Lucara finds world’s 2nd largest diamond ever mined
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC), has dug up a 2,492-carat diamond from its prolific Karowe mine in Botswana, the world’s second-largest stone ever mined by size. The “epic” diamond, as…
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E3, Pure Lithium advance battery plant plan to tap Alberta brine
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL) (OTCQX: EEMMF) has extended its partnership with Pure Lithium to advance the design of an anode and battery pilot plant in Alberta as well as study…
Fission drilling at Saloon East detects highest radiation outside flagship Triple R
Drilling at Fission Uranium’s (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) Saloon East target has returned results with the strongest radioactivity yet at its Patterson Lake South (PLS) property outside its main Triple…
TNM Drill Down: Pan American Silver in Mexico tops YTD silver assays
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top silver assays of the year to July 31. Drill holes are ranked by silver grade x width. Drilling in North America…
Heavy rains to threaten 25% of world’s copper projects by 2050
Copper extraction is crucial to the energy transition, but a quarter of sites mining the metal face a rising threat from the impacts of climate change by mid-century, according to…
Teck Coal fined $221,000 for unauthorized waste disposals in BC
Teck Resources‘ (TSX: TECK.B) former coal unit has been handed fines totalling approximately $221,000 for nearly 30 cases of environmental breaches in southeastern British Columbia over a two-year period. On…
Victoria Gold CEO McConnell axed
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VGCX) CEO John McConnell has lost his job, the CBC reports. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the firm handling Victoria’s Eagle mine in the Yukon after it was forced into receivership…
Electra surges on US$20M Washington funding for Ontario cobalt refinery
Electra Battery Materials’ (TSX-V: ELBM; NASDAQ: ELBM) shares jumped 40% Monday on news it received US$20 million from the United States’ Department of Defense (DoD) to help develop its cobalt…
TNM Drill Down: Dundee in Serbia tops gold assays for year to date
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results year-to-date for major metals, including gold. Here, we present the best gold assays for the year to July 31. Drill…
Collective Mining fuses gold deposits into larger system at Guayabales in Colombia
Collective Mining (NYSE: CNL; TSX: CNL) says new drill results connect its Apollo and nearby Olympus deposits at the Guayabales project in Colombia, creating a mineralized system spanning about 1,000…
Euro Manganese shares jump after offtake deal with US cathode specialist
The seven-year deal will account for a “significant percentage” of Chvaletice manganese production.
Mining could resume at Eagle despite Victoria’s end, Yukon says
The Yukon government didn’t intend to shutter Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VGCX) Eagle Gold mine permanently, or for the company’s board to resign, it said Friday, despite moving this week to…