Codelco’s El Teniente setback deepens copper fears
Codelco’s decision to suspend development of the Andes Norte section at its flagship El Teniente mine could last as long as two years, according to a union leader, compounding production…
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EMP moves toward production with Saskatchewan lithium demo plant build
Saskatchewan lithium brine developer EMP Metals (CSE: EMPS; US-OTC: EMPPF) has finished building the demonstration plant at its main Viewfield project, a key step that positions it among the province’s…
Osisko Gold makes discovery at Cariboo regional target
Osisko Gold Group (TSX: OSG) said early drilling at its Proserpine target near the Cariboo gold project in British Columbia has outlined a new mineralized system that could support future…
TNM Drill Down: AbraSilver’s Diablillos tops silver assays for June-July
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results for silver for the June 17-July 15 period. Drill holes are ranked by grade x width. Latin America topped all other regions,…
Lion Copper’s Yerington now ranks among Nevada’s largest red metal deposits
An initial resource for Lion Copper & Gold’s (CSE: LEO; US-OTC: LCGMF) Bear deposit in Nevada establishes Bear as one of the state’s largest undeveloped red metal resources while the…
Site visit: Inventus advances continent’s sole paleoplacer gold project near Sudbury
Sudbury, Ont. – Inventus Mining’s (TSXV: IVS) Pardo gold project might be the largest of its kind in North America and the latest surprise to come out of the geological…
TNM Drill Down: Radisson in Quebec tops gold assays for June-July
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill assays for the June 17-July 15 period for gold. Drill holes are ranked by grade x width. Drilling across the Americas –…
Benz traces high-grade gold zones at Glenburgh
Benz Mining (TSXV: BZ; ASX: BNZ) cut 41 metres grading 14.5 grams gold per tonne at its Glenburgh project in Western Australia, showing tighter drilling could add ounces inside the…
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because the world has made it…
Ottawa approves Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC: US-OTC: CNIKF) has secured federal approval to proceed with its proposed Crawford polymetallic mine in Ontario, paving the way for a construction decision next year amid…
Hercules hires executive team behind $2B Hudbay deal
Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG; US-OTC: BADEF) has recruited the management team behind Arizona Sonoran Copper’s $2-billion (US$1.4-billion) sale to Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) to push the Leviathan copper discovery…
Update almost triples contained metal at Selkirk Copper’s Minto mine
A resource update for Selkirk Copper Mines’ (TSXV: SCMI; US-OTC: SKRKF) Minto project in Yukon more than doubles contained red metal as the First Nation-owned company prepares to release a…