Balmoral extends depth of Grasset deposit in Quebec
In the first expansion drilling since 2015 on its Grasset deposit in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Quebec, Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has extended the known depth of…
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Gainey Capital confirms high grades at Las Margaritas
Gainey Capital’s (TSXV: GNC; US-OTC: GNYPF) first pass sampling at its newly-optioned Las Margaritas gold project in Durango, Mexico, sampled up to 40 grams gold per tonne and confirmed the…
Vale declares force majeure
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has declared force majeure on a series of iron ore and pellets sales contracts after a Brazilian state court ordered it to suspend production from its Brucutu…
Atlantic confirms gold extensions at Cochrane Hill
Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB; US-OTC: SPVEF) says recently completed diamond drilling at its Cochrane Hill gold deposit in Nova Scotia is confirming mineralization extensions initially identified in its 2018 drill…
OceanaGold forecasts similar production, slightly higher costs
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) says its mines in the Philippines, New Zealand and the U.S. will produce a total of between 500,000 and 550,000 oz. of gold and 14,000 to…
Glencore expects higher copper production in 2019
Commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has reported production figures for 2018 and confirmed 2019 guidance that implies a 14%-year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent production. Copper production reached 1.45 million tonnes in…
AME Roundup: Scheer promises to cut red tape
VANCOUVER — A Canadian government led by Andrew Scheer, the current leader of the official opposition Conservative Party of Canada, would repeal legislation currently before the Canadian Senate that he…
Lithium & Uranium Snapshot: Eight energized juniors on the move
While lithium and uranium markets were depressed in 2018, a rebound could occur, as demand pressures for both metals grow in the years ahead. Here’s a look at eight juniors…
Commentary: Lithium opportunities abound in Australia
The following is an edited excerpt from the publication “The lithium–ion battery value chain — new economy opportunities for Australia” by the Australian government’s Australian Trade and Investment Commission. To…
Vale faces ‘serious reputational risk’ following dam disaster: Moody’s
Potential liabilities from the collapse of a tailings dam at Vale’s Feijao iron ore mine in Brazil that has left at least 99 people dead and another 250 people missing…
Ivanhoe drills Kamoa-Kakula’s best intersection to date
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has drilled what it’s calling an “unprecedented” intersection in a shallow, flat lying deposit at the Kamoa North exploration area on its 397-sq.-km Kamoa-Kakula…
Osisko Metals releases more high-grade drill results from Pine Point
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM) has released new drill results from its high-grade, large tonnage and near-surface Pine Point zinc-lead deposit on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the…