Golden Minerals sells Mexico mines in shift to Argentina
Golden Minerals (NYSE-A: AUMN, TSX: AUMN) announced on Friday it has sold its primary assets in Mexico comprising the Velardeña properties in Durango state that it briefly brought back to…
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Lucara Diamond records strong quarter at Karowe mine
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) said it has sold about 12% more diamonds from its Karowe mine in Botswana than in the first quarter of 2023 and operating costs are down…
Q2 extends lithium mineralization at Mia in Quebec
Q2 Metals (TSX.V: QTWO; US-OTC: QUEXF) says winter drill results confirmed mineralization across several zones at the Mia lithium project in Quebec. Highlights include drill hole MIA24-033, which cut 13.7 metres…
Video: Uranium firms glow even as hurdles remain
The uranium industry is buoyed by its highest metal price in 17 years, pro-active government policies and improved public sentiment, yet it faces headwinds, panellists said at The Northern Miner’s…
Video: Rio Tinto’s Mehta on how sustainability is driving mining’s big shifts
Angelina Mehta, general manager for joint ventures with Rio Tinto Aluminum, has seen some big changes in the mining sector over her 27 years in the business. One of the…
NexGen rises on US$250M uranium purchase
The uranium developer inked an agreement with MMCap International for the procurement of 2.7 million pounds of uranium concentrate.
Omineca restarts output at Canada’s only underground placer mine with 10-oz haul
Omineca Mining and Metals (TSXV: OMM; US-OTC: OMMSF) says it’s begun processing gold-bearing gravel again at its Wingdam paleoplacer project in British Columbia. The company recovered 10.25 oz. of coarse,…
BHP, Ivanhoe Electric to hunt for US copper together
Mining giant BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) and Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE: IE; TSX: IE) have partnered to explore for copper and other critical minerals in selected areas in…
South Africa wins battle for US$43M sunken silver bars
Finders are not always keepers, as proven by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruling on who owns about US$43 million worth of silver bullion recovered from a sunken cargo ship….
Video: How geopolitics is opening up downstream funding for miners
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) is attuned to companies seeking geopolitical certainty in their metals as well as a high environmental social and governance score and low carbon footprint, CEO…
JV Content: Ontario comes out ahead in mines to EV race
In the global competition for investment in the new, low-carbon economy, Ontario stands out as an existing centre of both mining and auto manufacturing, a conference in Washington, D.C. heard…
Democrats seek probe into foreign mining on public land
Democrats in the United States House of Representatives want to know how much the government knows about about foreign investment in mining on federally managed lands. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the…