Venezuela targets $4.4B London gold stash
Venezuela’s government and opposition have agreed to jointly pursue the return of about 31 tonnes of gold held at the Bank of England in a plan to help finance reconstruction…
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Blue Moon rejects short seller’s claims
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) is defending its main Nussir copper project after short-seller Viceroy Research questioned permits, financing and broader development strategy, while an analyst firm says…
CHART: Mining stocks enjoy a $210-billion fortnight
So far in August the combined U.S. dollar market capitalization of the MINING.COM TOP 50 rose from $2.17 trillion to $2.38 billion. That is $210 billion in seven sessions, three…
Processing, not output, may decide metal shortages
Critical-mineral shortages through 2035 may depend as much on whether miners can reliably process and deliver usable material as on whether enough tonnes are mined, according to GEM Mining Consulting….
Savannah wins support for contentious Barroso
Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV) has secured fresh backing from local landowners in northern Portugal for the controversial Barroso lithium project, Europe’s largest, as the developer seeks to overcome years of…
Podcast: Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Haytham Hodaly on the evolution of the streaming model
This week’s episode features Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX, NYSE, LSE: WPM) CEO Haytham Hodaly in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on how the streaming model is holding up in today’s…
Sweden OKs Boliden’s Laver copper concession
Sweden rejected appeals against Boliden’s (STO: BOL) mining concession for Laver, clearing a key hurdle for a copper project that could double the country’s output while leaving major environmental and…
Spotlight: Four more companies advancing projects around the world
Junior exploration companies across the globe stand or fall on drill programs that could turn them into bigger stories. Here are four more juniors with company-making discovery potential in proven mineral districts….
Ferrexpo’s Ukraine shutdown deepens fight for survival
Switzerland-based Ferrexpo (LSE: FXPO) has halted iron ore production in Ukraine after Russian attacks restricted its Black Sea export routes, leaving the miner dependent on fresh funding to restart. The…
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because the world has made it…
De Beers’ $18B diamond empire could fetch $1B
De Beers, the former diamond monopoly once valued at more than $18 billion (C$25 billion), could sell for about $1 billion as Anglo American (LSE: AAL) nears a deal to…
Rule Symposium Video: BHP funding drives Mundoro’s Serbia copper hunt
Mundoro Capital (TSXV: MUN; US-OTC: MUNMF) plans to steer BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) -funded drilling toward the untested core of a copper-gold porphyry system at Central Timok in Serbia….