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An underground development worker at Trevali Mining’s Caribou zinc mine in northern New Brunswick.  Credit: Trevali Mining

Trevali nears commercial production at Caribou

Pure-play zinc producer Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) expects to reach commercial production at its second zinc mine before July. The company is commissioning its 3,000-tonne-per-day Caribou underground operation…


The processing plant built by Lithium Americas and Posco at the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina. Source: Lithium Americas

Lithium Americas finds a partner in Chilean giant SQM

Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) has taken a big stride in securing the technical backing to advance its Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine deposit in northwestern Argentina, as lithium fundamentals improve. The Vancouver-based junior…



Drilling at NGEx Resources' Los Helados property in Chile in 2014. Credit: NGEx Resources

Lower taxes in Argentina help NGEx Resources

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Argentina’s recent elimination of an export retention tax on copper concentrate exports improves the economics of NGEx Resources’ (TSX: NGQ; US-OTC: NGQRF) Constellation copper-gold-silver project, the company…










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