Luca Mining expands Tahuehueto mine with Fresnillo land deal
Canada’s Luca Mining (TSX-V: LUCA) has bought the Humaya 3 mining concession in Durango, Mexico, from Minera Mexicana La Ciénega, a unit of Fresnillo (LON:…
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Sprott buys 50,000 lb for $5B uranium trust
The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust’s (TSX: U.U for USD; U.UN for CAD) holdings now total about 68.6 million lb. of uranium after it bought 50,000 lb. of…
Northern Graphite taps fed funds for Quebec mine
Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) has been given a lifeline to extend operations at its main Lac des Îles mine in Quebec, the only…
Equinox Gold kicks off ore processing at Valentine
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) has begun processing ore at its Valentine gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador, with first gold expected next month. “I…
Americas Gold & Silver hits bonanza grades in Idaho
Americas Gold & Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) on Friday said it had traced a high-grade upper extension of the producing 149 Vein at its…
First Nations buy BC port serving Newmont mines
Two First Nations groups have partnered with a trucking company to buy a bulk terminal port near British Columbia’s border with Alaska serving Newmont’s (TSX:…
$1M gold up for grabs as Canada Treasure Hunt begins
There’s more than $1 million in physical gold hidden somewhere in Canada, but rather than your grandfather’s pick axe and head lamp, only knowledge and…
Rio Tinto overhauls units, axes execs
Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) new CEO Simon Trott has launched a sweeping overhaul of the miner’s structure, consolidating operations into three core divisions…
Ivanhoe maintains DRC zinc forecast, hits records
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says a program to remove constraints at its Kipushi zinc mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo was recently…
Electric Metals stock nearly triples on North Star manganese PEA
Electric Metals’ (TSXV: EML; US-OTC: EMUSF) shares more than doubled on a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its North Star manganese project in Emily,…
Evolve Royalties in $70M deal for Voyageur Explorers
Private firm Evolve Strategic Element Royalties is poised to acquire the Prairies- and copper-zinc-gold-focused Voyageur Mineral Explorers (CSE: VOY) in a reverse takeover valued at…
Troilus, Torngat ink offtakes on Carney’s German mission
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF), which is developing a $1.1-billion (US$800-million) capex brownfield mine project in Quebec, has signed a preliminary copper offtake agreement with…