Friedland’s Ivanhoe slashes copper outlook again
Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has cut next year’s copper production outlook at Kamoa-Kakula by 19% as recovery work at the flood-hit…
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Fortuna logs high-grade gold in Senegal, extends deposit’s depth
New drilling by Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM; TSX: FVI) at its Diamba Sud project in Senegal could expand the property’s mineral reserve. Hole DSR1149 in…
Aya logs high-grade, shallow silver in Morocco
New drilling by Aya Gold & Silver (TSX, NASDAQ: AYA) its Zgounder mine in Morocco has extended high-grade silver mineralization around the existing open pit…
Kavango starts commissioning Zimbabwe gold mine
Kavango Resources (LSE: KAV) has begun commissioning its Hillside gold project in Zimbabwe after installing a 50-tonne-per-day processing plant, marking the transition from construction to…
Montage books near-surface gold in Côte d’Ivoire
Early drilling by Montage Gold (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) at its Wendé project in Côte d’Ivoire has returned shallow gold, confirming the potential of what…
Aya logs bonanza silver hits in Morocco
New drilling at Aya Gold & Silver’s (TSX, Nasdaq: AYA) Zgounder mine in Morocco yielded several bonanza hits near and below the limits of the…
Congo rebels want to sell critical minerals to US: report
The Rwanda-backed M23 Congolese rebel group is looking to sell critical minerals directly to the United States, The Economist reported. M23, which controls large swaths…
Aya logs high-grade hits at Morocco silver-gold project
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX, Nasdaq: AYA) reported the strongest drill intercept yet on a grade-thickness basis at its Boumadine project in Morocco as the…
KoBold begins AI-driven lithium push in DRC
KoBold Metals, the mining firm backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has launched what it calls the largest lithium exploration campaign in…
Newcore Gold lifts Enchi’s resource by 24% in Ghana
Canadian developer Newcore Gold (TSXV: NCAU) said a resource update for its Enchi gold project in southwestern Ghana boosts the deposit’s footprint by 24% as…
Botswana Diamonds rebrands, targeting copper
Botswana Diamonds (LON: BOD) will rebrand as Botswana Minerals and trade under the new ticker BMIN starting Friday as it expands into copper exploration to cut…
Zijin agrees to buy Canada’s Allied Gold for $4B in cash
Zijin Gold agreed Monday to buy Canada’s Allied Gold (TSX, NYSE: AAUC) in a friendly all-cash transaction valued at about $5.5 billion (US$4 billion) as…