October 4, 2019 Fortescue, SMB-Winning go head-to-head to develop Guinea’s Simandou iron ore Vale had also purchased access to the project data, but did not submit an offer, sources said.
October 4, 2019 Sienna Resources kicks off drilling at battery metals project in Sweden The company says the strong nickel price had made it an opportune time to start drilling for the battery metal.
October 3, 2019 Golden Point drilling delivers new high grade for OceanaGold OceanaGold has drilled 77 holes totalling 19,567 metres at Golden Point, part of the Round Hill project at Macraes, this year.
October 3, 2019 Premier Gold Mines updates resources for Hardrock deposit Total measured and indicated resources at Hardrock are 147.5 million tonnes grading 1.50 g/t gold and containing 7.1 million oz.
October 3, 2019 Royal Road signs deal that helps formalize Colombian artisanal miners The New Jersey-based firm signed a series of agreements with a company that represents the interests of informal miners at the El Gualtal gold mine.
October 2, 2019 Marathon advances Valentine toward prefeasibility An updated resource estimate for Valentine is slated for the fourth quarter.
October 2, 2019 Iamgold makes new high-grade discovery in West Africa The discovery is located between the company’s Boto project in Senegal to the north and its Diakha-Siribaya project in Mali to the south.
October 2, 2019 New data-driven portal aims to encourage mineral exploration in Uganda The Uganda Geoscience Data Portal was launched this week.
October 2, 2019 ArcWest discovers new VMS zone at Todd Creek project The newly discovered VMS West zone is located 400 metres west of the VMS East zone which was previously sampled in 2018.
October 2, 2019 Hochschild taps into rare earths with Chile acquisition The company consolidated its earlier investment in the asset, gaining full ownership, after being hit by weak silver prices in its half-year results.
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