Ivanhoe working towards accelerating Phase 3 expansion at Kamoa-Kakula copper mine
The Canadian miner wants to accelerate the Phase 3 concentrator expansion from 7.6 million tonnes per annum to 11.4 million tonnes per annum.
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Kaz Minerals bidders up takeover bid to $5.5 billion
A consortium led by Kaz’s chairman Oleg Novachuk has raised its offer for the miner by 9%.
Talon’s Tamarack could become the only high-grade nickel mine in the U.S., the company says
Within the next few years, Talon Metals’(TSX: TLO) Tamarack nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota, 210 km north of Minneapolis and 89 km west of Duluth, could be the only source of high-grade…
Falco updates feasibility on low cost Horne 5 gold project
Quebec-focused developer Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC) has released the results of an updated feasibility study on a development of the Horne 5 deposit below the historic Horne mine in the…
Troilus to acquire UrbanGold in all-share deal, grow Quebec land position
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) plans to expand its position in Quebec’s Frotet-Evans greenstone belt by 33% through an all-share acquisition of junior UrbanGold Minerals (TSXV: UGM). The two…
Foran reports wide copper intervals from McIlvenna Bay
With a feasibility study underway for its McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc project in eastern Saskatchewan, developer Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) has released assay results for two infill holes. The holes were…
BeMetals starts PEA on South Mountain project ahead of resource update
With an updated resource for its past-producing zinc-silver-gold-copper South Mountain project expected in April, BeMetals (TSXV: BMET) has also started a preliminary economic assessment (PEA), which is scheduled for completion…
Surge updates resource for Berg deposit in B.C.
After acquiring the option to earn up to a 70% interest in the Berg property in central B.C. last December, Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG) has now updated a historic resource…
Troilus steps out Southwest zone in Quebec
Ahead of an updated resource estimate and prefeasibility study due out in the second half of the year for its namesake project in north-central Quebec, Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG) has…
The View from England: Copper has been a stand-out price performer during the pandemic, as has cardboard
As tempting as it is to opine about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and the Oprah Winfrey soap opera, there are rather more important things going on than the…
Newmont to buy GT Gold
Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM), the world’s No. 1 gold miner, is acquiring all the shares it doesn’t already own in Canadian explorer GT Gold (TSXV: GTT) in a cash deal…
Historic Phoenix mine target of Golden Dawn’s airborne survey
Golden Dawn Minerals (TSXV:GOM; US-OTC:GDMRF) has completed a helicopter-borne VTEM and magnetics survey over the old Phoenix copper mine at its Greenwood precious metals project in southeast B.C. The Golden…