January 11, 2024 Deepest hole below former Tartan mine returns 12.7 g/t gold for Canadian Gold The company was able to identify high-grade gold mineralization to at least 415 metres below the current resource estimate.
January 11, 2024 Zijin Mining invests $97 million in Solaris Resources for a 15% stake Solaris intends to use the funds to advance its flagship Warintza copper project in southeast Ecuador.
January 11, 2024 Grupo Mexico weighs bid for First Quantum’s Spanish mine First Quantum initiated a process to sell its Las Cruces mine in southern Spain in December after the sudden closure of the Cobre Panama mine.
January 11, 2024 Vale’s $10 billion spend on Canada targets existing potential Vale Base Metals chairman Mark Cutifani is undertaking a unit-wide asset review.
January 11, 2024 Hecla’s Lucky Friday silver mine resumes production The Idaho mine, Hecla's third-largest silver producer, was halted in September 2023 to complete repair work on areas damaged by wildfires.
January 10, 2024 Gold Mountain plunges as Elk mine contractors demand $4.2 million in payments The Elk gold project is located 57 kilometres from Merritt in south-central British Columbia.
January 10, 2024 Fortuna cuts down debt using cash generated from Séguéla mine The Canadian precious metals miner has paid down an additional $41 million in debt using cash on hand.
January 10, 2024 Taseko says Gibraltar mine output rose 26% to 123 million lb. copper in 2023 The rise was supported by a strong fourth quarter during which 34 million lb. of copper and 369,000 lb. of molybdenum were produced.
January 10, 2024 Vale BM says decision to merge Canada nickel ops with Glencore a priority Talks for a Sudbury tie-up have been on and off since 2006.
January 10, 2024 Manganese X signs MOU with US battery tech firm for potential offtake deal C4V is currently involved in some of the world's largest gigafactory developments.
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