TNM Drill Down: Mapping the top drill holes YTD
We’ve compiled a map of the top gold, silver, copper, nickel, lithium and uranium assays year-to-date. Click here to see the visualization.
Copper
Ecuador court confirms DPM concessions; permits delayed by 12 months
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) announced Tuesday the Provincial Court of Azuay in Ecuador delivered a decision reaffirming the company’s mining concessions for the Loma Larga copper-gold project. While the…
Rio Tinto-First Quantum JV to develop massive copper project in Peru
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) have formed a joint venture to advance the La Granja copper project in Peru to development….
Zijin mulls multi-billion expansion of Serbian copper mine
China’s Zijin Mining Group is said to be planning an expansion of its Cukaru Peki mine in eastern Serbia, as demand for copper is expected to surpass supply. According to…
Nickel Creek Platinum shares drop as prefeasibility puts Shaw project capex at $1.7B
Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NCP; US-OTC: NCPCF) shares fell by 16.7% to 2.5¢ each on Friday after the company released a prefeasibility study giving its Nickel Shaw project in southwest…
Upcoming elections in near-bankrupt Argentina could finally unlock the country’s huge mineral projects
Food, energy and now minerals. In a world where competition for raw materials is only increasing, Argentina is blessed with an abundance of natural resources. But the country’s nationalist politics…
Have the bears finally got it right on China?
August is proving to be a difficult month for the mining sector. That’s being led by weak economic news on China. The narrative here has been extremely bearish. In fact,…
Headwinds mount in quest for stable copper supplies
In an era of energy transitions and economic shifts, global metal markets are at a juncture, influenced by volatility, surprise deficits, and geopolitical pressures. The copper market, often considered a…
TNM Drill Down: South America dominates Top 10 copper assays YTD
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner presents the top 10 drill results for major metals year…
Luminex reaches ‘historic’ agreement with informal miners around Ecuador gold project
Luminex Resources (TSXV: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) says it has reached “a historic and unprecedented” mediated agreement with informal miners in the Condor North portion of its Condor gold project in…
‘Unexpected’ mineralization hints at an even bigger Filo del Sol system
Filo Corp. (TSX: FIL; NASDAQ: FIL) has released assay results from its recent work at the Filo del Sol project’s Aurora zone, confirming the continuity of high-grade copper-gold mineralization and…
How miners can better manage community resettlement as demand for metals rises
It’s an undeniable fact that the world needs more metals to deal with the effects of climate change and to achieve net zero by 2050. Renewable energy (solar panels, wind…