The View from England: Sending the right signals
The world’s first, and still largest, broadcaster is 100 years old. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was formed on Oct. 18, 1922, by a group…
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GMS: Proactive Quebec government makes for a top-tier mining investment destination
The Quebec government has put in place specialized units to help mineral explorers, and mine developers navigate the province’s regulatory system from the discovery stage…
Prairie Creek zinc project to get push from equity firm buyout of NorZinc
Resource Capital Funds, a Denver-based private equity company focused on mining, is buying the rest of NorZinc (TSX: NZC) to boost its Prairie Creek zinc…
SolGold becomes sole owner of Cascabel with Cornerstone buy
Ecuador-focused SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) is merging with Canadian junior Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSXV: CGP) to secure a 100% ownership of the Cascabel copper-gold…
Collective Mining grows Guayabales gold zone in Colombia
Collective Mining (TSXV: CNL; US-OTC: CNLMF) reported “robust” drilling results nearly doubling the width of the Main Breccia discovery at its Guayabales gold project in…
Silver & PGMs Snapshot: Eight juniors to watch
Silver remains a prime target for mineral explorers and miners, and platinum group metals (PGM) such as platinum and palladium are of increasing interest due…
Trevali Mining to liquidate Burkina Faso assets after deadly flood
Canadian company Trevali Mining’s 90%-owned subsidiary in Burkina Faso has filed for liquidation, effectively kicking off a gradual shutdown process that includes the disposal of…
GMS: EY’s Theo Yameogo on ESG and digital transformation — ‘We need to communicate’
Are ESG ratings for miners clear enough? Are ESG principles clearly understood by most people? What role can digital transformation play in mining? Theo Yameogo,…
Chile files sinkhole-related charges against Lundin Mining
Chile’s environmental regulator SMA filed four charges on Thursday against Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) for a giant sinkhole that appeared in July above an underground…
Filo Mining shares rise following new drills results from Aurora zone
Filo Mining (TSX: FIL; OTC: FLMMF) has provided results for one additional drill hole completed at its Filo del Sol project in San Juan, Argentina. The…
Horizonte Minerals flags cost increase at Brazil nickel project
Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM; AIM: HZM) said construction costs for its Araguaia nickel mine in northern Brazil have increased by 12.6% to US$537 million, up…
USGS, NASA to map southwestern United States for critical mineral potential
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA are teaming up to map portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah for critical mineral…