Kootenay Silver updates La Cigarra resource
Mexico-focused Kootenay Silver (TSXV: KTN) has released an updated resource estimate for its La Cigarra project in Chihuahua state that improved silver grades by upwards of 20% compared to a…
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Hochschild targets 15% rise in precious metals output in 2024
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) ended 2023 at the top end of its revised production guidance, with costs also anticipated to be in line with expectations, the U.K.-based precious metals producer…
Plane crash kills 6 on way to Rio Tinto diamond mine in northern Canada
A jet crash in the Northwest Territories killed four passengers and two crew members on its way to Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) Diavik diamond mine, officials…
Wesdome acquires 10.6% stake in Ontario neighbour Angus Gold
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) is buying a 10.6% interest in Angus Gold (TSXV: GUS), whose flagship project is right next to its Eagle River mine, through participation in a…
Sumitomo invests $14.5M for 9.9% of FPX Nickel
Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada is investing about $14.5 million in FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF), which holds the Baptiste greenfield development project in British Columbia. The private placement of…
Uranium Energy to reboot Christensen Ranch ISR operation in Wyoming
Uranium Energy (NYSE-AM: UEC), the largest diversified uranium company in North America, is set to reboot its fully permitted, past-producing Christensen Ranch in-situ recovery (ISR) operations in Wyoming on the…
Posco, Lithium South to jointly develop Hombre Muerto project
South Korea’s Posco and Canada’s Lithium South Development (TSXV: LIS) — a junior with a $39-million market cap — have signed an agreement for the joint development of the Hombre…
Rokmaster’s Revel Ridge BC project offers 21% return
Rokmaster Resources (TSXV: RKR) says its Revel Ridge gold-silver project in southeast British Columbia may produce a double-digit return for investors, according to a preliminary economic assessment. The study…
Arizona Lithium rides momentum ahead of Prairie project PFS
Arizona Lithium (ASX: AZL) has raised A$16.5 million (US$11 million) in flow-through funding as it prepares to release results of a prefeasibility study for its Prairie lithium project in Saskatchewan….
Vale’s ex-president seeks to avoid trial for Brumadinho dam failure
Former Vale (NYSE: VALE) president Fábio Schvartsman may avoid trial for the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse that killed more than 250 people in Brazil in 2019. The executive’s defence team…
Dundee tallies 1.8M oz gold resource less than a year after Čoka Rakita discovery
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) has released its first resource for a discovery it made less than a year ago — its Čoka Rakita project in eastern Serbia. The initial…
Fortune Minerals stock gains on government funds for NICO
Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT; US-OTC: FTMDF) shares soared on Tuesday after the Canadian miner announced government funding of up to $887,170 to help advance its longstanding NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project in…