B2Gold slashes Calibre stake
B2Gold (TSX: BTO, NYSE-A: BTG) has sold down its stake in Nicaragua producer Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) to less than 10%, citing market conditions and corporate strategy. The…
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SQM and Talga team up on Aero lithium project in Sweden
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, has inked an earn-in agreement with battery anode and advanced materials company Talga Group (ASX: TLG) to jointly advance the Aero lithium…
South Star nears startup of the Americas’ first new graphite mine in over 25 years
South Star Battery Metals (TSXV: STS) is preparing to start production at its flagship Santa Cruz graphite mine in Bahia, Brazil, within weeks. The company announced this week that it has…
Agnico exits Quebec JV with Maple Gold, but keeps back-in option
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has consolidated ownership of the Douay and Joutel gold projects in southwestern Quebec after a restructuring ended its 50/50 joint venture with Agnico…
US lithium clay projects secure backing despite extraction hurdles
The United States’ great hope for domestic lithium supply could lie in the massive-scale, long-life sediment-hosted deposits in its southwestern region. And even with tricky metallurgy to overcome and higher…
Barrick-backed Dakota Gold seeks Homestake-style lode
Dakota Gold (NYSE-A: DC) intersected more high-grade gold mineralization at the Maitland gold project in South Dakota showing similarities to the nearby former Homestake mine that produced 40 million oz….
EnergyX to build GM-offtake lithium plant in ‘Ark-La-Tex’
Privately-held Energy Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) says it’s planning to build a processing plant, for its Chilean lithium with General Motors as an off-taker, in the “Ark-La-Tex” region where Arkansas, Louisiana…
Ecuador to approve Mirador copper mine expansion by August
Ecuador is in the final steps of approving an expansion for the Mirador copper mine, run by the local unit of Chinese consortium CRCC-Tongguan, EcuaCorriente, BNamericas has reported. Diego Ocampo,…
Savannah Resources raises US$20M for Barroso lithium project
Savannah Resources (AIM: SAV), the British company behind the Barroso lithium project in Portugal, has secured a £16 million (US$20.2 million) investment from Dutch miner AMG, which has become the…
JV Article: Midnight Sun Mining partners with KoBold Metals, First Quantum
In February, Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) teamed up with KoBold Metals, a privately held U.S. AI-driven mining and exploration company backed by technology investors including Bill Gates and Silicon…
Azimut cuts high-grade lithium near Winsome’s Adina
New drill results from Azimut Resources (TSXV: AZM) confirm a wide and high-grade lithium zone on the Galinée property in the James Bay region of Quebec, likely the southern extension…
South Africa’s unity rule may boost mining
South Africa’s new coalition government with a pro-business party could help the world’s leading platinum producer improve its troubled power and rail networks getting metal to market, analysts say. The…