American Pacific signs JV with OceanaGold
In its fourth joint-venture deal in Nevada over the last six months, OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) will invest US$4 million for the next four years to earn a 51%…
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Newrange pushes ahead at Pamlico in Nevada
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved Newrange Gold’s (TSXV: NRG; US-OTC: NRGOF) proposal to transfer the company permits for the Merritt decline, part of its 16.7 sq. km Pamlico…
Thor secures US$78M for Segilola in Nigeria
Thor Explorations (TSXV: THX) estimated in a definitive feasibility study two months ago that pre-production capital expense to build an open-pit mine at its Segilola gold project in Nigeria would…
MAS Gold revisits historic Saskatchewan projects
MAS Gold (TSXV: MAS) has completed a 3,500-metre drill program in Saskatchewan, targeting the Point gold prospect on its Preview Lake property and the North Lake gold prospect on its…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 135: Canadian Mining Hall of Fame induction ceremony highlights
This episode features highlights from the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s 31st annual induction ceremony held in Toronto earlier this year. The 2019 inductees are discoverer Kate Carmack, geologist James…
Interview: The LME’s new cobalt contract
The following is an interview by Cobalt 27 Capital chairman Anthony Milewski with the London Metal Exchange’s Product Development department to discuss the LME’s electric-vehicle battery materials initiatives, and the…
Editorial: Central banks are major gold buyers in 2019
With the gold market’s supply and demand numbers coming in for the first two to three months of 2019, one of the features of this year that’s coming into focus…
CESCO Week: Deficits delayed in global copper market
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Mention electric vehicles and copper industry executives’ eyes dazzle like the headlights on a Tesla. As electric motors and lithium batteries replace combustion engines, cars, buses and…
Sigma Lithium, Japan’s Mitsui form strategic alliance
In 2012, A10, a leading Brazilian M&A and private equity firm, used its personal capital and partners’ funds to back Sigma Lithium Resources (TSXV: SGMA; US-OTC: SGMLF) and its hard-rock…
Filo tables study for flagship project on Chilean-Argentine border
Earlier this year, Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL; US-OTC: FLMMF) unveiled a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver project, 140 km southeast of Copiapo, Chile, on the border…
US markets rise, April 1-5: Lithium Americas, Sibanye-Stillwater, First Majestic
The spot gold price fell 0.04% to US$1,291.40 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index rose 0.62% to 76.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.9% to 26,424.99….
TSX Venture posts marginal gain, April 1-5: Cantex, Filo, Ximen
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 0.47% to 629.81. Cantex Mine Development — whose chairman is Charles Fipke — posted the biggest gain, rising 94¢ to $3.43. The company announced…