Rio Tinto hikes investment in the Pilbara
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has spent over US$385 million (A$500 million) in the past year to continue developing the Greater Tom Price iron ore operations in…
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Nothing but high grades as Osisko continues drilling Windfall
The more it drills the Windfall gold project in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Quebec, the more high grade results Osisko Mining (TSC:OSK) reports from the work. The latest uncut…
Ivanhoe mines record tonnage, grade for Kamoa-Kakula stockpiles
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN); OTCQX: IVPAF) put a record 338,000 tonnes of ore grading 5.5% copper on the pre-production stockpile at its Kamoa-Kakula copper project in Democratic Republic of the…
Golden Star files PEA for Wassa gold mine expansion in Ghana
Golden Star Resources (TSX:GSC; NYSE:GSS) filed a preliminary economic assessment for expansion of its underground Wassa gold mine in Ghana on March 1. By mining the Southern Extension zone, the…
High grade gold intercepts extend Brucejack potential for Pretium
The resource expansion drill program completed at the Brucejack mine has returned high grade gold for Pretium Resources (TSX:PVG; NYSE:PVG). This is the first expansion drilling project since the mine…
Wolfden begins drilling at high grade Rice Island polymetallic property
Wolfden Resources (TSXV:WLF) has begun a 2,300-metre, six-to-eight hole diamond drilling program at its 100%-owned Rice Island nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group deposit near Snow Lake, Man. The work is being done with…
Capstone reports 2020 operations beat with strong Q4
Copper-focused miner Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has announced a production and costs beat for 2020, driven by strong fourth-quarter output at both the Pinto Valley open pit mine in Arizona…
GoGold drills 70.5 metres of 115 g/t silver-equivalent at Los Ricos North in Mexico
Near-surface drilling at GoGold Resources’ (TSX: GGD) Los Ricos North project in Jalisco state, Mexico, has hit high silver grades and returned wide intervals of mineralization. The company has released…
Bacanora Lithium begins work at Mexico project
Heavy equipment will start the bulk site earthworks at the Sonora lithium project later in the year.
Great Bear zones in on more near-surface gold at Dixie
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) has released new assay data for three drillholes completed on section 19925 as the company moves towards a tighter drill spacing along the…
Mongolia asks Rio Tinto to mutually cancel Oyu Tolgoi’s deal
Mongolia’s government is said to be actively seeking to cancel a deal with Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) governing a US$6.75 billion expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi…
Radisson extends high-grade gold mineralisation below O’Brien
Drilling on Radisson Mining Resources’ (TSXV: RDS; US-OTC; RMRDF) 100%-owned flagship O’Brien gold project in Quebec continues to hit high-grade mineralisation below the current resource. Radisson said the drilling campaign has…