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Australia-listed EV Resources (EVR) on Monday announced an agreement to sell its Yanamina gold and silver project in Peru for up to $6-million as the company continued to offload noncore assets....
Mining services group Perenti has been awarded a five-year underground mining contract valued at A$1.1-billion at Endeavour Mining’s Mana gold complex in Burkina Faso, the Australian contractor...
Canadian junior Awalé Resources has secured a strategic investment of C$8.26-million from precious metals miner Fortuna Mining. The investment, announced on Friday sees Fortuna acquire a 15% stake...
Vancouver-based Artemis Gold has officially opened the Blackwater mine in central British Columbia, marking the launch of Canada’s newest gold and silver operation and one of the biggest resource...
British Columbia Premier David Eby has outlined a strategy aimed at positioning the province’s northwest as a major economic engine, blending mining development with conservation and reconciliation...
ASX-listed Emmerson Resources has announced the start of commercial gold production at the Nobles project, operated by its joint venture (JV) partner Tennant Mining – a wholly owned subsidiary of...
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SFA Oxford Platinum Lectures 2025 attracted the broadest spectrum of platinum interest amid the highest attendance ever, with a similar top-notch turnout evident at the London Platinum Week that...
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Royalty generator EMX Royalty has signed an exploration and option agreement with Ridgeline Minerals for the Trench oxide gold project in Eureka County, Nevada. Under the agreement, Ridgeline can...
Toronto-listed Seabridge Gold has filed its responses in the Supreme Court of British Columbia to petitions challenging the Environmental Assessment Office’s (EAO’s) decision to grant its KSM...
TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM)on May 29 closed a previously announced nonbrokered private placement. An aggregate of 800 000 common shares were subscribed for and issued to...
Barrick Mining has asked the arbitration tribunal of the World Bank to intervene in legal proceedings in Mali, as the miner faces the possibility of the Loulo-Gounkoto mine falling under the...
Mining and trading house Glencore consolidated its global portfolio of coal and ferroalloy assets under one company registered in Australia, according to its annual report lodged with the country’s...
Burkina Faso is poised to increase its industrial gold mining this year as a project by Mauritius’s Soleil Resources International rises to full production and a new mine by Australia’s West...
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The expansion will increase total copper production by more than 400%.
B2Gold is closing in on a key milestone, with the first gold pour expected by the end of June.
Environmental authorisation has been issued by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources.
Vault Minerals has unveiled an update to its Leonora operating strategy, underpinned by a 33% increase in openpit ore reserves at the King of the Hills operation.
Mining crews have driven underground development into the high-grade Flatreef platinum, palladium, rhodium, nickel, gold and copper orebody for the first time, as the Platreef mine rapidly advances...
Following last week’s dual listing of Shuka Minerals on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE's) AltX, two more JSE dual listings are on the way, mine developer Jason Brewer has outlined to Mining...
Guinea’s ongoing review of dormant and underused mining licences has put the spotlight on a recent agreement between gold miners AngloGold Ashanti and Resolute Mining, following local media reports...
Australia-headquartered St Barbara is moving forward with plans to consolidate operations in Nova Scotia, Canada, around a centralised processing hub at 15-Mile, betting that a capital-efficient...
Gold extended declines for a fourth day, as markets absorbed news that the US trade court has blocked President Donald Trump’s global tariff agenda. Bullion fell as much as 1.1% on Thursday,...
Mining company Perpetua Resources on Wednesday said it has been awarded up to $6.9-million in additional funding from the US Army for its Idaho antimony and gold Stibnite project. The...
A 30% net effective tariff rate on exports to the US from South Africa would essentially destroy demand growth in 2025 and 2026, resulting in permanent economic scarring, Wood Mackenzie metals and...
With South Africa’s share of global exploration expenditure in mining having dropped below 1% in recent years, the longevity of this legacy industry in the country depends on encouraging more...
The Northern Cape copper mining company Copper 360 has announced a leadership transition as it embarks on a new phase of accelerated hard-rock mining growth. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange...
Royalty and streaming company Franco-Nevada has struck a $1.05-billion deal to acquire a royalty package on the Côté gold mine, in Ontario. The package, acquired from a private third party,...
African infrastructure and investment group Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced that it is providing Mota-Engil Africa (MEA), part of the global Mota-Engil construction group, with a...
Chilean lithium giant SQM has walked away from a deal to earn into Tambourah Metals’ Julimar North project in Western Australia, pulling back from further exploration investment in the early-stage...
Two Australia-listed mining companies have been caught up in the Guinean government's revocation of inactive or noncompliant permits, as the West African nation moves to tighten control over its...
Exploration junior Encounter Resources has regained full ownership of the Yeneena copper project in Western Australia's Paterson province after IGO withdrew from their six-year farm-in and joint...
Guinea has revoked four gold exploration permits from Endeavour Mining as it continues to reclaim inactive and non-compliant mining rights. The four exploration licenses were granted in 2020 and...
When billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson’s firm made a big bet on gold after the 2008 financial crisis, his fund picked several small- and mid-size gold miners. One of those is now vying to...
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