PNG grants Porgera lease to state-backed miner: report
Canada’s Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) said it would challenge the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government’s reported move to grant a 20-year lease for the Porgera gold mine to a…
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Coronavirus outbreak mutes outlook at OceanaGold’s Haile mine in South Carolina
OceanaGold (TSX, ASX: OGC) said that the outlook at its Haile gold mine in South Carolina is “uncertain” after 18 staff members tested positive for Covid-19 since June. According to…
Lithium Americas completes JV restructuring
Lithium Americas (TSX, NYSE: LAC) has completed its previously arranged transaction with partner Ganfeng Lithium on the ownership structure on the Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project under development in Jujuy, Argentina. As…
Saskatchewan gov’t commits to rare earths processing plant by 2022
Canada will have its first rare earth processing plant in operation by the end of 2022, as the province of Saskatchewan has committed $31 million to build a new facility…
BHP plans ‘very tangible actions’ on carbon emissions
BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) is fine-tuning a revamped strategy to reduce the company’s operational emissions and its use of diesel by 2030, chief executive Mike Henry said on Thursday….
Roskill sees ‘structural shift’ in copper market on intense buying from China
Copper was once again approaching the psychologically important US$3 per lb. level on the back of falling inventories, booming Chinese demand and pandemic hit supply from South America, the U.S….
SilverCrest acquires past-producing El Picacho silver-gold property
SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL) has acquired a 100% interest in the 71-sq.-km El Picacho property, located 40 km northeast of its flagship Las Chispas silver-gold development project in the state of Sonora,…
Danakali plans construction at large-scale potash project in Eritrea
Australia’s Danakali (ASX, LON: DNK) said it plans to spend the rest of the year raising funds to bring its Colluli potash project in Eritrea closer to construction. Reporting on…
DeepGreen Metals partners with scientists on seafloor discovery program
DeepGreen Metals has formed partnerships with scientific research institutions and universities on its deep-sea discovery program to characterize the potential impacts of lifting polymetallic nodules from the bottom of the…
Skeena Resources launches aggressive drill program at Eskay Creek
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) plans to drill a combined 89,000 metres of exploration and infill drilling before the end of the year at its Eskay Creek gold-silver project…
Palladium One reports long, near-surface intercepts at LK in Finland
The first phase of drilling at Palladium One Mining’s (TSXV: PDM; US-OTC: NKORF) wholly owned Lantinen Koillismaa (LK) project in north-central Finland has returned long mineralized intervals, starting at shallow…
South Africa ministry approves AngloGold asset sale, blocks delisting
South Africa’s mines ministry has approved the sale of AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU; JSE: ANG) last remaining assets in the country to Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY), on condition that it…