Mawson and Southern Cross getting back together
Mawson Gold (TSXV: MAW) and Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG) agreed to merge this week, creating a new dual ASX and TSXV-listed company named Southern…
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Snapshot: Eight companies advancing projects in BC, the Prairies and the Far North
Canada is one of the best-endowed countries on Earth when it comes to minerals and has the skilled workforce needed to extract them. Here’s a…
Lawsuit targets Adventus and Salazar’s Ecuador project permit
Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) are facing headwinds in Ecuador as a group of locals has requested a provincial judge to…
World Bank tribunal rules against Canada’s Montauk in dispute with Colombia
A World Bank tribunal has ruled in favour of Colombia in a feud with Canada’s Montauk Metals (TSXV: MTK). A mining ban imposed by the…
Southern Silver study ups Mexico project NPV, mine life
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Southern Silver Exploration’s (TSXV: SSV) Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico shows improved economics and added 2.6 years…
American Creek gains on $210M sale of Treaty Creek stake in BC
Shares in American Creek Resources (TSXV: AMK) shot up Friday on the news it entered into a non-binding letter of intent with private company Cunningham…
Nigerian illegal mine collapse kills 20
Heavy rains caused an open-pit mine collapse in Nigeria that killed at least 20 people and trapped 14 others, according to local Channels Television, which…
Firms track Congo gold with blockchain
Two companies are partnering to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo using a blockchain-based platform. Society Artisanal, a company that works with artisanal…
SolGold inks contract for Ecuador’s biggest project
SolGold (LSE, TSX: SOLG) signed a decades-long deal with the Ecuadorian government for the country’s largest-ever mining project, the US$3.2 billion Cascabel copper-gold mine. The…
Gemfields studies 2 grams-a-tonne gold in Mozambique
Africa-focused Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML), known by its emeralds and rubies, has produced its first resource estimate for the Nairoto gold project in Mozambique…
Maritime’s Hammerdown set for re-start decision
Maritime Resources TSXV: MAE; US-OTC: MRTMF) says it has all major permits to restart the former Hammerdown gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador. The company…
B2Gold nets US$90M stake in Versamet after royalty package sale
Canadian gold major B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) has agreed to sell a portfolio of 10 precious and base metals revenue shares to Sandbox Royalties,…