Petra fetches over US$40 million for 39-carat blue diamond
At $1,021,357 per carat, is the highest price has achieved for a single stone.
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Canada’s first tech metals mine goes live
Australia’s Vital Metals Limited (ASX: VML) has started rare earth elements production at its Nechalacho project in Canada’s Northwest Territories. In doing so, the company helped solidify Canada’s role globally…
Taseko sells Harmony gold project
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has sold its Harmony gold exploration project on Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, B.C., to JDA Gold, a newly incorporated company controlled by…
Argonaut’s Magino yields 3.4 metres grading 13.3 g/t gold in the South Zone
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has announced high grade results from the ongoing 25,000-metre drill program at its Magino gold project in Ontario. The drill program is taking place as construction…
Energy Fuels ships first consignment of rare earth carbonate to Europe
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE; UUUU) has shipped the first container of 20 tonnes of mixed rare earth carbonate concentrate to Neo Performance Materials’ (TSX: NEO) Silmet rare earth separation facility in Sillamae, Estonia….
Sandfire granted licence for copper mine in Botswana
Australia’s Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) has been granted a mining licence for its Motheo copper project in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt. The Perth-based miner said the milestone was one of…
Centerra brings additional claims in Kyrgyz-Kumtor arbitration
Canadian miner Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CCAU) has brought additional claims in its binding arbitration against the Kyrgyz Republic government as it fights the “wrongful expropriation” of the cornerstone…
Skeena Resources intersects high-grade gold at Snip in B.C.
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; US-OTC; SKREF) has reported the latest drill results from the Phase 3 infill and exploration program at its wholly-owned Snip gold project in B.C.’s Golden Triangle, about…
Copper supply gap to emerge in second half of the decade, new report says
After hitting a new record of US$4.88 per lb. on May 10, LME cash copper prices are expected to average US$4.20 per lb. in 2021 and US$3.96 per lb. in…
Solaris Resources reports high-grade intercepts at Warintza in Ecuador
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; US-OTC; SLSSF) has reported the latest assays from its flagship Warintza copper-gold project in south-eastern Ecuador, about 85 km east of the city of Cuenca. The company…
Manganese X Energy announces mineral resource estimate for Battery Hill project
Manganese X Energy (TSXV: MN; US-OTC: MNXXF) has released the first resource estimate for the company’s wholly owned Battery Hill manganese project in southwestern New Brunswick, about 5 km from…
Orano reports mining and nuclear services contract growth
French-based uranium miner and nuclear fuels services provider Orano says it has bagged several new uranium mining and front-end services contracts worth more than US$450 million (€380 million). The company…