Kodal Minerals may delay Mali’s first lithium
Kodal Minerals (LSE: KOD) has flagged a possible delay in production from its Bougouni lithium project in southern Mali to early 2025 from the originally scheduled fourth quarter this year. …
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Letter to the editor: Where has Yukon’s sense of urgency gone on Eagle cleanup?
The forced receivership of Victoria Gold has exposed a troubling pattern of mismanagement and double standards by the Yukon government. The government’s initial emphasis on urgency and environmental concerns seems…
Q2 Metals hits thick intersections at Cisco lithium project in Quebec
Six months after acquiring the Cisco lithium property in northwestern Quebec, Q2 Metals (TSXV: QTWO; US-OTC: QUEXF) has drilled a 347-metre interval of continuous spodumene-pegmatite in what vice-president for exploration…
First Phosphate picks Quebec site for lithium-iron plant
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS; US-OTC: FRSPF) has taken a step closer towards producing a key material for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in Quebec for the North American battery and…
Dundee drilling near Čoka Rakita suggests camp-style copper-gold potential
Regional drilling at targets just north of the Čoka Rakita deposit in Serbia show the potential for finding more high-grade copper and gold at the project, Dundee Precious Metals (TSX:…
Great Bear PEA suggests multi-decade Kinross gold mine in Ontario
When Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) bought the Great Bear project in northern Ontario’s prolific Red Lake district two and a half years ago, its thinking was to acquire…
Yukon court OKs rare Indigenous bid for mine ownership
There could be landmark new life in the abandoned Minto copper-gold mine in the Yukon. The territory’s Supreme Court has approved a private bid by the Selkirk First Nation to…
JV Article: Sandvik’s versatile jumbo bolter improves mining operations at KGHM’s Victoria project
In June, DMC Mining Services started trialing Sandvik’s DD422i two-boom dual controls jumbo bolter at KGHM’s Victoria nickel-copper project in Ontario, 35 km west of Sudbury. The multi-purpose diesel-powered jumbo…
JV Article: Power Nickel gains Friedland support in Nisk project expansion to copper, platinum
Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF) shares have nearly tripled this year as the company transformed its resource-stage Nisk project in Quebec with a polymetallic discovery attracting billionaire mining investor Robert…
JV Article: Arizona Sonoran closing in on permit success at Cactus
With 11 billion lb. of contained copper in the ground and a recently rescoped preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that demonstrates 94% of the resources can be mined with open-pit methods,…
GM delays $330M Thacker Pass funding in latest sign of lithium slowdown
General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a $330-million investment in Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC), pushing the second tranche of their $650-million deal, announced in early 2023, to the…
Gold miner Robex reports loss as it pivots from Mali to Guinea
West Africa-focused gold miner Robex Resources (TSXV: RBX) reported a 10% increase in gold production and a 35% rise in revenue for the second quarter of 2024. However, the company…