Silver Wheaton buys half of Constancia’s gold output
Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has inked a second offtake agreement on Hudbay Mineral’s (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) Constancia polymetallic project in southern Peru: this time for its gold output.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Tech sector is key to Graphite One’s plan
VANCOUVER — North America needs lots of it, but doesn’t produce any. It is integral to a raft of important new technologies, from lithium-ion batteries to pebble-bed nuclear reactors. It is also the raw ingredient behind graphene,…
Northcliff secures Kiwi partner for Sisson in NB
Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) is enjoying a boost in its share price after securing a financial partner to help advance its $579-million Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in central New Brunswick, 100 km northwest of…
Mt. Milligan produces first concentrate
VANCOUVER — Thompson Creek Metals’ (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) $1.5-billion investment is about to pay off: the Mount Milligan mine is now producing copper-gold concentrate.
Mercator weighs its options
Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) is delving into a strategic review that is considering any or all of the following: selling the company; a business combination; or selling all or part of its assets, in light of lower commodity…
U.S. markets, Sept. 23-27
The major U.S. indexes slipped, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreating 192.85 points to 15,258.24, putting an end to three weeks of gains. The S&P 500 Index fell 18.16 points to 1,691.75; the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index…
Midas optimizes Golden Meadows
Midas Gold (TSX: MAX) is assessing ways to lift the economics of its wholly owned Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho’s historic Stibnite mining district ahead of a prefeasibility study that’s due in mid-2014.
Taseko celebrates an improved Gibraltar mine
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — When Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) reopened Gibraltar near Williams Lake in 2006, the 36-year-old mine had enough ore to feed its 30,000-tonne-per-day mill for just over three years.
Editorial: KWG-Cliffs ruling – No appeasement on the easement
One of the more significant events for Ontario mineral explorers in September took place in the halls of the province’s bureaucracy, with Cliffs Natural Resources losing its application for easement (surface access right-of-way) across…
Western phosphate producers look east for growth
AGADIR, MOROCCO — Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) may be the largest producer of finished phosphate products in the world, with four phosphate-rock mines, three processing plants in Florida and a second plant in Louisiana, but permitting new mines or…
Rodinia Lithium gives up costly Nevada claims
When the Nevada office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised its annual mining claim fees last year by 700%, from US$140 per claim to US$1,120 — at a time capital markets were even more challenging for miners — juniors like…
Colt gets positive PEA for Tabuaco tungsten project
VANCOUVER — A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) says the tungsten mine that Colt Resources (TSXV: GTP) is planning at its Tabuaco project in northern Portugal works on paper. It’s a vote of confidence for Colt to expand the…