Noront picks Wyloo’s latest offer, gives BHP five days to match
Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) said today it has chosen to go with the latest bid put forward by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals, but has given BHP (NYSE: BHP;…
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The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 270: ‘Our supply chains are too big’, ft Electra Battery Materials CEO Trent Mell at the Global Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features Electra Battery Materials president and CEO Trent Mell in conversation with Mining.com executive editor Frik Els at the Global Mining Symposium. Trent discussed the fragility of…
The View from England: On the rocks
There is one aspect of geology that makes even us mining engineers sit up and take notice, namely the relationship it has with whisky. I edited an article on the…
Lundin Mining to acquire Josemaria Resources for $625 million
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) is acquiring Josemaria Resources (TSX: JOSE) for about $625 million for its namesake copper-gold project in San Juan, Argentina. The Canadian miner is acquiring the company for $1.60 a…
Newmont raises US$1B through mining industry’s first sustainability linked bond
Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has closed the mining industry’s first sustainability-linked bond, raising net proceeds of US$992 million in a registered $1 billion public offering of senior notes issued…
Fortuna Silver receives EIA extension for San Jose mine in Mexico
Mexico has granted Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) a 12-year extension to its environmental impact authorization for the company’s San Jose mine in Oaxaca state, after first denying the extension in November. “After continued dialogue and technical…
Permit delays for winter road to Prairie Creek in NWT push back NorZinc schedule
Unexpected regulatory requirements have NorZinc (TSX: NZC; US-OTC: NORZF) delaying construction of the winter road to the Prairie Creek project – and the start of production – for at least…
Rio Tinto picks outgoing Canadian ambassador to China as chairman
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has picked outgoing Canadian ambassador to China and veteran management consultant Dominic Barton to lead its board as the miner tries to…
Chilean miners ask leftist president-elect to foster country’s industry
A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests in 2019 was elected as Chile’s next president on December 19, following a bruising campaign against a free-market and anti-immigrants…
Update: Gold Royalties makes unsolicited offer for Elemental Royalties
Gold Royalties (NYSE-AM: GROY) is proposing to acquire Elemental Royalties (TSXV: ELE) in an all-share deal valued at $130 million. Gold Royalties said it is taking its offer directly to…
JV Article: Vox Royalty tapped by analyst for top projected growth among its peers to 2023
Royalty companies are rapidly gaining interest and attention and Vox Royalty (TSXV: VOX; US-OTC: VOXCF), which holds the second-largest mining royalty portfolio in Australia behind Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV), has been…
Eldorado Gold releases feasibility study for Skouries project in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has released a feasibility study for its Skouries project, a gold-copper porphyry deposit located on the Halkidiki Peninsula of northern Greece. The feasibility study, which envisions an open…