Argenta’s El Quevar shines with 18,467 grams silver hit
Argenta Silver (TSXV: AGAG) has delivered one of the year’s most eye‑popping silver assays at El Quevar in Salta, Argentina, cutting 18,467 grams silver per tonne over 1.05 metres. The…
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Mosaic to sell Brazil potash mine for $27M cash
Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) agreed to sell its Taquari-Vassouras potash mine in Brazil to VL Mineração for up to $27 million in cash, with the buyer also assuming about $22 million…
Lithium Argentina soars on Q2 results, sector rally
Lithium Argentina AG (TSX, NYSE: LAR) soared 31% on Monday afternoon as investors reacted positively to the company’s latest quarterly results and growth outlook. During the three months ended June…
Founders’ gold results expand high-grade zone at Antino
Drilling by Founders Metals (TSX-V: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) has returned results as high as 46 metres grading 3.59 grams gold per tonne at its Antino project in southeast Suriname. That…
Jaguar receives federal permit for Brazil mine restart
Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG) has received federal authorization to begin preparatory work for the restart of its Turmalina underground gold mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with operations expected to resume…
Aura Minerals quits Canada for Nasdaq
South America-focused gold and copper miner Aura Minerals (TSX: ORA; Nasdaq: AUGO) says it’s done with investors in Canada a just as the company books record results. April-to-June adjusted earnings…
Capstone OKs $176M Chile copper spend despite rise
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) said it’s going ahead with the costlier-than-planned expansion of a sulphide concentrator at its Mantoverde property in Chile in a move that will add…
Barrick sells Chile gold project to Boroo for $50M
Barrick Mining (NYSE:B; TSX:ABX) is selling its Alturas gold project in Chile to a Singapore-based unit of Boroo for $50 million (C$69 million) in cash, plus a 0.5% net smelter…
Infographic: Antimony spheres of control
Antimony is a critical mineral—vital for military applications and ammunition, as well as in batteries and semiconductors —yet its global supply is overwhelmingly controlled by China and Russia. In today’s geopolitically charged world, access to antimony is as…
Quake kills six at Codelco copper mine in Chile
Codelco says all of the five workers trapped at one of the world’s largest underground copper mines have been pronounced dead plus another who died when a powerful tremor caused…
Lundin Gold strikes Fruta del Norte bonanza
The latest conversion drilling at Lundin Gold’s (TSX: LUG; Nasdaq Stockholm: LUG; US-OTC: LUGDF) Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador has returned results as high as 9 metres grading nearly…
Canada’s Voisey’s Bay, Sudbury expansions boost Vale nickel, copper output
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Canada operations led its second-quarter performance with a 44% rise in nickel output at Voisey’s Bay in Labrador and higher output at its Sudbury operations. Nickel sales…