The aggregate annual global exploration budget is expected to increase between 5% and 15% year over year for 2022, a new report by S&P Global Market Intelligence states. The market…
Demand for ‘green energy’ metals like copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt has risen sharply, driven by the global move to lower carbon emissions and electric vehicle makers chasing battery ingredients….
Australia’s South32 (LSE: S32; ASX: S32) has acquired almost half of the vast Sierra Gorda copper mine in northern Chile, majority-owned by Polish miner KGHM (WSE: KGH) for US$1.55 billion in cash…
Australian lithium developer Lake Resources (US-OTC: LLKKF; ASX: LKW) is forming a partnership with California-based Lilac Solutions for technology and funding to develop its flagship Kachi lithium brine project in…
Chile will open a tender for the exploration and production of 400,000 tonnes of lithium in an effort to reclaim market share and meet growing demand for the metal used in electric vehicles and high-tech devices. The copper-producing nation,…
Santacruz Silver Mining (TSXV: SCZ; US-OTC: SZSMF), which owns the producing zinc-lead-copper Zimapan mine in Mexico’s Hidalgo state, is acquiring a portfolio of silver assets in Bolivia from Glencore (NYSE:…
World Copper (TSXV: WCU; US-OTC: WCUFF) is making headway on developing compelling low-cost, oxide-resource-based copper projects in Chile and the United States, CEO Nolan Peterson told The Northern Miner in…
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has become the first mining company in Chile to set-up a pilot project to advance the use of hydrogen in large mining equipment, especially haulage trucks. The pilot, set up at the company’s Centinela copper…
This year has been transformative for Baroyeca Gold and Silver (TSX: BGS; US-OTC: BRYGF), the company says. The junior explorer has raised over $3 million in two private placements and…
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM) has raised $19 million to advance its Cangrejos gold-copper project in Ecuador, where work is under way on a prefeasibility study. In addition to closing a…
Canada’s youngest senior gold producer, B2Gold (TSX: BTO; US-OTC: BTG), expects to report robust operating and financial metrics for the second half of 2021, the company’s VP for investor relations,…
A syndicate of five international financial institutions have approved a senior secured project finance facility of up to US$346.2 million for Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM; LSE: HZM) to fund the…
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