Deep-sea nickel hits battery grade for The Metals Co.
The production of nickel sulfate from polymetallic nodules during tests is believed to be a first in the mining sector.
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Opinion: Ring of Fire road must start ASAP
The Ring of Fire camp is the most important mining discovery in Canadian history for its strategic minerals including nickel, copper, platinum group metals, chromite and titanium. It even exceeds…
New Gold reports cores among best yet at New Afton as it hikes ownership
New Gold’s (TSX: NGD; NYSE: NGD) exploration drilling at the New Afton copper-gold mine in British Columbia has produced among the best intersections yet as the company looks to extend…
Founders finds near-surface gold at Antino in Suriname
Drilling at Founders Metals’ (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) Antino project in southeast Suriname has returned strong near-surface gold mineralization as high as 8 metres grading 6.64 grams gold per tonne…
Lithium Ionic raises Salinas ownership in Brazil
Lithium Ionic (TSXV: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) is buying the remaining 15% of the Salinas properties in Brazil it doesn’t already own. To finalize the acquisition, Lithium Ionic will pay the…
Codelco and SQM agree on final lithium deal
Chile’s state-run copper miner Codelco and the world’s second-largest lithium producer SQM (NYSE: SQM) inked a definitive agreement on Friday to jointly exploit the country’s vast deposits in the Salar…
Silver Lake shareholders approve merger with Red 5
The A$2.2-billion ($1.5bn) deal creates Australia’s fifth largest gold producer.
Hecla’s Yukon unit fined $100,000 for chemical risks
Hecla Mining‘s (NYSE:HL) Yukon-based subsidiary has been hit with a $100,000 fine for overlooking certain environmental risks at its large silver mine situated 350 km north of Whitehorse, according to…
Billions in African gold smuggled to UAE: report
As much as US$35 billion worth of gold produced by artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa, the world’s top bullion producing continent, goes undeclared and then smuggled out, a report…
Cabral Gold shares rise on top-three results ever at Cuiú Cuiú project in Brazil
Drilling at Cabral Gold’s (TSXV: CBR; US-OTC: CGBZF) Machichie target has returned some of the highest-grade assays at the Cuiú Cuiú project in northern Brazil, news that saw shares jump…
Lithium Ionic study gives Bandeira project US$1.3B NPV
A new feasibility study for Lithium Ionic’s (TSXV: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) Bandeira project in eastern Brazil outlines an operation with a post-tax net present value (NPV) more than four times…
Southern Cross Gold more than doubles Sunday Creek drill program
Australia’s Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG) has reported 38 intersections with grades higher than 100 grams per tonne gold-equivalent over a metre’s width at its Sunday Creek project in Victoria,…