Volume 105 Number 25 December 9 – December 22, 2019


Sun Metals advances Stardust

Sun Metals (TSXV: SUNM) has completed the final tranche of a $6.2-million bought-deal financing that will help it advance exploration at its wholly owned Stardust project, 250 km northwest of…




SolGold’s Cascabel camp, 180 km north of Quito in Ecuador. The company expects to ramp up from five to eight drill rigs before delivering its first inferred resource estimate at the property’s Alpala porphyry cluster later this year. Credit: SolGold.

BHP boosts investment in SolGold

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is spending US$22 million to boost its stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) to 14.7% from 11.1%, making it one of the two largest shareholders…


Troilus Gold boosts resource in Quebec

Single-asset company Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Troilus gold project, 170 km north of Chibougamau, Quebec. Indicated resources for the…


Geomega Resources’ mini pilot plant in Boucherville, Quebec, which separates and extracts rare earth oxides from permanent magnet waste. Credit: Geomega Resources.

Mining waste for key metals

Apple is using recycled rare earth elements (REE) in a key component of its newest iPhone 11 models, which hit the market in September. The recycled REEs are employed in…


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