Aussie gold miner Newcrest to begin trading on TSX
Following its acquisition of a 70% stake in the Red Chris copper-gold mine in British Columbia last year, Australia’s largest listed gold miner, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM), will begin trading…
South America
Regulus partners with Osisko Gold Royalties on AntaKori in Peru
Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG; US-OTC: RGLSF) and Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) have announced a strategic partnership that grants Osisko rights on existing royalties covering claims on Regulus’ AntaKori copper-gold-silver project…
Aftermath Silver purchases Berenguela silver-copper project from SSR Mining
Aftermath Silver (TSXV: AAG; US-OTC: AAGFF) has signed an agreement with SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM) to purchase 100% of the Berenguela silver-copper project in Peru, 204 km from Arequipa….
‘It’s a great time to be in the industry’: Great Panther Mining focuses on stability, growth
Great Panther Silver changed its name to Great Panther Mining (TSX: GPR; NYSE-AM: GPL) last year after adding the Tucano gold mine in northern Brazil to its portfolio of two…
Newmont and Agnico Eagle team up in Colombia
Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM), the world’s largest gold producer, and Canada’s Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) have formed a 50-50 joint venture in Colombia to explore…
Solaris reports long copper intercepts at Warintza porphyry system in Ecuador
Solaris Resources (TSXV: SLS) has reported assay results for the second and third drill holes completed as part of a 40,000-metre drill program at its Warinzta project in southeastern Ecuador….
Jervois Mining to buy cobalt, nickel refinery in Brazil
Jervois Mining (TSXV: JRV; US-OTC: JRVMF) is buying a nickel and cobalt refinery in Brazil from Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio for 125 million reals (US$22.1 million) in an effort to…
Power outage damages equipment at Lundin’s Chapada mine in Brazil
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has withdrawn its 2020 production, cash cost and capital expenditure guidance for its Chapada copper and gold mine in northern Brazil after a power outage caused damage…
Luminex Resources finds high-grade mineralization at Condor
Luminex Resources (TSXV: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) has released drill results from a five-hole, 3,300-metres drill program at its Condor gold-copper project in the Zamora-Chinchipe province in southeast Ecuador, 400 km southeast of…
Ecuador’s constitutional court allows referendums on new mining projects
Ecuador’s highest court has ruled that communities have the right to hold referendums on whether or not proposed large and medium-scale mines can move forward, but said the public can…
TSX mixed, Sept. 14-18
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.15% to 16,198.97 during the Sept. 14-18 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 0.52% to 101.18, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
TSX Venture moves higher, Sept. 14-18
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbed 1.64% to finish the Sept. 14-18 trading week at 745.37. Spot gold closed the week at US$1,988.90 per oz., up US$8.80 per oz. or…