SSR Mining sells Copler mine in Turkey for $1.5B
Canada’s SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; Nasdaq: SSRM) surged 15% in pre-market trading in New York on Wednesday after agreeing to sell its 80% stake in the Copler gold mine and…
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PDAC: Secure uranium sources key to fixing supply gap
Western countries will have to look at developing more domestic or allied sources of uranium if rising demand in the next 15 years continues to exceed supply, a panel at…
TNM Blast from the Past: PDAC’s Royal York boom years
The Northern Miner’s coverage of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in the late 1980s – reprinted below – showed Toronto’s Royal York Hotel at the top of…
PDAC: Ottawa details $1.5B road, power fund
Canada officially launched on Tuesday a $1.5-billion First and Last Mile infrastructure fund that had been outlined in November’s federal budget to get metals from mines to markets. The earmarked…
PDAC: How social media can transform miners into groovy geologists with ‘digital trust’
Mining companies should start measuring “digital trust” online the way they track costs and safety, treating social media sentiment and responsiveness as early-warning signals for community risk, social media experts…
PDAC: Ontario shifts metals strategy to defence as EVs stall, mining minister says
Ontario is pivoting from battery plant construction in its critical minerals strategy while it adds high-grade iron ore and aluminum to its list of important outputs. The previous strategy focused…
US Antimony says Ontario project holds tungsten resource worth $4.6B
United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) said a new resource for its Fostung tungsten project in Ontario shows the deposit holds raw metals that would be worth about $4.6 billion (C$6.3…
Zimbabwe export ban a temporary dent on lithium supply, says Fitch’s BMI
While Zimbabwe’s ban on raw materials exports is expected to tighten the global lithium market, its impact would not be as prolonged or profound as the Democratic republic of Congo’s…
Opinion: At PDAC, Canada is on the clock
At this year’s annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto, there is more on the line than usual. For the first time in recent memory, the conference,…
Taseko’s Florence mine delivers first new US copper in 17 years
Canada’s Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB) has harvested copper cathodes from its Florence operation in Arizona, marking the first new red metal production from a greenfield project in the…
Blue Moon buys former Utah gallium-germanium mine from Teck Resources
Blue Moon Metals (TSX-V: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) has acquired a former gallium-germanium mine in Utah from a unit of Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), a move that furthers its…
US GoldMining soars on Whistler project economics
US GoldMining (Nasdaq: USGO) jumped by almost a quarter on Monday after the company released an encouraging initial economic assessment for its main project, Whistler in Alaska. The report highlighted…