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January 26, 2023

Discovery Silver expands Cordero project output as costs limit returns

Discovery Silver’s (TSXV: DSV) preliminary feasibility study on its Cordero project in northern Mexico expands output by 40% while increasing construction costs by nearly a quarter compared with an earlier report. The project, located about 550 km south of the … Read More

January 26, 2023

Good ESG practices lead to better operational, stock performance — report

We encounter the effects of climate change more and more every day. For example, in Turkey, we are experiencing a winter without snow on New Year’s Eve. Despite this, people still do not think about the consequences of their actions. Because when people do not … Read More

January 26, 2023

Receiver named for assets of Trevali’s Caribou zinc mine in New Brunswick

Last summer, Trevali Mining applied for relief under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and was granted the initial order in August. The next month it delisted its shares from the Toronto Stock Exchange. And this week, a receiver was appointed for … Read More

January 26, 2023

2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey

Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry firms. Despite shared concerns, there is surprisingly little agreement on the eco … Read More

January 26, 2023

British Columbia First Nations forge partnership to participate in Seabridge Gold’s KSM project

British Columbia’s Tahltan Nation and Nisg̱a’a Nation announced Thursday that they have joined together in a new partnership that brings new life to a historic and centuries-old Peace Treaty, through the Treaty Creek Limited Partnership. The partnership was an … Read More

January 26, 2023

Stillwater expands resource, nickel by more than half at Montana project

Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE) has increased its resource estimate tonnage significantly at its Stillwater West battery and platinum metals project in Montana as it looks to emulate world-leading neighbour Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW). T … Read More

January 26, 2023

How wildcat mining is behind the Yanomami crisis in Brazil

The images that circulated around the world of the Yanonami people suffering from malnutrition and hunger are the result of years of advancing wildcat mining in the Amazon rainforest. The Brazilian government last week declared a public health emergency for th … Read More

January 26, 2023

Teck pledges $1.5 million toward southeast BC conservation effort

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) has pledged C$2 million ($1.5m) towards the conservation and protection of 75,000 hectares of rare inland temperate rainforest in southeastern British Columbia. The initiative is part of the company’s goal to be … Read More

January 26, 2023

Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot

Global miner and commodity trader Glencore has now become part of the world’s first battery passport proof of concept launched by the Global Battery Alliance. “We spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with Glenc … Read More

January 26, 2023

Gold price edges down following strong Q4 US data

Gold prices edged lower on Thursday following strong US economic data for the fourth quarter of 2022, though indications of a likely slowdown limited losses in the safe-haven metal. Spot gold was down 1.1% to $1,925.48 per ounce by noon ET, having reached a ni … Read More

January 26, 2023

SRK Consulting SA names new managing director

Andrew van Zyl has been appointed as managing director of SRK Consulting (SA), the South African arm of the global SRK network of consulting engineering practices. He is also a member of the SRK Global Board and Exco. Van Zyl stepped into the role from January … Read More

January 26, 2023

How tungsten can help make nuclear fusion energy a reality

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are using their materials research efforts to bring to fruition the goal of producing energy through nuclear fusion. In a paper published in the … Read More

January 25, 2023

Eight new mines or expansions in British Columbia worth $4.9 billion

There are currently eight new mines or mine expansions in the queue in B.C. worth a total investment of $6.6 billion ($4.9bn), according to Premier David Eby, who spoke Monday at the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference. Two of those new … Read More

January 25, 2023

Equinox Gold says Greenstone project is full steam ahead

Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) has provided an update on the Greenstone project in Ontario, which is being developed in a 60/40 partnership with Orion Mine Finance Group. Once built, Greenstone is expected to be one of the largest gold mines in Canada, producing more … Read More

January 25, 2023

Wesdome CEO resigns in surprise move after delayed projects, output

Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) president and chief executive officer Duncan Middlemiss has resigned after the Kiena mine upgrade in Quebec fell behind schedule and the company missed production goals. Middlemiss, who led the company for six years, has been repl … Read More

January 25, 2023

Fortuna Silver granted provisional injunction to operate San Jose mine under 12-year EIA terms

Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM) (TSX: FVI) reported Wednesday that the Mexican federal administrative court has granted a provisional injunction to allow the company’s San Jose mine to continue to operate under the terms of the 12-year environmental impact au … Read More

January 25, 2023

Copper price falls with China absent for Lunar New Year

Copper price fell for a second day on Wednesday, weighed down by a stronger dollar and the absence of China, where markets are closed for a week-long Lunar New Year holiday. Copper for delivery in March on the Comex market in New York, was down 0.4% Wednesday … Read More

January 25, 2023

UK university, Bolivian government join forces to boost lithium industry

The University of Warwick and the Bolivian Government have joined forces to collaborate on lithium battery research with the goal of backing the South American country’s efforts to become a world leader in renewable energies and electric vehicles. In a media s … Read More

January 24, 2023

Vizsla Silver updates Panuco resource by 50%

Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) has increased the indicated mineral resource by half at its Panuco silver-gold project in Sinaloa, western Mexico. The indicated mineral resource rose to 7.5 million tonnes grading 243 grams silver per tonne, 2.12 grams g … Read More

January 24, 2023

Vale, Tüv Süd, and 16 people become defendants for the Brumadinho disaster

The Brazilian Federal Court accepted the complaint filed by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) against 16 people and the companies Vale and Tüv Süd for the rupture of the Córrego do Feijão dam, in Brumadinho. The disaster that occurred on January 25, 2019, left … Read More

January 24, 2023

SPC Nickel enters agreement with Vale to consolidate deposits in Sudbury camp

SPC Nickel (TSXV: SPC) has entered into a cooperation agreement with Vale Canada that would see the company consolidate the West Graham and Crean Hill 3 nickel-copper deposits located in the Sudbury mining camp into a single project. The West Graham deposit oc … Read More

January 24, 2023

American Lithium buys back royalty on TLC project in Nevada

American Lithium (TSXV: LI) (NASDAQ: AMLI) has entered into an agreement with Nevada Alaska Mining, an arm’s-length party, to buy back the remaining 1% gross overriding royalty on the company’s wholly owned TLC lithium project in Nevada. As part of the royalty … Read More

January 24, 2023

Flexible copper sensor can detect heavy metals in sweat

An international team of researchers led by the University of São Paulo in Brazil has developed a portable copper sensor that is able to detect heavy metals such as lead and cadmium in sweat. In a paper published in the journal Chemosensors, the scientists ex … Read More

January 23, 2023

New geochemical data to support critical minerals exploration in British Columbia interior

New till geochemical and mineralogical results and an accompanying report published by Geoscience BC improve knowledge of central British Columbia’s surficial geology and the potential for critical mineral deposits that might be buried beneath surficial deposi … Read More

January 23, 2023

Results hint at high-grade copper-gold in Beskauga project, Arras says

Arras Minerals (TSXV: ARK) says drill results from three holes at its Beskauga copper-gold project in northeastern Kazakhstan suggest it holds high-grade zones. Diamond drill hole Bg22012 returned 365 metres grading 0.54 gram gold per tonne, 0.4% copper, 2 gra … Read More

January 23, 2023

Majuba Hill drill results reveal longest intercept of copper mineralization at Nevada porphyry project

Majuba Hill Copper (CSE: JUBA / OTC: JUBAF) released the latest drill results Monday on its namesake property in western Nevada. The company reported that 2022 core holes MHB-27 and MHB-28 intersected over 1000 feet (304.8 meters) of plus 0.25% copper equiva … Read More

January 23, 2023

British Columbia spent $13.6 billion on mineral exploration in 2022, says Premier

British Columbia had record spending on mineral exploration in 2022 and there are eight new mines or mine expansions in the queue, Premier David Eby said Monday at the opening of the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver. Eby … Read More

January 23, 2023

Canaccord bullish on gold price, Endeavour, Kinross and Probe

Investment bank Canaccord Genuity is upbeat on the gold price and production margins as recession looms and the United States dollar retreats. It also picks Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV), Kinross (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) and Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) among i … Read More

January 23, 2023

Marimaca Copper infill drilling yields best results to date at oxide deposit in Chile

Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI) has released the final batch of reverse circulation (RC) drill results from last year’s infill drilling campaign at the Marimaca oxide deposit (MOD) in northern Chile, including the best copper intersection drilled to date on a grad … Read More

January 23, 2023

Scientists develop efficient solution to monitor airborne mercury

New research conducted at the University of Nevada, Reno, verified that new technologies measure airborne mercury pollution far more accurately than the older systems that have been in widespread use for decades. In a paper published in the journal Science of … Read More

January 22, 2023

Argentinian lawyers call for annulment of provincial lithium law

The Argentine Institute of Mining Law (IADEM) is calling for the annulment of Law N°10.608, which declared lithium and its derivatives as strategic natural resources in La Rioja province and which prioritizes state companies when it comes to the exploitation o … Read More

January 22, 2023

The risks of plundering the periodic table

A recent paper published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution estimates that humans are heading for a situation in which 80% of the elements we use are from non-biological sources. Written by researchers at the Ecological and Forestry Applications Re … Read More

January 21, 2023

Glencore halts operations in Peru due to violent protests

Following Friday’s attack that set on fire a worker housing area, Glencore announced that it has halted operations at the Antapaccay copper mine in southern Peru. In a media statement, the company said that yesterday’s incidents endangered the safety of its em … Read More

January 21, 2023

Excelsior to collaborate with Rio Tinto copper tech venture at Johnson Camp project in Arizona

Excelsior Mining (TSX: MIN) has entered into a collaboration with Nuton LLC, a Rio Tinto venture, to evaluate the use of its Nuton copper heap leaching technologies at Excelsior’s Johnson Camp mine in Cochise county, Arizona. Rio Tinto has developed the Nuton … Read More

January 21, 2023

Northwest Copper drills one of longest and highest-grade holes at Kwanika

Northwest Copper (TSXV: NWST) shares surged 17% Monday afternoon on assay results from its Kwanika copper-gold deposit near the town of Fort St. James in central British Columbia. The company reported hole K-22-255 cut one of the longest and highest-grade copp … Read More

January 21, 2023

Barrick targets 2028 for first production from Reko Diq

Having recently received the go-ahead for its Reko Diq project in Pakistan, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX) is now targeting 2028 for first production from the giant copper-gold mine. On Monday, Barrick CEO Mark Bristow informed respective Pakistani authorities that f … Read More

January 21, 2023

Pan American Silver offers to acquire Yamana Gold shares for $1 billion

Two proxy firms are recommending that Yamana Gold (TSX:YRI; NYSE:AUY) accept a $1 billion takeover offer from Vancouver’s Pan American Silver (TSX,NYSE:PAAS). Yamana Gold announced Friday that Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass, Lewis & Co. LLC a … Read More

January 21, 2023

Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023

To say 2022 was tumultuous is an understatement. War, inflation, climate disasters, market volatility: the past year was anything but business as usual for most. ESG, which had seemed firmly embedded in business, began to experience a backlash, facing criticis … Read More

January 21, 2023

How abandoned mines can become clean energy storage systems

An international team of researchers has developed a novel way to store energy by transporting sand into abandoned underground mines. The new technique, called Underground Gravity Energy Storage (UGES), proposes an effective long-term energy storage solution w … Read More

January 21, 2023

Wealth Minerals delivers first resource estimate for Ollagüe lithium project in Chile

Credit: Wealth Minerals Lithium developer Wealth Minerals (TSXV: WML) reached a significant milestone on Tuesday with the release of the first resource estimate for its Ollagüe project in Chile. This NI 43-101 resource estimate — prepared by independent consul … Read More

January 21, 2023

Copper price retreats on weak economic data from China

The copper price fell on Tuesday as weak economic data from China punctured a speculator-driven rally. Copper for delivery in March fell 0.3% on the Comex market in New York, to $4.20 per pound, or $9,240 per tonne. [Click here for an interactive chart of copp … Read More

January 21, 2023

Fission announces economics for Patterson Lake South uranium

Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU) has announced the results of a feasibility study conducted by Tetra Tech Canada for the Patterson Lake South property in the Athabasca Basin. The company says these study results further enhance the economics outlined in the 2019 pre … Read More

January 21, 2023

FPX Nickel commences PFS on Baptiste project in British Columbia

FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX) has commenced a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for its Baptiste nickel project located in central British Columbia. The PFS marks the culmination of the extensive de-risking and optimization program that has been undertaken since th … Read More

January 21, 2023

Probe Metals triples resource estimate at Monique deposit in Quebec

Analysts welcomed Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) tripling the indicated gold resource at its Monique deposit in the Novador project near Val d’Or, Quebec. The deposit now holds 41.8 million indicated tonnes grading 1.52 grams gold per tonne for 2 million oz. contain … Read More

January 21, 2023

Skeena Resources signs Process Charter for Eskay Creek gold project in British Columbia

Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE, NYSE: SKE) announced Tuesday the signing of the permitting Process Charter and other key milestones in the approval process for the Eskay Creek gold-silver project located in Tahltan Territory in the Golden Triangle of British Colum … Read More

January 21, 2023

Goldshore drilling confirms high-grade Moss Lake gold core

The core shack at the Moss Lake project in northwest Ontario. Credit: Goldshore Resources Goldshore Resources (TSXV: GSHR) reported the assay results for seven infill holes drilled in the centre portion of the QES Zone in the current Moss Lake resource outline … Read More

January 21, 2023

Use tech jobs to attract women to industry, Future Minerals forum panel says

The industry needs to encourage mentors, adjust mindsets and offer technology jobs to boost the level of women from just 8% of the global mining workforce, according to a panel at the Future Minerals Forum in Saudi Arabia. New technologies allow women to sid … Read More

January 21, 2023

New solution aims to effectively monitor tailings facilities from space

A new solution that uses satellites and earth observation coupled with ground sensors to monitor mine tailings facilities was recently launched by a Tokyo-based company and a London-based startup. The strategic partnership brings together Japan’s Synspective, … Read More

January 21, 2023

Iron ore price rises while China warns against speculation

The iron ore price rose on Wednesday as investors bet on surging demand for the steel ingredient as China’s economy reopens. According to Fastmarkets MB, benchmark 62% Fe fines imported into Northern China were changing hands for $113.60 a tonne Wednesday morn … Read More

January 21, 2023

Copper price highest since June on China optimism

The copper price rose on Wednesday to its highest levels since June as speculators bet that low inventories and rising Chinese demand will lift prices. Copper for delivery in March rose on the Comex market in New York, touching $4.35 per pound ($9,581 per tonn … Read More