June 5, 2020

Argentina to tender block in world’s top shale gas and oil field

The Vaca Muerta formation holds the world’s second-largest shale gas reserves and the fourth-biggest shale oil reserves.

June 4, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Fallout from Australian aboriginal cave blast widens, Novagold under short seller attack, and more...

June 4, 2020

Gold price back above $1,700 as 2020 ETF inflows surpass any calendar year

Continued growth streak has boosted global holdings to a new all-time high of 3,510 tonnes.

June 4, 2020

O3 Mining triples Quebec drill program, stock up

Shares of O3 Mining were up 4% midday Thursday.

June 4, 2020

SolGold launches $20m fundraising for Alpala exploration

The Ecuador-focused miner seeks to raise enough to fund a definitive feasibility study on Alpala.

June 4, 2020

Copper price rally builds as China’s spending balloons

Copper now up 27% from covid-19 lows as China’s $700bn “new infrastructure” spending kicks into gear – 10,000 5G base stations are being built per week.

June 4, 2020

Pure Gold’s 30,000m drill program underway, stock rallies

Shares of Pure Gold Mining climbed 4.7% to a near 52-week high.

June 4, 2020

Indonesia nickel ore export ban to remain

Country will keep decision even as it relaxes exports of some other minerals, the director of minerals at ministry says.

June 4, 2020

Fossil fuel industry in “terminal decline” — report

The global market value of fossil fuels is set to collapse by almost two-thirds.

June 4, 2020

Bidding war for Guyana Goldfields heats up

Guyana said it received a fresh takeover bid from an unnamed miner, valuing the company at $240 million.