US fast tracks enCore’s Burdock uranium project
EnCore Energy’s (Nasdaq: EU; TSXV: EU) Dewey Burdock uranium project in South Dakota has been approved for the Fast-41 program by federal officials to reduce permitting time. Dewey Burdock, the…
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Beaty, Sprott back Scorpio Gold in Nevada
Nevada-focused Scorpio Gold (TSXV: SGN; US-OTC: SRCRF) says it has received an $8-million (US$5.8-million) investment from Canadian mining entrepreneurs Ross Beaty and Eric Sprott to advance its flagship Manhattan property….
Ukraine issues tender for major lithium deposit
Ukraine is welcoming bids to develop a major lithium deposit in its central Kirovohrad region as part of a minerals deal with the United States, even as a legal dispute…
Aclara nets $5M US funds for Brazil rare earths
Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has received financial backing from the U.S. government for one of its two rare earth assets in the Americas, the latest example of Western nations attempting…
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 motors on the site failed…
UK OKs Dundee’s $1.25B Adriatic buy
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) has secured UK court approval for its acquisition of London-based silver-zinc miner Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1), a deal that it now expects to close this…
B.C. OKs Mt Polley copper-gold pit expansion
British Columbia has approved Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III) plan to deepen and extend the Springer pit at the Mount Polley copper-gold mine, adding about eight more years. The decision comes…
Juniors test lithium waters in Arizona, New Mexico
Beyond some higher-profile projects in Nevada, juniors in Arizona and New Mexico are quietly advancing early-stage lithium plays from claystones and oilfield brines. The battery metal is emerging as a…
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 envisioned, which it said could…
German ‘death strip’ solar project breaks ground
The project site runs along the so-called “death strip”, left behind by the GDR border guards in 1989.
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, jet engines and light bulbs. …
Luca Mining expands Tahuehueto mine with Fresnillo land deal
Canada’s Luca Mining (TSX-V: LUCA) has bought the Humaya 3 mining concession in Durango, Mexico, from Minera Mexicana La Ciénega, a unit of Fresnillo (LON: FRES), the country’s largest silver…