Appian sells royalty, streaming assets to Versamet
Mining advisory firm Appian Capital sold two royalty and streaming assets to Canada’s Versamet Royalties (TSXV: VMET) for up to US$170 million in cash, of which $125 million is paid…
Financial Matters, M&A
Appian secures $150M loan for Namibia mine expansion
Appian Capital Advisory has secured a $150 million debt facility from Standard Bank to complete the expansion of its majority-owned Rosh Pinah zinc mine (RPZ) in southern Namibia. The financing…
DOE re-thinks $2.2B Thacker Pass lithium loan
The Trump administration is reportedly having second thoughts on a Biden-era $2.2-billion loan for Lithium Americas’ (TSX, NYSE: LAC) Thacker Pass project in Nevada, according to Bloomberg News. The loan…
Mining Forum Americas: Former Barrick CEO elevates Fourmile in Nevada plan
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) says its new Fourmile project in Nevada can be developed without new processing plants and fits within the company’s capital-returns…
Ivanhoe defers Kamoa-Kakula copper forecast
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (US-OTC: IVPAF) says it has begun the second stage of its Kakula mine dewatering plan, but will delay its copper production forecast for the next two…
Mining Forum Americas: Gold Fields CEO preps Canadian giant Windfall for output
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is approaching the production start of its Windfall underground mine in Quebec, the core of the South African miner’s strategy to focus on tier one…
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 finding them in their midst….
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 in the process of buying…
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 a longer mine life than…
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 federal lifeline extended to North…
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 to find large-scale copper assets,…
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 and development of the Panuco…