Mining Forum Americas: Gold majors vow discipline
Colorado Springs , Colo. – A year of record bullion prices has the gold sector talking less about buying ounces in takeovers and more about…
Financial Matters, M&A
Minera Alamos raises $135M to pay for Equinox assets
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) said it closed a C$135 million (US$98 million) equity financing that will help the company pay for three Nevada assets it’s…
Lithium Ionic boosts projected returns for Brazil project
Lithium Ionic (TSX-V: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) said a definitive feasibility study for its Bandeira project in eastern Brazil shows higher returns, lower capital costs and…
Northern Graphite to raise $2.2M for feasibility study
Canadian miner Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) plans to raise up to C$2.2 million on the stock market as it builds on a recent…
Anglo-Teck deal seen spurring rival bids: analysts
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) proposed acquisition of Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) could end up putting both companies in play as rival miners scramble…
Vizsla lines up Macquarie-led $220M for Panuco
Canadian miner Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) hired Australia’s Macquarie Bank as lead arranger of a $220 million (C$304 million) maximum financing package for the construction…
Centerra buys 9.9% of Liberty to expand Idaho bet
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG, NYSE: CGAU) agreed to buy 9.9% of Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) for about $28 million to add a stake…
Teck hits growth pause to fix Chile copper mine
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B); NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, has deferred major expansion projects while it works to fix output problems at its…
Capstone repairs slim Mantoverde copper output
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) has warned of a temporary output hit at its Mantoverde sulphide operation in Chile after both ball mill drive…
Cameco posts ‘surprising’ lower output estimate
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has cut this year’s production forecast for its main McArthur River uranium mine by significantly more than BMO Capital Markets…
Rwanda sends first tungsten to US
Trinity Metals, a Rwandan miner controlled by private UK-based industrialist TechMet, plans to ship tungsten to America’s largest processor of the metal used in bombs,…
Ucore, Critical Metals sign 10‑year rare earths deal
The deal connects the massive rare Tanbreez earth project with Ucore’s Department of Defense funded processing facility in Louisiana.