BHP says first stage of Jansen potash mine almost halfway complete
BHP (NYSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) says the first phase of its massive potash mine in Saskatchewan, is ahead of schedule and near the halfway point of completion at 44%. Located…
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Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project moves closer to final permitting
Ioneer’s (NASDAQ: IONR; ASX: INR) Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada is a step closer to shovel-ready after the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on April 15 issued…
Solaris Resources inks fresh deal with Ecuador communities
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; US-OTC: SLSSF) has reached an updated agreement with local communities covering benefits and impacts related to its flagship Warintza copper project in southeast Ecuador. The improved deal, signed…
Federal budget backs Indigenous mine projects with $5B while hiking capital gains tax for investors
Canada’s new federal budget contained several measures impacting the mining industry including loan guarantees for Indigenous projects, increases in the capital gains tax and credits from mines to manufacturing for…
Porphyry deposits hold winning trifecta of copper, gold and silver
Copper, gold and silver have been on a tear lately. Here’s the latest year to date performance for these three commodities: It’s this broad lift across different commodity classes (precious…
Western Copper and Gold raises $40M for Casino project in Yukon
Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE: WRN) is increasing a stock offering by 60% for its Casino copper-gold-molybdenum project in the Yukon. The bought deal increased to $40 million from…
Patriot Battery’s Corvette inches forward on permitting
Patriot Battery Metals (TSX: PMET; ASX: PMT) has received the guidance it needs to prepare a key document needed for permitting its Corvette lithium project in Quebec. On Tuesday afternoon,…
McEwen Mining adds to Nevada holdings with Timberline Resources buy
Shares in Timberline Resources (TSXV: TBR; US-OTC: TLRS) jumped 130% to an intra-day high of 15¢ apiece Tuesday after McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) agreed to acquire the Nevada-focused…
Avalon begins PEA for Thunder Bay lithium conversion facility
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) announced that it has engaged DRA Americas, a subsidiary of DRA Global to begin a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for a lithium hydroxide…
Ontario snapshot: Eight companies seeking out precious and critical metals
Canada’s most populous province hosts numerous historic mines and has potential for many more new developments. Here are eight companies exploring for precious metals and critical minerals such as lithium,…
Study hints Predictive Discovery’s Bankan project could be Guinea’s ‘largest gold mine’
A prefeasibility study for Predictive Discovery’s (ASX: PDI) Bankan gold project in Guinea gives it a net present value more than US$210 million higher than its capital costs. The Bankan…
Aurous Resources eyes fivefold gold production increase, NASDAQ listing
Privately held South African gold producer Aurous Resources is pursuing a NASDAQ listing to fund a fivefold expansion of its operations on the storied Witwatersrand gold field of South Africa,…