DeepGreen closer to ocean mining battery metals after Swiss cash injection
The Canadian start-up has secured the bulk of the $150 million it needs to carry out its first feasibility studies.
Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor
Cecilia has covered mining for more than a decade. She is particularly interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Diamonds and Latin American. Cecilia has been interviewed by BBC News and CBC among others and has been a guest speaker at mining conventions, including MINExpo 2016 and the World’s Copper Conference 2018. She is also member of the expert panel on Social License to Operate (SLO) at the European project MIREU (Mining and Metallurgic Regions EU). She holds a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia, and is based in Nova Scotia.
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Pure Gold kicks off exploration campaign at Madsen Red Lake project
The company will focus on the Wedge, Fork, and Russet South satellite deposits with the object of converting and growing mineral resources used in the recently released preliminary economic assessment (PEA).
Wall at Vale’s Gongo Soco pit begins gradual slide; dam holds
Vale said the Sul Superior dam, located just 1.5 km from the mine, remains intact and that it continues to be monitored 24/7 via radar, drones and a robotic station capable of detecting the slightest movements.
Mapped: Who owns the world’s gold reserves
Central banks around the globe have been on a gold buying spree this year, with Russia and China, leading the pack.
SolGold’s shares crater on possible mining referendum in Ecuador
Investors worry a referendum on mining in Imbabura, the province in which its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project is located, could jeopardize the mine's future.
Vale downplays risk of dam break at Gongo Soco mine
Vale said risk of a new dam break as a consequence of an unstable embankment at Gongo Soco open pit, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, are now minimal.
Sibanye, Lonmin merge to create world’s largest platinum miner
The deal also establishes the Sibanye-Stillwater Group as the world’s second-biggest palladium miner.
Barrick Gold considers $1B expansion of Pueblo Viejo mine
President and CEO Mark Bristow said the company expected to complete a feasibility study for the project, which could extend the life of the mine into the 2030s.
Barrick’s bid for Acacia an “appropriate” and “elegant” solution to Tanzania woes — CEO
The $285-million takeover bid, considered by some analysts and Acacia’s minority shareholders as low, would see the world's second largest gold producer buying the remaining 35% of the African miner it does not already own, at a discount.
Danakali about to secure financing for potash project in Eritrea
Debt financing agreements worth $200 million could be finalized “any day” and are expected to catalyze equity financing to start the almost 30-month development of the 1.1 billion-tonne Colluli sulphate of potash project, the company said.
Chile’s Codelco has already lost $17.5 million on Chuquicamata strike
Lost production in the first week of the labour action amounts to about 3,500 tonnes of copper.