Election result in Greenland could jeopardize Kvanefjeld project
A snap election on April 6 focused on mining, fishing and the environment, saw Greenland’s Inuit Ataqatigiit (Community of the People party) secure 37% of the votes, giving it 12…
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Rupert Resources provides update on Pahtavaara in Finland
Rupert Resources (TSXV: RUP) has reported new drill results from the Ikkari prospect at its 100%-owned Pahtavaara project, about 1,200 km north of Helsinki in Finland’s Central Lapland greenstone belt. Highlights…
Liberty Gold triples TV Tower resource in Turkey
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) has released a new resource estimate for its majority-owned TV Tower project in Turkey, tripling the existing resource on a gold-equivalent basis compared with…
Congo launches state-owned cobalt miner
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially begun operations at Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC), a state-owned company with monopoly rights to the purchase and sale of the…
Dundee extends Chelopech mine life to 2029
Dundee Precious Metals‘ (TSX: DPM) latest reserve update for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in Bulgaria has increased reserves by 10% and the mine life by two years to 2029. Total…
Kaz Minerals bidders up takeover bid to $5.5 billion
A consortium led by Kaz’s chairman Oleg Novachuk has raised its offer for the miner by 9%.
Alrosa fetches $23.9m in three auctions
The world’s top diamond miner by output held three “special-size diamonds” auctions to celebrate its Jubilee Auction #100.
Top five EV makers responsible for 50% of cobalt deployed in 2020
In 2020, a total of 18,750 tonnes of cobalt were consumed in the batteries of newly-sold passenger EVs globally, an increase of 29% year-over-year, a new report by Adamas Intelligence…
US markets slip, March 15-19
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.46% to finish the week at 32,627.97 and the S&P 500 fell 0.77% to 3,913.10. Spot gold fell by US$17 per oz., or 0.98%, to…
The View from England: Copper has been a stand-out price performer during the pandemic, as has cardboard
As tempting as it is to opine about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and the Oprah Winfrey soap opera, there are rather more important things going on than the…
Wheaton enjoys record 2020 revenue of $1.1B
Wheaton Precious Metals enjoyed record 2020 revenues of $1.1 billion (all figures are U.S. dollars) with 627,063 oz. gold-equivalent sold. The figure includes sales of 367,419 oz. gold, 22,9 million…
Europe lagging behind in battery metals production – report
According to Aperio Intelligence, Europe’s own supply is unlikely to meet the demand driven by the e-mobility sector by 2025.