meet growing demand from automakers and energy storage…
Mining’s problems are now the world’s problems, as lithium scale-up issues show
Lithium prices continue to hold near historic highs, even in the face of an anticipated global recession. Spot prices for both lithium carbonate and hydroxide are now hovering around US$70,000…