TNM Drill Down: South America dominates Top 10 copper assays YTD
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner presents the top 10 drill results for major metals year…
Europe
Sweden to lift ban on uranium mining
Sweden’s Climate Minister, Romina Pourmokhtari, has unveiled plans to lift the nation’s ban on uranium mining, paving the way for an expanded nuclear energy capacity. Pourmokhtari told The Times that a…
TNM Drill Down: Didipio drilling underlines depth potential
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Aug. 11-18. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider Mining Intelligence….
Chaarat Gold sells Kapan mine in Armenia for US$54.5M
Chaarat Gold Holdings (LSE: CGH) is selling its only operating mine, Kapan, for US$54.5 million ($73.4 million) to Armenian miner Gold Mining Company. The miner, which once tried buying Centerra’s Kumtor…
Hochschild Mining sees 300,000 oz per year potential in Chile gold project
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) said on Monday it has completed a reevaluation of its Volcan gold project in Chile, which it added to its portfolio in 2012 with the acquisition…
Vision Blue injects US$40M into PNG lime project
Vision Blue Resources (VBR), a U.K. investment fund focused on battery and technology metals, has agreed to pay US$40 million ($53.8 million) to junior Mayur Resources (ASX: MRL) for a…
Commentary: Like Frodo, we should embrace our enemy’s enemy
Professor J.R.R. Tolkien died 50 years ago, and we can learn from his hero in Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins, who made an expedient choice for his guide into…
RANKED: World’s largest clay and hard rock lithium projects
The lithium market has been in turmoil with dramatic price swings over the last few years as demand from electric cars take off and global supply growth tries to keep up. Junior…
Chaarat Gold mulls sale of Kapan, its only operating mine
Chaarat Gold Holdings (LSE: CGH), the company that once tried buying Centerra’s Kumtor mine in the Kyrgyz Republic, revealed on Friday that it’s considering the sale of its only operating mine, Kapan,…
Cornish Lithium secures initial $67M to keep UK project alive
The much-needed funding will allow Cornish Lithium will allow it to progress its Trelavour project to a construction-ready status.
How Rainbow Rare Earths plans to bootstrap itself onto the global stage
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) is making strides in the rare earths sector as its Phalaborwa project in South Africa underpins an aggressive international growth strategy. While pilot-scale production at…
Hochschild granted key permit for Inmaculada mine in Peru
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) shares jumped 17% in London after the company announced the approval of a modified Environmental Impact Assessment for its flagship Inmaculada gold-silver mine in southern Peru….