December 20, 2018 Australia’s top gold miner boosts bet on Ecuador copper project Newcrest Mining has upped its holdings in Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold to 15.33% from 13.83%, nudging further ahead of the company's second biggest shareholder BHP.
December 20, 2018 Orocobre shares crushed on weak lithium prices, outlook Low pricing achieved recently has been affected partly by soft market conditions in China, the Brisbane-based lithium miner said.
December 17, 2018 Randgold to cease trading as merger with Barrick gets final approval The planned merger, which creates the world's top gold miner by value and output, has been approved by the Royal Court of Jersey.
December 13, 2018 Bacanora Lithium seeks listing of German unit in 2019 The company plans to move forward with the plan only once the feasibility study at its Zinnwald project is completed, in the second quarter of next year.
December 12, 2018 Germany secures access to world’s second-largest lithium deposit The partners expect to produce up to 40,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year beginning in 2022.
December 11, 2018 Uranium price: best performer of 2018 set for more gains New report forecasts sustained structural deficit for uranium market and more gains for uranium price, up more than 20% this year.
December 11, 2018 Kirkland Lake Gold forecasts 10-15% production growth Production growth in 2019 will be driven by its Fosterville mine in Australia.
December 11, 2018 Rio’s partner in Aussie copper project says nothing great about it so far Antipa Minerals reported "weak mineralization" in a target area that is part of the Citadel project, which has been touted as likely rich in copper.
December 6, 2018 Barrick selling research and development firm AuTec Incoming CEO Mark Bristow has announced his intention to offload non-core assets and research and development company AuTec is one of them.
December 5, 2018 Troilus Gold builds strategic land position in Quebec Troilus acquired the new land it is calling Troilus North from Emgold Mining Corp. for 3.75 million of its common shares and $250,000 in cash.
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