Central Asia Metals reports tailings leak in North Macedonia
Central Asia Metals (AIM: CAML) has reported that tailings from its Sasa zinc-lead mine have leaked into a local river in North Macedonia. The leakage, discovered at 5 a.m. on…
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Appia Energy pushes ‘critical’ rare earths project in Saskatchewan
Following last month’s announcement by the Government of Saskatchewan to build a $31 million domestic rare earths processing facility, Appia Energy (CNSX: API; US-OTC: APAAF) has released the results of…
Neo Lithium attracts strategic investment from Chinese battery maker
Chinese battery maker CATL is acquiring an 8.6% stake in Neo Lithium (TSXV: NL; US-OTC: NTTHF), which is advancing its Tres Quebradas (3Q) project, a high-grade lithium brine lake and…
Renard diamond mine to restart in challenging market
Operations at the Renard diamond mine in Quebec will restart this month, after a six-month suspension, Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR) has announced. The September restart follows a full review…
Atac Resources identifies orogenic gold system at Airstrip in Yukon
Results from the first-phase exploration program at Atac Resources’ (TSXV: ATF) 11.5-sq.-km Airstrip target, part of the 1,700-sq.-km Rackla gold property in east-central Yukon, have defined an orogenic gold system….
Roxgold drills high grades at Boussoura in Burkina Faso
Toronto-based Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) announced the results from a new exploration program conducted at the company’s Boussoura project, located in the southern part of Burkina Faso, near the border…
PM appears at ground-breaking ceremony for Iamgold’s Cote project
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared at the launch of Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) and Sumitomo Metal Mining’s Côté gold project in Ontario. The prime minister attended the project’s…
Pickett Mountain ‘one of North America’s highest-grade undeveloped polymetallic deposits’, says Wolfden VP
Wolfden Resources (TSXV: WLF) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Pickett Mountain massive sulphide project in northern Maine, 5 km from the nearest highway and 24 km…
SolGold receives US$100M injection from Franco-Nevada
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) said today that it had received $100 million from streaming company Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV), which it will use to progress its…
BMO keeps long-term price targets at $1400 per oz. gold, $18.25 per oz. silver
BMO Capital Markets forecasts gold prices will rise by 8-16% during the 2021-2024 period, and average above US$1,800 per oz. through 2023, it announced in a research note today. Average…
Diamond sales bounce, but still in ‘intensive care’
De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, revealed today that it made about three times as many sales of roughs in the seventh sales cycle of the year…
Rio Tinto CEO resigns over Aboriginal site blasts
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques will step down by the end of March next year over a mounting backlash against the company’s decision to destroy ancient…