Canada’s Top Ten royalty and streaming companies
Royalty and streaming companies have grown in number and popularity over the years. Here are the top ten royalty and streaming companies headquartered in Canada ranked by market capitalisation as…
Africa
Nexus Gold reports drill results from Dakouli 2 in Burkina Faso
Nexus Gold (TSXV: NXS; US-OTC: NXXGF) has released the first assays from a recently completed diamond drill program at its 100%-owned Dakouli 2 gold project in central Burkina Faso, about 100…
UPDATE: One of only four 1,000 carat-plus diamonds ever found dug up in Botswana
Debswana Diamond, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, has found a 1,098-carat stone, one of only four rocks over 1,000 carats ever unearthed, and the…
Ganfeng Lithium to buy 50% of Mali mine for $130 million
Ganfeng also wants at least half of Goulamina’s first-phase annual output, estimated in 455,000 tonnes of spodumene.
US markets down, June 7-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.80% to finish the week at 34,479.60 and the S&P 500 dropped 0.41% to 4,247.44. Spot gold fell by US$14.20 per oz., or 0.75%, to…
Zijin, Citic to buy copper from Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula mine
Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has inked deals with China’s Zijin Mining’s subsidiary and trader Citic Metal to sell each 50% of the copper production from the recently-launched first phase of…
Newcore shares surge on updated Enchi PEA
The Toronto-quoted shares of Canadian project developer Newcore Gold (TSXV: NCAU, US-OTC: NCAUF) surged nearly 15% this morning following an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the flagship Enchi project…
Castillo Copper raises A$11.7M for copper projects in Australia and Zambia
Castillo Copper (ASX: CCZ; LSE: CCZ) plans to drill its flagship Mt. Oxide project in Australia’s Mt. Isa copper belt and its Luanshya and Mkushi projects in Zambia with the…
Near-term catalysts in the works for Newcore Gold as Enchi’s district-scale potential beckons
Recent drill results from Newcore Gold’s (TSXV: NCAU; OTCQX: NCAUF) Enchi project in Ghana underlines the company’s district-scale exploration opportunity in Africa’s top gold producing nation, president and CEO Luke…
TSX up, May 24-28
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.66% to 19,852.18 during the holiday-shortened May 24-28 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index grew 1.58% to 114.11, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals…
DRC concentrate export ban may tighten global copper, cobalt supply
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reinstated an export ban on copper and cobalt concentrates, but will allow mining companies that hold waivers to continue with shipments. The DRC, the…
Danakali to use filtered sea water at Colluli potash mine
Australia’s Danakali (ASX: DNK; LSE:DNK) says filtered seawater is a reliable, unlimited and economic option to use in the sulphate of potash (SoP) production process at its Colluli project in…