Altona Rare Earths strikes copper deal in Botswana
Shares in Altona Rare Earths (LSE: REE) gained more than a third on Tuesday after saying it had inked a deal to acquire the majority of a copper and silver…
Copper
Vale walks away from exploration JV with Serabi Gold
Brazil-focused miner Serabi Gold (TSX: SBI; LSE: SRB) said on Monday that Vale (NYSE: VALE) has decided to withdraw from a copper exploration alliance formed in May 2023. The company,…
Rio Tinto promotes copper boss Bold Baatar to commercial chief
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has promoted copper executive Bold Baatar to the post of chief commercial officer, in a move deemed by analysts as a clear…
First Quantum warns of dangers of long-term concentrate storage at Cobre Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) subsidiary in Panama is warning of the dangers posed by the long-term storage of copper concentrate at the disputed Cobre Panamá mine. According to the…
Atico drilling grows El Roble copper mine in Colombia
Atico Mining (TSXV: ATY; US-OTC: ATCMF) is reporting strong drill results that expand its El Roble copper-gold mine in Colombia. The drilling was aimed at infilling areas of mineralization while…
Video: American Pacific Mining’s Palmer project pivot pays off
Cashed-up American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD; US-OTC: USGDF) is preparing for an active drilling season this year at its Palmer base metals project in Alaska and the Madison copper-gold project…
Video: Aura Minerals aims to improve 2024 gold output by 15%
With a fourth mine in Brazil now in production, Aura Minerals’ (TSX: ORA) CFO Kleber Cardoso is confident the company will achieve about 271,400 oz. of gold-equivalent production this year….
Orion looks to offload another 8.3% stake in Capstone Copper
The three Orion Resource Partners funds that recently sold a stake in Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) are selling another 8.3% holding via a secondary offering in Australia for…
Proponents see northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire opposition melting like ice roads
Construction timelines remain fuzzy but proponents are still optimistic two and half years into studying roads to serve the Ring of Fire critical minerals region in northern Ontario. Three all-season…
Barrick eyes Peru growth amid global asset expansion
Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) ongoing push to expand its global portfolio has prompted the company to revisit its presence in the Latin American market. The world’s second largest…
African Rainbow Minerals ups copper game with Surge stake buy
African Rainbow Minerals (JSE: ARI) is buying a 15% stake in British Columbia-focused explorer Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG) for $3.8 million, boosting the South African miner’s exposure to copper. South…
Aura Minerals shares gain as miner ups gold reserves nearly 24%
Aura Minerals (TSX: ORA) shares gained as much as 4% to $10.85 after reporting resource and reserve updates for its four operating mines and two development projects, growing all categories…