Nevada Copper plans Q4 production at Pumpkin Hollow
Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU) has released a new prefeasibility study for an open-pit mine at its Pumpkin Hollow project in Nevada, where it is building a standalone underground operation that…
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Millennial Lithium doubles resource at Pastos Grandes in Argentina
Millennial Lithium (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) has doubled the measured and indicated resource at its Pastos Grandes lithium project in Salta, Argentina. The project now contains 18 billion measured and…
Aztec says Cervantes a district-scale property after survey
Aztec Minerals (TSXV: AZT; US-OTC: AZZTF) recently flew a magnetic and radiometric survey over its Cervantes copper-gold project in Sonora, Mexico, that identified 11 porphyry targets. Follow-up work by the…
Cupric Canyon secures financing for Khoemacau in Botswana
A US$565-million funding package brings Cupric Canyon Capital one step closer to turning its Khoemacau project into a major copper and silver mine in northwestern Botswana. The private company has…
Fission considers underground-only scenario at PLS
Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) has tabled a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Patterson Lake South uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca region, outlining an open pit and underground hybrid…
BHP invests in Midland Exploration
BHP (NYSE: BHP) is investing in Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) to support the junior’s copper exploration in northern Quebec, including its Mythril copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project in James Bay Eeyou Istchee. BHP…
Miramont confirms mineralized system at Cerro Hermoso in Peru
Miramont Resources (CSE: MONT; US-OTC: MRRMF) cut significant mineralization during a 3,600-metre drill program at its Cerro Hermoso polymetallic project in Peru. The company tested Cerro Hermoso’s Central Breccia zone,…
Orocobre and Toyota Tsusho plan lithium plant in Japan
The boards of Orocobre (TSX: ORL; ASX: ORE) and Toyota Tsusho Corp. have given the green light to building the Naraha lithium hydroxide plant, which will be the first of…
Lumina extends Gran Bestia gold-copper deposit in Ecuador
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM; US-OTC: LMGDF) has drilled its longest continuous section of mineralization at its Gran Bestia deposit in Ecuador, part of its Cangrejos gold-copper project. The company cut…
Mountain Province boosts inferred resources at Faraday 2 kimberlite
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NYSE: MPVD) has incorporated the northwest extension of the Faraday 2 kimberlite at its Kennady North project into an updated inferred resource for the kimberlite…
Para to drill Tr-Ue gold vein in Arizona
Para Resources (TSXV: PBR; US-OTC: PRSRF) will drill five holes totalling 3,750 feet in conjunction with a geophysical program at its Tr-Ue gold vein near Oatman, Arz., and 1.5 miles…
Macquarie Research assesses global iron ore market
Spot iron ore prices rose from US$75 per tonne to US$95 per tonne in the weeks following the Brumadinho dam disaster at Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Feijao iron ore mine in…