Hudbay increases stake in Arizona Sonoran to 9.99%
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has upped its stake in Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU, OTCQX: ASCUF) with the purchase of 11.85 million shares under a private placement. The Arizona…
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Gatos Silver posts solid 2024, preps takeover by First Majestic
Gatos Silver (TSX: GATO; NYSE: GATO) has topped its 2024 production guidance at the Cerro Los Gatos mine in Mexico. Record throughput and higher-than-expected silver-equivalent output drove strong results. The…
New Gold falls short of 2024 gold guidance
New Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: NGD) shares fell on Friday after the company missed its production forecast in a challenging finish to the year. The mid-tier miner cited December mechanical failures…
Canada knocks Trump’s claims of resource independence
Canada’s minister of energy and natural resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, has pushed back against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s recent claim that America doesn’t need anything from its northern neighbour as “simply…
Panama seeks public input on re-opening First Quantum copper mine
Panama’s government has kicked off a public consultation on an environmental audit of First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) Cobre Panama copper mine. The Ministry of Environment (MiAmbiente) this week invited…
Torex Gold meets 2024 guidance while prepping Media Luna in Mexico
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) says it’s achieved its annual production guidance for the sixth consecutive year even after a brief shutdown last month. The Toronto-based company produced 452,523 oz. gold…
Faraday’s Copper Creek drill results show resource growth potential in Arizona
Faraday Copper (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) on Wednesday reported high-grade drill results from its Copper Creek project in Arizona, expanding near-surface and vein-hosted mineralization. Faraday’s drilling supports the theme of…
Hudbay seeks $210M Peru copper mine expansion OK
Canadian miner Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) is seeking a permit to expand its Constancia copper mine in Peru’s Cusco region, including upgrades at the Pampacancha satellite pit. The US$210…
US Copper hikes California project value to US$1B
US Copper (TSXV: USCU; US-OTC: USCUF) has highlighted the economic potential of its Moonlight-Superior project in California with a new independent technical report calculating its after-tax net present value at…
Trudeau to resign ahead of vote this year likely to elect conservative Poilievre
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will resign, paving the way for a new Liberal Party leader to take on Pierre Poilievre, who is favoured to win an election…
Cameco’s uranium, Ivanhoe’s copper, Agnico’s gold lead BofA’s picks this year
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF), Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Steel Dynamics (Nasdaq: STLD) are Bank of America’s top choices for…
XXIX hits 5.3% copper over 11 metres at Opemiska in Quebec
Drilling by XXIX Metal Corp. (TSXV: XXIX, OTCQB: QCCUF) at the Opemiska Copper Complex in Quebec has found strong copper mineralization in an area between two former mines. Company shares…