Altius makes bid for rest of TNR amid board fight
Altius Minerals (TSX: ALS) has made an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire the 87% of TNR Gold (TSXV: TNR; US-OTC: TRRXF) it doesn’t already own, a move that would give…
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Sponsored video: AbraSilver aims to fund Diablillos this year
AbraSilver Resource CEO John Miniotis in conversation with The Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by AbraSilver Resource and produced in co-operation…
World Bank backs $1.4B for Chile’s copper giant
The World Bank Group is holding up a financing structure used by Chile’s state-owned Codelco as a model for mineral-rich countries seeking to attract long-term private capital while reducing mining’s…
Glencore gets RIGI nod for $4B Argentina copper project
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has secured Argentine government approval for its $4 billion (C$5.7 billion) Agua Rica copper project under the country’s special investment incentive program, clearing a significant hurdle for…
Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing system. The overhaul sets national…
TNM Drill Down: Lion One in Fiji leads gold assays for August-September
Drilling in Fiji, Ecuador and the United States returned the top gold results for the Aug. 17 to Sept. 15 period, with assays from Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO), Auro…
Brazil court shuts Sigma Lithium mine
Sigma Lithium (TSXV, Nasdaq: SGML; ASX: SAU) has halted all mining and processing at its Grota do Cirilo complex in Brazil, two days after dismissing reports that a court had…
Lynas shares sink on A$968M Meteoric deal
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY, LYSCF) has agreed to buy Meteoric Resources (ASX: MEI; US-OTC: METOF) in an all-share deal valued at A$968 million (C$954.3 million), gaining control…
Mining’s future is up for sale
Streaming has moved far beyond its origins as a niche financing tool for cash-strapped miners, with multibillion-dollar deals and a growing secondary market turning rights to future metal production into…
Actor DiCaprio fights Belo Sun’s $300M Brazil mine
Leonardo DiCaprio has thrown his support behind opponents of Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX: BSX) proposed $300-million Volta Grande gold project in Brazil, adding a high-profile voice to a long-running battle…
Miata drills 3.4 g gold at Sela Creek in Suriname
Drilling at Miata Metals’ (TSXV: MMET; US-OTC: MMETF) Sela Creek project in Suriname has returned stacked, high-grade intercepts in the Jons Trend, giving it the potential for open-pit mining, the company…
Hancock disputes report of rare-earths paper loss
Australia’s Hancock Prospecting is disputing a report by the Australian Financial Review that falling shares of MP Materials (NYSE: MP) and Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) have cut the value…