Cornish Lithium granted rights for offshore exploration
Cornish Lithium, a British miner eager to lead the development of an industry for the battery metal in the U.K., has been given the green light to explore for the battery metal…
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Skeena discovers near-surface mineralization within Eskay resource pit
Infill drilling at Skeena Resources’ (TSX: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) past-producing gold-silver Eskay Creek project in the Golden Triangle of northwestern B.C. hit high-grade mineralization at surface within the 22 Zone…
Taseko Mines to move ahead with Arizona copper project
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) said the Florence town council in Arizona has decided not to appeal the Aquifer protection permit (APP) for the company’s Florence copper…
Initial production at Kamoa-Kakula expected in less than six months
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) announced that underground development at its Kamoa-Kakula copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo mined and stockpiled 269,000 tonnes of ore grading…
Agnico snaps up Nunavut miner TMAC in friendly deal
Only two weeks after the federal government blocked a takeover of struggling Nunavut gold miner TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) by China’s Shandong Gold Mining, TMAC has found itself in the…
Probe Metals drills 10.4 metres of 7.3 g/t gold at Monique within Val d’Or East
Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) has released assay results for 12 holes drilled as part of its 2020 expansion drill program within the Monique property at its Val d’Or…
Intercontinental Gold completes first zinc-silver concentrate shipment from Bolivia
Intercontinental Gold and Metals (TSXV: ICAU) has completed the first zinc-silver concentrate shipment from its toll processing facility in Bolivia. The commodity trading firm reported that the initial shipment added…
Botswana extends Lucara’s licence for Karowe to 2046
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) said Botswana has renewed the company’s mining licence for its Karowe mine for another 25 years, paving the way to fully move the mine’s underground expansion to…
SilverCrest secures US$120M facility for Las Chispas, enters into EPC contract
As it looks to a construction decision for its flagship Las Chispas silver-gold project in Sonora, Mexico, SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE-AM: SILV) has announced that it has entered into…
Argonaut executes fixed bid contract for Magino gold project
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR; US-OTC: ARNGF) has executed a fixed bid engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract (EPC contract) with Ausenco, an engineering and construction management company. The EPC contract…
Victoria Gold’s new credit facilities expected to lower carrying costs in 2021
Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX) says an agreement with a syndicate of banks for a secured US$200 million debt facility will cut carrying costs by about 50% in 2021. The credit…
Lucapa kicks off 2021 with 113-carat diamond find at Lulo
It’s the seventeenth rock over 100 carats found at the Angolan mine.