Barrick Gold’s mines in Tanzania reach Tier One status
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) says it has succeeded in taking its North Mara and Bulyanhulu gold mines in Tanzania from “moribund” to Tier One assets. Barrick, which took…
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Endeavour Mining and Fortuna Silver operations unaffected by Burkina coup
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) and Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) say their mines in Burkina Faso have not been affected after a military junta seized control of the country…
Macassa #4 shaft reaches 1,950 metres, to be completed late 2022
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL; ASX: KLA) announced that the new, $240 million #4 shaft at its Macassa gold mine reached its planned depth of 1,950 metres on…
Fortune Minerals plans Alberta cobalt refinery
Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT) intends to buy a defunct steel processing plant in Alberta and turn it into a cobalt refinery. The company says the plant, which it will purchase for $5.5 million, will significantly reduce the…
Chinese takeover of Neo Lithium “irrelevant to national security interests” says Liberal MP
The proposed takeover of Canadian-based Neo Lithium (TSXV: NLC; US-OTC: NTTHF) by China’s Zijin Mining is not a concern, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore said. Speaking to a House of Commons committee on January 20, Fillmore…
More than 100 injured, at least a dozen dead after blast in Ghana’s mining region
At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a vehicle carrying explosives to a gold mine exploded after colliding with a motorcycle in western Ghana, police and government officials say. …
Silver Lake Resources grabs troubled Harte Gold
Australia’s Silver Lakes Resources (ASX: SLR) said on Friday it had won the bid for Harte Gold (TSX: HRT), whose sole asset is the three-year-old Sugar Zone mine in Ontario, Canada….
Newcrest expands footprint in Canada with Pretium buy
Newcrest Mining (ASX, TSX: NCM) is expanding its footprint in Canada, particularly in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, after shareholders in Pretium Resources approved the Australian miner’s bid for the company….
Imperial Metals surrenders giant copper project to B.C. government
Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has entered into a memorandum of agreement with British Columbia to surrender the mining rights of its Giant Copper project, located between Hope and Princeton and surrounded…
Capstone enters exploration deal with BHP Copper for project near Pinto Valley
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) has entered into an 18-month agreement to conduct drilling and collect metallurgical samples at BHP Copper’s Copper Cities project, located 10 km east of Capstone’s Pinto…
Codelco adds 30 years to Andina copper mine
The Andina Transfer project turned the underground operation into an open pit mine located 3,500 metres above sea level, which holds 30% of Chile’s copper reserves.
Global Atomic releases drill results from Dasa uranium project in Niger
Drill results from the Zone 3 extension at Global Atomic’s (TSX: GLO; US-OTC: GLATF) Dasa uranium project in Niger have “exceeded expectations,” CEO Stephen Roman says. The drilling outlined continuous mineralization over a…