April 9, 2021

Ecuador holds election closely watched by global miners

Leftist Andrés Arauz and right-wing Guillermo Lasso have both vowed to continue promoting the oil and mining sectors, but their approach would be quite different.

April 9, 2021

Chile lithium watchdog to cut red tape seen crimping sector

Chile’s top lithium regulator is preparing to slash the red tape that investors have long said stymies output and new projects in the world’s No. 2 producer.

April 9, 2021

Codelco takes Ecuador to arbitration over stalled joint project

Chile's copper giant has requested international arbitration with Ecuador and its state-miner over the Llurimagua project.

April 8, 2021

Eldorado Gold completes acquisition of QMX Gold

Acquisition expands the miner's footprint and landholdings in Quebec by about 550%.

April 8, 2021

Troilus expands Southwest zone on strike and down-dip

The single-asset developer has released assay results for five drill holes that extend this area of mineralization to the northeast.

April 7, 2021

Osisko releases PEA on ‘highly profitable’ gold mine at Windfall in Quebec

The PEA outlines a 3,100 t/d underground mine with a process facility that would produce 238,000 gold oz a year over an 18-year life.

April 7, 2021

Hudbay begins pit development at Pampacancha

Pampacancha is a high-grade satellite deposit located 4 km from the mill at Hudbay's Constancia mine in Peru.

April 7, 2021

Talisker steps out Bralorne gold system in BC

The latest drill results from past-producing Bralorne gold project in south-central B.C. hit new mineralization below historic workings and southeast of prior intercepts.

April 7, 2021

Prime Mining raising $19m for Los Reyes in Mexico

Earlier in April, Prime announced assays for 13 core holes completed at three deposits within the eight-deposit Los Reyes project.

April 7, 2021

Left-wing party wins Greenland election, opposes big mining project

The Inuit Ataqatigiit party pledged its opposition to a large rare earth mining project, sending strong signals to international miners.