Newcrest moves ahead with Gorbea project in Chile
Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ) announced that Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM) has exercised its option to enter the farm-in phase of its joint venture to develop the Gorbea gold project in Chile by…
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Rising nickel prices to support project development, Fitch says
In a recent industry report, Fitch Solutions forecast nickel mine production will grow by 8.3% year-on-year in 2021, above the average growth of 5.9% year-on-year over 2010-2019, but not fully…
Kirkland Lake Gold reports wide, high-grade intersections at Detour Lake
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) announced results from 25 holes (19,523 metres) and one wedge hole (1,110 metres) of drilling at the Detour Lake property in northern Ontario….
Nighthawk drills 155 metres of 1.36 g/t gold at the Colomac Main Sill
Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) has released assay results for four drillholes completed at zones 2 and 2.5 of the Colomac Main Sill within its Indin Lake gold property…
Excelsior produces first copper cathode at Gunnison in Arizona
Excelsior Mining’s (TSX: MIN; US-OTC: EXMGF) Gunnison copper project in Arizona has produced its first copper cathode. The in-situ recovery (ISR) operation is expected to sell the first copper cathodes…
Almaden denied environmental permit for Ixtaca project in Mexico
Mexico’s federal permitting authority, SEMARNAT, has rejected the environmental permit application (MIA) for Almaden Minerals’ (TSX: AMM) Ixtaca gold-silver deposit, one of the country’s significant precious metal discoveries. The company…
Perseus pours first gold at Yaouré mine
Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; ASX: PRU) has successfully completed the first pourof gold at its Yaouré Gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire, five weeks ahead of schedule. With construction of the…
Endeavour Silver sells El Cubo mine to VanGold for US$15M
Upon completion, Endeavour would become the largest shareholder in VanGold Mining.
Alamos Gold doubles Ontario footprint with Trillium buy
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) is buying Trillium Mining for $25 million (US$19.6 million) to access a 5,418-hectare land package located east of its own Island Gold deposit in…
Northern Dynasty to challenge rejection on Pebble next month
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) will in January submit its request for an appeal of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE’s) negative record of decision (RoD) for…
Cartier tables first resource for Benoist in Quebec
Quebec-based Cartier Resources (TSXV: ECR) has released an initial underground resource estimate for the Pusticamica deposit at its road-accessible Benoist property, 65 km northeast of Lebel-sur-Quevillon. The gold-copper-silver deposit is…
Pretium makes new discovery around Brucejack
Pretium Resources’ (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) 25,350-metre 2020 exploration program has led to the discovery of a new zone of epithermal-style gold mineralization, the Hanging Glacier zone. The gold producer…