JV Article: Saudi Arabia hosts inaugural Future Minerals Forum
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is hosting the first Future Minerals Forum. The forum, which runs between 11-13 January in Riyadh, was created to address two of the most pressing…
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Harfang to acquire LaSalle in all-share deal
Harfang Exploration (TSXV: HAR) is acquiring LaSalle Exploration (TSXV: LSX) in an all-share deal that will combine Harfang’s Serpent and LaSalle’s Radisson projects in Québec’s James Bay Region. Under the deal Harfang will acquire each share of LaSalle Exploration for…
Manitoba greenlights 500 kg bulk sample at Foremost Lithium’s Zoro project
The province of Manitoba has permitted Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (CSE: FAT) to extract a 500-kilogram bulk sample of spodumene-bearing pegmatite from its Zoro lithium project, 20 km from the mining town of Snow Lake. Foremost aims to…
RANKED: World’s top 20 biggest iron ore operations
Iron ore is the base metal used to make steel – and steel is the most commonly used alloy in the world. From its first known uses as a metal…
Kazakh uranium industry unaffected by unrest
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazatomprom, remains unaffected by the ongoing turmoil in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan, Reuters reported the Kazakh producer as saying. “Uranium mining is going…
Ero Copper reports higher mineral reserves for its mines in Brazil
Ero Copper (TSX: ERO, NYSE: ERO) has reported an increase in mineral reserves and resources at its MCSA Mining Complex and the NX Gold mine in Brazil. The company posted a 13% year-on-year increase in its proven and probable mineral…
Moneta says gold recovery 95.5% in tests of Tower mineralization
Moneta Gold (TSX: ME; US-OTC: MEAUF) says metallurgical testing of samples from its Tower gold project in Ontario averaged recoveries of 95.5%, with 38.8% of the gold reporting to the…
U.K. miner aims to extract lithium from mica in granite
British Lithium, a U.K.-based private mining company, says it has produced lithium from mica in granite on a pilot scale at its new plant in Cornwall. The company says the pilot plant, which was built and designed…
Omai reports initial resource for Wenot deposit in Guyana
Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG) has announced an initial resource estimate of over 1.6 million oz. of gold at its Wenot gold deposit, part of the Omai project in Guyana, about 200 km from Zijin Mining’s Aurora gold…
Clean Air Metals expands high grade zone at Thunder Bay North
On the heels of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Thunder Bay North PGE-copper-nickel project, released in December, Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR) has reported more encouraging results from drilling. The company plans to release an…
Trigon produces first Kombat copper concentrate
Trigon Metals (TSXV: TM) has succeeded in restarting copper and silver concentrate production at the Kombat mine in Namibia, placing the project on track to meet commercial production objectives by…
Negotiations over Cobre Panama mine contract near end
Panama’s government said on January 5 that negotiations with the local unit of First Quantum (TSX: FM), aimed at obtaining more in royalty payments from the Canadian miner and improve…