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…
South America
Luminex reaches ‘historic’ agreement with informal miners around Ecuador gold project
Luminex Resources (TSXV: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) says it has reached “a historic and unprecedented” mediated agreement with informal miners in the Condor North portion of…
‘Unexpected’ mineralization hints at an even bigger Filo del Sol system
Filo Corp. (TSX: FIL; NASDAQ: FIL) has released assay results from its recent work at the Filo del Sol project’s Aurora zone, confirming the continuity…
How miners can better manage community resettlement as demand for metals rises
It’s an undeniable fact that the world needs more metals to deal with the effects of climate change and to achieve net zero by 2050….
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…
Tucano Gold to take over Great Panther’s Tucano mine in Brazil
Tucano Gold has entered into a definitive deal to acquire the subsidiaries of Great Panther Mining, Mina Tucano and Tucano Resources Mineração, for consideration of…
Vale agrees to pay over US$106M in compensation to Minas Gerais evacuees
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has agreed to pay 527 million reais (US$106 million) in compensation to residents of Barão de Cocais, a town in Minas Gerais…
Argentina’s lithium-rich Salta province looks at streamlining EIA process
The legislature of the Argentinian northwestern Salta province is discussing a project that aims to expedite some of the processes related to mining environmental and…
Summit Nanotech, Power Minerals plan JV to accelerate lithium production in Argentina
Canada’s Summit Nanotech and Australia’s Power Minerals (ASX: PNN) have entered into a binding term sheet to jointly develop the Salar de Incahuasi lithium concession…
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…
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…
Chile’s President blocks push for private lithium concessions
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has vowed to block a proposal by conservative lawmakers seeking to let private companies mine the country’s vast lithium reserves. Boric…