Equinox promotes former Calibre executive to CEO
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-A: EQX) promoted chief operating officer Darren Hall to the post of CEO to replace founding shareholder Greg Smith, who is stepping down. Hall, a 40-year…
Exploration
KoBold signs Congo deal to boost US mineral supply
The Democratic Republic of Congo and U.S.‑based Kobold Metals have struck a preliminary mineral exploration agreement that deepens American involvement in the country’s critical‑minerals sector. The deal opens the door…
Lifezone cuts Kabanga project value to $1.6B
Lifezone Metals‘ (NYSE: LZM) feasibility study for the flagship Kabanga nickel project cuts the asset’s net present value and mine life while boosting production costs compared with a more speculative…
Torex books high-grade gold at EPO in Mexico
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) cut a highlight result of 20 metres grading 45.87 grams gold per tonne at its development-stage EPO underground deposit in southwest Mexico. That result, in hole…
AngloGold buys Augusta Gold in Nevada push
AngloGold Ashanti (JSE: ANG; NYSE: AU) agreed to buy Canadian explorer Augusta Gold (TSX: G; US-OTC: AUGG) for about $152 million (US$111 million) in cash to further expand its Nevada footprint. Augusta…
Kenorland options three Ontario projects to Centerra
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; OTCQ-X: KLDCF) said it’s optioned three early-stage gold projects located in Northwestern Ontario to Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) with a view of developing the…
Juniors chase ounces, cash flow
Juniors must deliver resource growth, production gains and technological edge to capture capital, according to participants at this month’s Mining Investment Event of the North in Quebec City. The Northern…
Maritime expands Hammerdown gold as output nears
Canadian explorer Maritime Resources (TSX-V: MAE) said drilling at its Hammerdown project in Newfoundland and Labrador identified a new near-surface gold zone with “substantial” grades. The stock jumped. Hole HDGC-25-272…
Foran assays extend copper zone at McIlvenna Bay
Foran Mining (TSX: FOM; OTCQ-X: FMCXF) cut a highlight result of 21.3 metres grading 1.55% copper at its McIlvenna Bay project in east-central Saskatchewan. Hole BZ-25-02 also intersected 0.69% zinc,…
Novagold sees Donlin feasibility study by end ’27: CEO
Novagold Resources (TSX: NG) is pressing ahead with an updated feasibility study for its Donlin Gold project in Alaska now that Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) is no longer…
Osisko Metals intersects 2% copper at Gaspé project
Drilling at Osisko Metals’ (TSX: OM) flagship Gaspé project in eastern Quebec returned results as high as 25.6 metres grading 2.19% copper, the company said. That result, in hole 30-1070 from…
Cassiar adds 7M indicated tonnes to Taurus resource
A resource update for Cassiar Gold’s (TSXV: GLDC; US-OTCQX: CGLCF) Taurus project in northern British Columbia has converted almost 20% of inferred tonnages to indicated over the initial estimate from…