Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because…
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Gangs hijack Ecuador’s gold mining supply chain
Ecuador has elevated illegal mining to a national security threat after concluding that criminal gangs have infiltrated the country’s gold supply chain, from extraction to…
Hercules hires executive team behind $2B Hudbay deal
Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG; US-OTC: BADEF) has recruited the management team behind Arizona Sonoran Copper’s $2-billion (US$1.4-billion) sale to Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) to…
Opinion: Seeing the district for the deposit
But sometimes they form clusters or groups of deposits. It’s these types of places where the geology is so fertile that one discovery is not the end of…
Anglo execs take top jobs in $53B Teck merger
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) executives will hold three of Anglo Teck’s four top jobs after the $53-billion all-share merger with Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B;…
Update almost triples contained metal at Selkirk Copper’s Minto mine
A resource update for Selkirk Copper Mines’ (TSXV: SCMI; US-OTC: SKRKF) Minto project in Yukon more than doubles contained red metal as the First Nation-owned…
NGEx drills 20.3% copper at Lunahuasi in Argentina
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) released another batch of high-grade copper, gold and silver intercepts from its Lunahuasi project in Argentina that extend mineralization in…
Podcast: Mackey warns of ‘darker future’ unless Canada accelerates minerals processing
This week’s episode features renowned metallurgist and Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Phillip Mackey in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the latest developments…
First Quantum adds 1,000 jobs as Cobre Panama restart nears
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) stepped up preparations to restart its Cobre Panama mine by beginning stockpile processing ahead of schedule and adding about 1,000…
Evolution to buy Carnaby in $149M copper-gold deal
Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) agreed to buy Carnaby Resources (ASX: CNB) in an all-stock deal valued at about A$213 million (US$149 million) that would give…
Rule Symposium Video: Peru explorers face a permit premium, says Mazumdar
Investors should favour Peru explorers that already hold drill permits because approvals can stall strong copper and gold prospects for years, Exploration Insights newsletter editor…
Quebec puts Troilus on permit fast track
Quebec has selected Troilus Mining’s (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) namesake gold-copper project for a new service aimed at cutting mine permitting delays. Quebec launched Filon…