Newmont to sell mines in Canada, Australia after Newcrest buy
Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) says it plans to sell six inessential assets including mines in Quebec, Ontario, the Yukon and Western Australia to cut debt. The list contains the…
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Video: Tahltan Nation offers heavy equipment training in mobile simulators
The Tahltan Nation is rolling out schooling for licences in hauling trucks, bulldozers and loaders, a vice president of the Indigenous group’s development company says in a new video. A…
Strong metals and mining M&A activity to continue over 2024 — report
The industry saw a significant rise in M&A activity across metals and mining companies in 2023 driven by the global energy transition, a theme Fitch Solutions expects to continue in…
JV Article: MSALABS probes global expansion after Swedish mega-find
When Swedish state-owned miner LKAB discovered the world’s largest rare earth metal deposit in 2022, MSALABS was there to give its stamp of approval. But at first technicians were astounded…
Mexico’s president proposes ban on open pit mining, says it ‘transgresses human rights’
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, has proposed a series of constitutional reforms, including a ban on open-pit mining. Speaking before parliament, López Obrador argued that open-pit…
Video: Quartermain says gold should be classed as a ‘critical metal’
Gold should be considered a critical mineral due to its essential role in modern electronics, says Canadian mining luminary Robert Quartermain. Quartermain advocates that recognizing gold as a critical mineral…
BC’s Nisga’a plan to launch public royalty co
The Nisga’a Nation in northwest B.C. is forming Canada’s largest Indigenous-majority owned public royalty company, demonstrating the increasing power of First Nations in resource development. A new agreement announced Thursday…
Founders links Antino’s high-grade zones in Suriname
Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) says assays from its Antino gold project in southeast Suriname show potential for significant gold mineralization between two zones. Drilling intercepted six gold intervals…
Bluestone soars on open-pit OK for Guatemalan gold
Shares in Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR) doubled after Guatemala approved a plan to change the contentious Cerro Blanco gold project to an open-pit operation from underground as the company considers selling…
NuLegacy Gold halts Red Hill exploration due to lack of results, cash
NuLegacy Gold (TSXV: NUG) saw its shares drop Friday in Toronto after announcing that it’s suspending exploration at its Red Hill property in Nevada, citing a lack of meaningful results…
The biggest global mining news of 2023
The mining world was pulled in all directions in 2023: the collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, a bad year for cobalt and nickel, Chinese critical mineral moves, gold’s…
Thesis Gold grows Ranch project in northern BC
Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; US-OTC: THSGF) says its latest drill results expand mineralization in the JK zone at the Ranch project in north-central British Columbia. The results lengthened mineralization along north-south…