Global Copper Snapshot: Eight companies keen to plug the copper supply gap
Copper is critical for a lower carbon future but as deposits are becoming harder to find and a supply deficit looms, miners are keen to find new sources of the…
Canada
Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm
Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has reached a deal to convert a loan balance of $76 million owed by High Power Exploration (HPX) into an equity investment in I-Pulse, HPX’s parent…
Avalon stock surges on $63M investment, joint venture with Sibelco
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) is partnering with Antwerp-based SCR-Sibelco NV to advance its lithium exploration projects in Ontario and its plans to build a lithium-hydroxide processing facility….
Argonaut pours first gold at Magino, expects commercial production in Q3
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) announced Thursday it has achieved first gold pour at its Magino mine located in Dubreuilville, Ont. — the company’s first Canadian mine operation. The process plant…
Aston sees future in Arctic copper by dropping local processing in favour of ore sorting
Aston Bay Holdings (TSXV: BAY; US-OTC: ATBHF) and American West Metals (ASX: AW1) are betting on new methods to prove the economics of a copper project farther north in Canada’s…
Surge Copper PEA outlines three-decade mine at Berg in BC
Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG; US-OTC: SRGXF) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Berg project in central British Columbia that outlines a long-life asset with total payable production…
Hudbay Minerals, Copper Mountain shareholders approve merger
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) and Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) shareholders have approved the resolutions required to complete their planned merger. The deal hands Hudbay the Copper Mountain…
EV Nickel doubles Shaw Dome resource near Timmins
An updated resource at EV Nickel’s (TSXV: EVNI) Shaw Dome project in northern Ontario adds more than 24 million tonnes of contained metal to the W4 deposit over a previous…
Fireweed names Mactung largest high-grade tungsten deposit in the world
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) has released a new resource estimate for its Mactung tungsten project in the Yukon and Northwest Territories that confirms it as one of the…
Canadian Copper grabs majority stake in Murray Brook VMS project in New Brunswick
Canadian Copper (CSE: CCI) is acquiring a 72% stake in the Murray Brook project, located in New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp, from Votorantim Metals Canada. In return for the majority…
CanAlaska to drill Geikie uranium project, plans nickel spinout
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC: CVVUF) has begun mobilizing its field team, drill crew and equipment to it’s 60%-owned Geikie uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, an area that currently…
Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Argentina’s Caucharí-Olaroz
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) has produced its first lithium carbonate at the Caucharí-Olaroz project in Argentina’s Jujuy province. While the material is not battery-quality, the miner noted that…