First Quantum explores Taca Taca stake sale: report
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) is exploring the sale of a minority stake in its giant Taca Taca copper project in Argentina as the world’s largest miners and strategic investors…
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Codelco chair puts profit ahead of copper output
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco will prioritize profitability over production growth as it confronts heavy debt, declining output and governance challenges under new chairman Bernardo Fontaine. Fontaine, who became chairman…
Canada’s 20-year mine timeline hits multibillion-dollar wall: report
Canada’s lengthy mine development process is putting billions of dollars in potential critical minerals investment at risk as competing jurisdictions move projects into production years faster, a new study suggests….
Mogotes says drilling expands Andes copper-gold target
New drilling by Mogotes Metals (TSXV: MOG) has expanded the company’s Albor target at the Filo Sur copper project in the Vicuña district on the Argentina-Chile border. Hole FS_DDH_016 cut…
Faraday drilling expands Copper Creek potential
New drilling at Faraday Copper’s (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) Copper Creek, one of America’s largest undeveloped projects for the red metal, has identified broad zones of near-surface mineralization that could…
Ero Copper sees resource growth potential in Brazil
New drilling at Ero Copper’s (TSX, NYSE: ERO) Furnas polymetallic project in northern Brazil has extended mineralization beyond the current resource model’s limits, reinforcing the potential for further growth at…
Osisko logs 3.49% copper at Gaspé project in Quebec
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) kicked off its 2026 drilling campaign at the Gaspé copper project in eastern Quebec with a clutch of high-grade intercepts that could add mineralization…
Eldorado Gold’s McIlvenna Bay mine begins producing copper concentrate
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) says its McIlvenna Bay underground mine in Saskatchewan produced its first copper concentrate, a key milestone as the company pushes toward commercial production. With…
DPM makes gold-copper discovery near Bulgaria mine
Canadian producer DPM Metals (TSX, ASX: DPM) said new drilling at its Brevene South Porphyry (BSP) site in Bulgaria yielded a major gold-copper discovery about 1 km from the Chelopech underground…
Colombia election could reshape copper investment
Colombia’s presidential election this weekend could determine whether one of Latin America’s most underexplored copper frontiers attracts billions in mining investment or sinks deeper into regulatory uncertainty and security turmoil….
NGEx hits 208g gold at Lunahuasi project in Argentina
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) reported ultra-high-grade gold assays from its Lunahuasi copper-gold-silver project in Argentina as the explorer continues to define one of the richest emerging systems in…
San Lorenzo hits all-time high on Chile gold assays
San Lorenzo Gold (TSXV: SLG) soared to a record intraday high after the Canadian explorer said new drilling on the Arco de Oro target at its primary Salvadora project in…