New Mexican president avoids open-pit ban
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, who started this month after winning an election in June to succeed Andrés Manuel López Obrador, so far hasn’t declared she’ll act on her predecessor’s wish…
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JV Video: Torex Gold’s Media Luna on track for year-end production, CEO says
Mexico-focused Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) is nearing looking forward to first production at its US$950-million underground Media Luna mine by December, president and CEO Jody Kuzenko said in an…
Coeur Mining to buy Silvercrest in US$1.7B deal
Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) has reached an agreement to acquire Canadian precious metals producer Silvercrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE: SILV) in an all-share deal valued at US$1.7 billion. The addition…
Video: Why one contrarian mining investor prefers Australia over North America
Australia offers true discovery potential whereas “every rock seems to be turned three times” in North America, Commodity Discovery Fund founder Willem Middelkoop said in an interview. The Netherlands-based investor…
Video: New commodity supercycle to lift gold, copper and uranium stocks, fund manager says
Global investment in infrastructure and inflationary pressures are driving a new commodity boom, fund manager Wasif Latif said in an interview. Latif, the chief investment officer at Texas-based Sarmaya Partners,…
Fireweed hits high-grade zinc at Boundary zone in Yukon
First results of Fireweed Metals‘ (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) drilling season this year at its Macpass project has extended mineralization of the Boundary zone 45 metres west beyond the existing…
Why choose stocks with large undeveloped deposits?
Before I became a mining analyst and editor at Fat Tail Investment Research in Melbourne, I worked as a geologist in the mining industry. But in all my time writing to…
Filo shareholders approve BHP-Lundin’s $4.1B takeover
Shareholders of Filo Corp. (TSX: FIL) voted in favour of BHP Group (ASX, NYSE: BHP) and Lundin Mining‘s (TSX: LUN) $4.1-billion buyout in what could be one of the biggest…
Gatos Silver boosts output at key mine ahead of First Majestic merger
Canadian explorer and developer Gatos Silver (TSX: GATO; NYSE: GATO), which is being bought by First Majestic Silver (TSX: AG; NYSE: AG), has extended the life of its flagship Cerro…
Nevada King Gold’s high-grade hits cap off strong summer of drilling
New drill results from Nevada King Gold (TSXV: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) returned high grades and confirmed mineralization lies relatively flat across the Atlanta project’s central part. Its shares rose. …
Yukon First Nations appeal BMC’s Kudz Ze Kayah project in court
The decision to approve BMC Minerals’ Kudz Ze Kayah (KZK) polymetallic mine for permitting in the Yukon is being challenged again by Indigenous groups claiming they weren’t property consulted on…
Osisko Metals seeks financing partner on huge Gaspé copper project in Quebec
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNE) is advancing the giant Gaspé copper project in Quebec with an economic study planned for February amid efforts to land a 20% partnership with provincial financing agency…