Taliban says it signed mining deals worth over US$6.5B
Afghanistan’s Taliban has signed seven mining contracts that would bring roughly US$6.5 billion in investments to the ruling government, the Associated Press reported on Thursday….
Gold
Robots enhance prospectors’ role as GeologicAI and peers scan drill core assays
GeologicAI, a Canadian tech company with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) as a client and the backing of the Bill Gates-funded Breakthrough Energy…
Franco-Nevada offers ‘financial lifeline’ to Red Pine Exploration
Trading at a 50% drop year-to-date at 15¢ per share, Red Pine Exploration (TSXV: RPX; US-OTC: RDEXF) has sold a 1.5% net smelter return (NSR)…
TNM Drill Down: Mapping the top drill holes YTD
We’ve compiled a map of the top gold, silver, copper, nickel, lithium and uranium assays year-to-date. Click here to see the visualization.
Ecuador court confirms DPM concessions; permits delayed by 12 months
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) announced Tuesday the Provincial Court of Azuay in Ecuador delivered a decision reaffirming the company’s mining concessions for the Loma…
TNM Drill Down YTD: Australia and Canada dominate top gold drill results this year
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10…
TSXV dips 0.7% over Aug. 21-25, but IsoEnergy, Founders Metals shine
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 4.11 points or 0.7% over the Aug. 21-25 trading session, ending at 581.23. Uranium explorer IsoEnergy (TSXV: ISO)…
NYSE trading diverges Aug. 21-25 as investors consider rate hike vs economic growth
United States markets gained and fell by the week’s end as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank may still need to raise…
New Found Gold drilling confirms high-grade at recently discovered K2 zone
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSEA: NFGC) shares gained 5% on Monday on the release of new drill results from a program to expand the…
Zijin mulls multi-billion expansion of Serbian copper mine
China’s Zijin Mining Group is said to be planning an expansion of its Cukaru Peki mine in eastern Serbia, as demand for copper is expected…
Pan American Silver sees a 10% resource decline despite Yamana additions
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) has recorded a 10% year-on-year decrease in its gold-equivalent reserves and resources, an analysis by Canaccord Genuity mining…
Nickel Creek Platinum shares drop as prefeasibility puts Shaw project capex at $1.7B
Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NCP; US-OTC: NCPCF) shares fell by 16.7% to 2.5¢ each on Friday after the company released a prefeasibility study giving its…