Rio Tinto puts last diamonds mined at iconic Argyle up for sale
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has unveiled a preview of its final showcase of rare pink, red and blue diamonds from its…
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Rio Tinto, Antipa more than double JV deposit gold resource
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has more than doubled the inferred mineral resource of the Calibre gold deposit at its Citadel copper-gold…
Continuous investment in R&D the fastest route from drill bit to dividend, says Osisko’s Roosen
In recent years, the Canadian federal government’s changes to environmental assessment legislation have impacted mineral exploration investment in Canada “pretty significantly,” Osisko Development Corp. (TSXV:…
Rio Tinto takes strategic stake in Western Copper and Gold
Rio Tinto Canada is investing $25.6 million for an 8% stake in Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-AM: WRN), which is advancing its copper-gold…
Centerra Gold to launch arbitration against Kyrgyzstan over Kumtor mine
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) has initiated binding arbitration against the government of the Kyrgyz Republic in a legal skirmish over the company’s Kumtor mine. In…
Exploration at Argonaut’s Magino project yields exciting results
About four months into the planned two-year construction of Argonaut Gold’s (TSX: AR) new cornerstone Magino project in northeastern Ontario, smooth progress and encouraging new…
World’s top 10 biggest copper mines
Copper, the highly conductive red metal vital to the manufacturing of products essential to the electrification of the world’s energy systems is also used in…
Chinese EV makers may be looking at western markets, CRU report says
China, the country leading global sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs), not only will maintain its market position accounting for half of all expected global…
Kirkland Lake Gold’s Detour Lake on course to be a world-class gold mine, says CEO Tony Makuch
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL; ASX: KLA) plans to transform its Detour Lake mine in northern Ontario into one of the world’s largest and…
Analysts voice scepticism on supercycle narrative
Economists are tracking a broad economic recovery across the globe that appears to be gathering momentum and commodity prices are trading at healthy-to-stratospheric levels amid…
Mountain Province taps Dunebridge for US$33M loan
Citing “serious financial difficulty,” Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD) has again tapped its largest shareholder for a loan, this time adding a US$33 million term…
Portugal may delay auction for lithium licenses to 2022
Portugal’s long-awaited auction of licenses to explore for lithium may have to wait until next year as the country faces some hurdles implementing a new…