Allkem releases feasibility study for James Bay lithium project in Quebec
Allkem (TSX: AKE; ASX: AKE) has released a feasibility study for its James Bay hard rock lithium project in Quebec, located 130 km east of James Bay and the Cree Nation of…
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Argentina’s Chubut province repeals new open-pit mining law after protests
Argentina’s Chubut province has reversed a decision to allow open pit mining in certain zones of the province following protests against the law. On December 15, the province approved a…
Lundin Mining to acquire Josemaria Resources for $625 million
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) is acquiring Josemaria Resources (TSX: JOSE) for about $625 million for its namesake copper-gold project in San Juan, Argentina. The Canadian miner is acquiring the company for $1.60 a…
Newmont raises US$1B through mining industry’s first sustainability linked bond
Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has closed the mining industry’s first sustainability-linked bond, raising net proceeds of US$992 million in a registered $1 billion public offering of senior notes issued…
Fortuna Silver receives EIA extension for San Jose mine in Mexico
Mexico has granted Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) a 12-year extension to its environmental impact authorization for the company’s San Jose mine in Oaxaca state, after first denying the extension in November. “After continued dialogue and technical…
Eldorado Gold releases feasibility study for Skouries project in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has released a feasibility study for its Skouries project, a gold-copper porphyry deposit located on the Halkidiki Peninsula of northern Greece. The feasibility study, which envisions an open…
Future of Canada’s off-grid mines crucial to decarbonization, says MAC’s Brendan Marshall
Brendan Marshall is a Vice President, Economic and Northern Affairs, at the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and works to advance the industry’s understanding of energy, climate change, taxation and…
New Chubut law could pave way for Pan American’s Navidad project after a decade
Argentina’s Chubut province approved a legislative bill this week that could potentially modify a 19-year-old law against open pit mining and allow Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) to advance its…
Victoria Gold lowers production guidance due to supply chain troubles
Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX) expects 2021 gold production to be 10% lower than its previous guidance of 180,000 oz. due to supply chain issues. It produced 114,726 oz. gold in the first nine months of the…
Rockcliff reports high-grade drill results from Copperman project in Manitoba
Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF; US-OTC: RKCLF) has released high-grade copper and zinc assays from the first phase of its drill program at the Copperman property in Manitoba, about 120 km from the junior explorer’s Bucko mill in the Snow…
New Gold sells Blackwater gold stream to Wheaton for US$300 million
New Gold (TSX: NGD) is selling its gold stream on the Blackwater project in British Columbia to Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE: WPM; TSX: WPM; LSE: WPM) for US$300 million. The gold…
Strong EV sales will buoy battery metal prices next year
Electric vehicle sales have surged nearly 90% so far this year and will likely jump by 40% year-on-year in 2022, economist Patricia Mohr tells The Northern Miner. The former vice-president…