Gold council urges miners to name refiners
Gold miners are being urged to identify the refiners receiving metal from each operating mine under a World Gold Council disclosure framework aimed at making legitimate gold flows easier to…
South America
Hot Chili drills shallow copper, gold in Chile
New drilling by Glencore (LSE: GLEN)-backed Hot Chili (ASX, TSX-V: HCH; US-OTC: HHLKF) has extended shallow copper-gold mineralization at its La Verde porphyry discovery in coastal Chile, strengthening the case…
CleanTech Lithium expands foothold in Argentina
CleanTech Lithium (LSE: CTL) has secured options to add two lithium brine properties in Argentina’s Salar de Antofalla, expanding its footprint near the flagship Laguna Verde project. The company signed…
Water, chemistry challenge Lithium Triangle growth
Argentina, Bolivia and Chile hold about 43% of the world’s identified lithium resources, but differences in brine chemistry and water availability complicate efforts to turn the Lithium Triangle’s geological wealth…
Copper price gains as Chile strike threatens output
Copper prices climbed Thursday as a strike by more than 700 workers at Antofagasta’s (LSE: ANTO) Centinela mine in Chile raised concerns about production disruptions that could become more serious…
Gold Mountain targets WWII tungsten mine in Brazil
Gold Mountain (ASX: GMN) is weighing the revival of a Brazilian tungsten mine that began during the Second World War after securing a 12-month exclusive right to acquire the property…
Sigma Lithium jumps after Brazil court reopens mine
Sigma Lithium (Nasdaq, TSXV: SGML; ASX: SAU) shares rose as much as 6.7% in New York on Wednesday after a Brazilian appeals court upheld its environmental licences, clearing the company…
Altius makes bid for rest of TNR amid board fight
Altius Minerals (TSX: ALS) has made an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire the 87% of TNR Gold (TSXV: TNR; US-OTC: TRRXF) it doesn’t already own, a move that would give…
Sponsored video: AbraSilver aims to fund Diablillos this year
AbraSilver Resource CEO John Miniotis in conversation with The Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by AbraSilver Resource and produced in co-operation…
World Bank backs $1.4B for Chile’s copper giant
The World Bank Group is holding up a financing structure used by Chile’s state-owned Codelco as a model for mineral-rich countries seeking to attract long-term private capital while reducing mining’s…
Glencore gets RIGI nod for $4B Argentina copper project
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has secured Argentine government approval for its $4 billion (C$5.7 billion) Agua Rica copper project under the country’s special investment incentive program, clearing a significant hurdle for…
Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing system. The overhaul sets national…