Dundee gets OK for Ecuador gold project
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) has the full go-ahead to proceed with its Loma Larga underground gold project after the government of Ecuador granted the company its environmental licence for…
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Northern Dynasty in talks to settle EPA litigation
Shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-A: NAK) were still up by about a quarter of their value after announcing a potential settlement on environmental issues to advance its…
Lupaka Gold skyrockets on arbitration win against Peru
Shares of Lupaka Gold (TSXV: LPK) skyrocketed to a three-year high on Wednesday after an international tribunal announced it would award the Canadian miner $65 million (C$88.3 million) in its…
Mali to restart production at Barrick’s Loulo‑Gounkoto
Mali’s government plans to restart operations at Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Loulo‑Gounkoto gold complex under a court-appointed temporary administrator after seizing control earlier this month, according to a…
Citizens rally to reopen Cobre Panama copper mine
Thousands of former workers, members of supplier companies and residents around First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) giant Cobre Panama copper mine rallied for the government to reopen the major employer…
Rio Tinto settles hedge fund claims on Oyu Tolgoi
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) has agreed to pay nearly $139 million to settle a long-running class action lawsuit accusing the company of concealing development delays at its $7-billion giant…
Barrick to appeal Mali court’s administrator
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) plans to appeal a Malian court decision appointing Soumana Makadji, a former health minister, as the provisional administrator of its Loulo-Gounkoto operation for six…
Talga clears final hurdle for Swedish graphite mine
Talga Group (ASX: TLG) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to develop its Nunasvaara South graphite mine in northern Sweden, after the country’s government dismissed all outstanding appeals against the…
Mali court again delays Barrick case
A Malian court has postponed a ruling for a fourth time on whether to place Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex under provisional administration, delaying the hearing…
Guatemalan Xinka oppose Pan Am silver mine restart
A Xinka Indigenous delegation visiting Canada from Guatemala had a clear message for Escobal mine owner Pan American Silver (TSX, Nasdaq: PAAS): “No.” Escobal, suspended since a 2017 Guatemalan Supreme…
Mali court postpones ruling on Barrick mine
A Malian court has, for the third time, postponed a hearing on whether to place Barrick’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex under provisional administration, Reuters reported on Monday. The…
Bolivian court pauses Chinese, Russian lithium deals
Bolivia’s plans to emerge as a major lithium producer have hit an impasse after a local court ordered the suspension of two major extraction deals signed last year valued at…