Chile lithium dispute tied to Cold War-era nukes
France’s Eramet (Euronext: ERA) and Chile’s state mining company Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI) are headed to court in a dispute that could delay development of one of the world’s…
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PDAC Video: Lion Rock drills lithium, tin at Volney with potential for gold
Lion Rock Resources (TSXV: ROAR) says South Dakota’s Volney deposit gives it access to two U.S. themes at once: domestic critical minerals and gold. Initial assays from four of 15…
PDAC Video: Sierra Madre eyes quicker Del Toro restart
Mexico-focused Sierra Madre Gold & Silver (TSXV: SM; US-OTC: SMDRF) could restart the Del Toro operation within about a year if silver prices stay firm while pushing ahead with a…
Ivanhoe stuns market with deep DRC copper output cut
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has slashed near-term production guidance for its flagship Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo, surprising analysts and resetting investor expectations. The company now…
Bonterra grows gold resource near mill in Quebec
Bonterra Resources (TSXV: BTR; US-OTC: BONXF) boosted measured and indicated gold resources 42% at the Desmaraisville project’s Bachelor and Moroy deposits in Quebec, making the case to restart mining closer…
Sponsored article: Revival Gold preps for 2027 Mercur decision after strong assays
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) has released assays bolstering confidence in its past-producing Mercur gold project in Utah as it works towards a construction decision by early 2028. Drill…
PDAC Video: Mining’s real gap is productivity, McKinsey partner says
Mining can likely raise the $4.6 trillion (C$7 trillion) it needs to meet energy transition metals demand by 2035, but weak productivity may prove a hard barrier to cross, McKinsey…
PDAC Video: Canagold drills to unlock New Polaris antimony potential
Canagold Resources (TSX: CCM; US-OTC: CRCUF) is drilling 7,000 metres this year at New Polaris in northwestern British Columbia to pull more antimony into the project’s economics, CEO Catalin Kilofliski…
PDAC Video: TRX Gold targets more gold, lower costs
TRX Gold (TSX: TNX; NYSE: TRX) is trying to turn a record quarter at Buckreef into a lasting lift in output as higher grades, better recoveries and a plant expansion…
PDAC Video: Blue Lagoon pushes Dome Mountain to cash flow
Blue Lagoon Resources (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) has restarted the Dome Mountain gold mine near Smithers, British Columbia, without building its own plant, a rare option for a small miner…
Crescat knocks Canada’s flow-through funds as ‘blight’ on juniors
Canada’s flow-through share tax incentives, beloved by many in the mining industry, are facing sharp criticism from Denver-based Crescat Capital, one of the junior market’s biggest specialist hedge funds. That…
Video at PDAC: Seabridge narrows KSM partner search to one
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) has narrowed the search for a partner to help develop the $6.4-billion (C$8.8-billion) capex KSM project, British Colombia’s largest, to one preferred but undisclosed…