December 23, 2021

McEwen Copper commits to PFS for Los Azules project in Argentina

The preliminary economic assessment prepared in 2017 put the after-tax NPV at $2.2 billion (at an 8% discount) and the IRR at 20.1%.

December 22, 2021

Avino totals 137moz silver-equivalent at La Preciosa in Mexico

Avino is acquiring La Preciosa from Coeur Mining for a cash total of $20 million.

December 21, 2021

Beauce Gold Fields seeking hard rock source for placer camp in Quebec

Beauce recently identified an important 4-km-long saddle reef formation along an antiform fold structure observed north of the Gilbert River and north of the historical placer gold channel.

December 21, 2021

McEwen says Fox drilling returned up to 24 g/t gold from Stock

McEwen is working on a preliminary economic assessment for the expansion of the Fox complex.

December 17, 2021

Lucapa’s Merlin could be next top diamond mine in Australia

Preliminary scoping study shows the asset has the potential to yield 2.1 million carats over its 14-year mine life.

December 16, 2021

Falco raises $13 million for Horne 5 engineering, studies

The project is in the Rouyn-Noranda camp of Quebec, in the footprint of the former Horne mine that Noranda operated from 1927 to 1976.

December 15, 2021

Hudbay releases initial estimate for Copper World, near Rosemont in Arizona

The deposit is located near the company’s 100%-owned Rosemont copper project 50 km southeast of Tucson.

December 15, 2021

SolGold reports first resource estimate for Cacharposa deposit in Ecuador

Inferred resources add 96.9 million tonnes.

December 13, 2021

Skeena stock surges on $24m Franco-Nevada investment

Proceeds will be directed towards Skeena's exploration of the past-producing Eskay Creek gold-silver mine in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.

December 10, 2021

Rio Tinto and Star Diamond make peace

Shares in Star Diamond more than double their value after it unveiled a deal with Rio to move ahead with their joint project in Saskatchewan.