EU inks deal with Chile to boost access to battery metals, renewables
The European Union (EU) and Chile inked on Friday a fresh partnership deal that will give the bloc greater easier access to lithium, copper and other raw materials that are…
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Will Indigenous-led impact assessments help or hinder mine project approvals?
In Ontario, Anishnawbek peoples have been mining copper for more than 4,000 years. They practiced sustainable mining methods by limiting their disturbance to the land, mining what they needed to…
Azimut options Quebec copper-gold project to KGHM
Prospect generator Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM; US-OTC: AZMTF) has signed a joint venture agreement with KGHM International for its early stage Kukamas copper-gold property in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay…
Cordoba sells 50% stake in Colombian project to China’s JCHX for US$100M
Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; US-OTC: CDBMF) announced on Thursday that it has entered a strategic arrangement with JCHX Mining Management to jointly develop the company’s flagship Alacran copper-gold-silver project in…
Ascot drills 488 g/t gold at Big Missouri deposit, its best gold intercept since 2017
Ascot Resources (TSX: AOT; US-OTC: AOTVF) has released the third batch of assay results from surface drilling at the Big Missouri deposit in B.C., which continues to impress with more…
Osisko Mining chooses Cree business to supply hydro power for Windfall gold project
Osisko Mining has signed a binding term sheet with Miyuukaa Corp., a wholly owned business of the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi, to build the proposed hydro-electric powerline for the…
Glencore scraps US$1.3B Australian coal project
Miner and commodities giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has shelved plans for a giant A$2 billion (US$1.3 billion) coal mine in Australia’s Queensland state, which would have become one of the…
2023: Outlook not so good
You don’t need a magic eight ball to know that 2023 is probably going to be a tough year. As 2022 comes to a close, it seems we are collectively…
YMP Scholarship Fund announces 2022 winners
The Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund (YMPSF) has this year awarded $210,000 to 44 students pursuing mining-related programs at post-secondary institutions across Canada. “This year, 2022, is the fifth year…
Galway Metals suspends drill programs due to market conditions
Galway Metals (TSXV: GWM; US-OTC: GAYMF) is suspending drilling temporarily at its flagship Clarence Stream gold project in New Brunswick and also at its Estrades polymetallic project in Quebec due…
West African Resources order mills for Kiaka in Burkina Faso
West African Resources (ASX: WAF) acquired 90% of the Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso from B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) in November 2021 and says it plans to start…
Ring of Fire Metals, Webequie First Nation ink MOU on Eagle’s Nest nickel project
Ring of Fire Metals (formerly Noront Resources) and Webequie First Nation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining a framework for collaboration on proposed development in northern Ontario. Wyloo…