January 5, 2021 Probe Metals drills 10.4 metres of 7.3 g/t gold at Monique within Val d’Or East The results suggest ongoing expansion of the I and M gold zones.
January 5, 2021 R&B star Akon enters Congo mining sector in JV with state company Congo is Africa's top producer of copper and the world's leading miner of cobalt.
January 5, 2021 Codelco okays $1.4bn plan to expand Salvador mine It will convert Salvador, in operation since 1959, from an underground copper mine to an open-pit.
January 5, 2021 Agnico snaps up Nunavut miner TMAC in $226m deal Move comes only two weeks after Canada blocked the takeover of TMAC Resources by China’s Shandong Gold.
January 5, 2021 Bluejay Mining reshuffles board Decision comes as the miner progresses to the next stage of development of the Dundas ilmenite asset in Greenland.
January 5, 2021 Intercontinental ships first zinc-silver concentrate from Bolivia The initial shipment added up to 420 tonnes of zinc-silver concentrate.
January 5, 2021 Castillo Copper to ramp up work at Mt Oxide project The Australian miner said it is encouraged by results from the ongoing campaign at the Queensland project.
January 5, 2021 Botswana extends Lucara’s Karowe license to 2046 The license renewal marks a critical step in the formal sanction of the underground expansion project for the mine.
January 4, 2021 Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto’s Resolution copper project Native American tribes say it will destroy sites of cultural and religious value.
January 4, 2021 Argonaut executes fixed bid contract for Magino gold project The EPC contract covers construction of the Magino processing facility.
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