Avanti Gold’s Misisi project celebrates 10 years on CSE
Investors and Avanti Gold (CSE: AGC; US-OTC: AVTGF) management this week marked 10 years of its Misisi project being held by a succession of Canadian listed entities. Misisi is…
Africa
Marenica growth backs Elevate’s Namibia uranium push
Elevate Uranium (ASX: EL8; US-OTC: ELVUF) has grown the contained Marenica uranium resource in Namibia by a third, expanding the scale of the deposit on which the patented U-pgrade processing…
Winning essay: Gold Beneath the Stool
The Northern Miner and the World Gold Council this spring opened the GoldQuest International Student Challenge, inviting students around the globe to submit essays about gold. A panel of experts assessed submissions based on creativity, insight and originality. Sylvester Avane’s essay…
Conflict coltan from Congo linked to Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia supply chains
Coltan smuggled from mines controlled by the M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has entered supply chains serving major technology and automotive companies, exposing weaknesses in industry…
Oil boosts risk of gold miner cost revisions: Jefferies
Elevated gold prices won’t be enough to help miners offset cost increases of as much as 9% if oil prices remain at current levels through the second half of 2026,…
Goldman slashes copper supply outlook as deficits widen
Goldman Sachs has cut its global copper mine-supply forecast by 350,000 tonnes, citing slower-than-expected recoveries at Freeport-McMoRan’s (NYSE: FCX) Grasberg mine in Indonesia and Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF)…
Awalé grows Charger outside new Odienné resource
Drilling by Awalé Resources (TSXV: ARIC; US-OTC: AWLRF) at its Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) backed Odienné project in Côte d’Ivoire has extended high-grade gold at the Charger deposit outside…
Aya logs bonanza silver hits in Morocco
New drilling at Aya Gold & Silver’s (TSX, Nasdaq: AYA) Zgounder mine in Morocco yielded several bonanza hits near and below the limits of the current open pit. The standout…
Barrick weighs UK listing for African assets in $30B tie-up with Endeavour
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: B) is said to be weighing up a London listing for its African business, a move that may involve merging with Endeavour Mining (LON, TSX: EDV), Reuters…
How to dodge the Iran war
Soaring fuel and chemicals prices triggered by the war in the Middle East are pushing global miners to dig deep for creative solutions. Take the case of Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2), which…
Petra Diamonds sidelines Finsch mine, cuts jobs
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) is placing its Finsch mine into business rescue and cutting jobs across its South African operations as collapsing diamond prices and a strong rand threaten the…
Giyani Metals’ study shows leaner, pricier manganese project in Botswana
A feasibility study for Giyani Metals’ (TSXV: EMM) K. Hill open pit manganese project in Botswana outlines a much costlier operation and with lower value than in a previous economic…