Codelco targets 2030 start at Maricunga lithium project
Chile’s Codelco has started assessing partnership candidates for a lithium project in one of the country’s top salt flats, Maricunga, with the goal of kicking off production in 2030. The…
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SolGold inks contract for Ecuador’s biggest project
SolGold (LSE, TSX: SOLG) signed a decades-long deal with the Ecuadorian government for the country’s largest-ever mining project, the US$3.2 billion Cascabel copper-gold mine. The shares gained a penny to…
B2Gold nets US$90M stake in Versamet after royalty package sale
Canadian gold major B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) has agreed to sell a portfolio of 10 precious and base metals revenue shares to Sandbox Royalties, to be renamed Versamet Royalties,…
JV Article: G2 Goldfields set for meteoric growth in heart of regional M&A boom
G2 Goldfields (TSXV: GTWO; US-OTC: GUYGF) updated its resource for the OKO-Aremu project in Guyana in April and plans to do so again by year’s end to reflect the increase in contained…
Most energy and mining projects 20% in the red: study
Miners and energy companies are facing average budget overruns of 15% to 20%, which puts nearly US$1.5 billion of capital invested in energy transition-related projects at risk each year through…
BHP opts for mediation to avert strike at Spence mine
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has requested the Chilean government to mediate talks with union leaders at its Spence copper mine to avert a strike. The call for…
TNM Drill Down: Red 5 hits triple-digit gold at Darlot
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays of the May 24-31 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company Mining…
Strong returns at G2’s new Northwest target in Guyana
G2 Goldfields (TSX: GTWO; US-OTC: GUYGF) reported on Monday a new discovery at its Northwest (NW) OKO target in Guyana with intersections as strong as 8.5 grams gold per tonne…
Founders finds near-surface gold at Antino in Suriname
Drilling at Founders Metals’ (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) Antino project in southeast Suriname has returned strong near-surface gold mineralization as high as 8 metres grading 6.64 grams gold per tonne…
Codelco and SQM agree on final lithium deal
Chile’s state-run copper miner Codelco and the world’s second-largest lithium producer SQM (NYSE: SQM) inked a definitive agreement on Friday to jointly exploit the country’s vast deposits in the Salar…
Cabral Gold shares rise on top-three results ever at Cuiú Cuiú project in Brazil
Drilling at Cabral Gold’s (TSXV: CBR; US-OTC: CGBZF) Machichie target has returned some of the highest-grade assays at the Cuiú Cuiú project in northern Brazil, news that saw shares jump…
Lithium Ionic study gives Bandeira project US$1.3B NPV
A new feasibility study for Lithium Ionic’s (TSXV: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) Bandeira project in eastern Brazil outlines an operation with a post-tax net present value (NPV) more than four times…