Peru sees 60% increase in mining tax revenues
Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said regional and local governments saw a 60% increase in mining tax revenues in 2021.
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JV: Evergold hits highest grades yet at Golden Lion in B.C.
Canadian explorer Evergold (TSXV: EVER; US-OTC: EVGUF) owns precious-base metal projects in Nevada and the Toodoggone and Golden Triangle regions of British Columbia. The Toronto-headquartered junior is focused on advancing its…
Osino Resources to acquire B2Gold’s Ondundu property in Namibia
Osino Resources (TSXV: OSI; US-OTC: OSIIF) is acquiring B2Gold’s (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) Ondundu gold property in Namibia in a cash and share deal worth US$15.2 million. The nearly 20,000-hectare property is about 130 km from Osino’s Twin Hills gold project, and…
Corvus agrees to $370M takeover by AngloGold Ashanti
Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR; NASDAQ: KOR) said the majority of its shareholders voted in favour of AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) taking control of the company in a deal valued at…
Jan. 31-Feb. 3 Roundup will be in person and online this year
AME Roundup in Vancouver is one of the largest annual gatherings of the global mineral exploration industry and there will be lots to celebrate this year including British Columbia’s performance…
JV Article: Saudi Arabia hosts inaugural Future Minerals Forum
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is hosting the first Future Minerals Forum. The forum, which runs between 11-13 January in Riyadh, was created to address two of the most pressing…
Harfang to acquire LaSalle in all-share deal
Harfang Exploration (TSXV: HAR) is acquiring LaSalle Exploration (TSXV: LSX) in an all-share deal that will combine Harfang’s Serpent and LaSalle’s Radisson projects in Québec’s James Bay Region. Under the deal Harfang will acquire each share of LaSalle Exploration for…
Manitoba greenlights 500 kg bulk sample at Foremost Lithium’s Zoro project
The province of Manitoba has permitted Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (CSE: FAT) to extract a 500-kilogram bulk sample of spodumene-bearing pegmatite from its Zoro lithium project, 20 km from the mining town of Snow Lake. Foremost aims to…
RANKED: World’s top 20 biggest iron ore operations
Iron ore is the base metal used to make steel – and steel is the most commonly used alloy in the world. From its first known uses as a metal…
Kazakh uranium industry unaffected by unrest
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazatomprom, remains unaffected by the ongoing turmoil in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan, Reuters reported the Kazakh producer as saying. “Uranium mining is going…
Ero Copper reports higher mineral reserves for its mines in Brazil
Ero Copper (TSX: ERO, NYSE: ERO) has reported an increase in mineral reserves and resources at its MCSA Mining Complex and the NX Gold mine in Brazil. The company posted a 13% year-on-year increase in its proven and probable mineral…
Moneta says gold recovery 95.5% in tests of Tower mineralization
Moneta Gold (TSX: ME; US-OTC: MEAUF) says metallurgical testing of samples from its Tower gold project in Ontario averaged recoveries of 95.5%, with 38.8% of the gold reporting to the…