Core Lithium CEO quits on share, battery metal prices rout
Perth-based Core Lithium (ASX: CXO) faces a corporate shake up in response to a dramatic drop in lithium spodumene prices that spurred the immediate departures of its CEO and a…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Australian 2023 gold output slips as miners cut head grades on high price
Australia produced 9.8 million oz. gold last year, an almost 3% decrease from 2022, finds the Melbourne-based Surbiton Associates. Despite the slide, last year’s fourth quarter saw an increase of…
Vista Gold economics, capex edge higher in updated Mt Todd feasibility
Vista Gold (TSX: VGZ; NYSE-AM: VGZ) has released an updated feasibility study for its Mt Todd gold project in Australia that shows slightly better economics at a higher gold price…
Australia’s Southern Cross eyes Canada for dual listing
Australia-focused company Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG), which scored the best gold assay this week in The Northern Miner’s Drill Down top 10, plans to also list in Canada. The…
TNM Drill Down: Southern Cross hits best Sunday Creek gold yet
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays from the March 1-8 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company Mining…
Lithium prices and equities to rise from bottom by July, Canaccord Genuity says
Prices for lithium and the stocks of companies trying to mine it are poised to rebound by July although they’re unlikely to resume the boom times of two years ago,…
BHP becomes first miner in Chile to reach 40%+ female workforce
Women now represent 40.8% of BHP‘s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) staff in Chile, making it the first miner in the country to reach this benchmark. The company, which…
PDAC 2024: Some junior miners must die so others may live, panel says
Canada’s once-mighty junior mining sector crumbled after governments squeezed the middle class and let multinationals buy the country’s big miners, a panel of finance experts told mining’s biggest conference this…
Perseus extends bid for Tanzania gold developer OreCorp to April
Australia’s Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; ASX: PRU) isn’t giving up on its plans to acquire African gold developer OreCorp (ASX: ORR), releasing on Friday a second supplementary bidder’s statement that…
From competitor to partner, AI joins forces with the explorers
If you’re a long-term reader of mine, you’ll know I’ve framed tech in a rather skeptical light. Perhaps unfairly. But when it comes to liquidity in the financial system, there’s…
OceanaGold eyes fast-tracked permitting for New Zealand project under new gov’t
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; US-OTC: OCANF) is hoping its Waihi North project will meet the requirements for accelerated development of major projects under a new permitting regime introduced by New Zealand’s…
PDAC: Faster permitting key to advancing critical mineral projects, panel warns
Governments must help cut permitting and production timelines if Canada is to produce enough minerals to reach net zero goals by 2050, says the CEO of Ring of Fire project…