June 20, 2019

Taseko’s Florence mine reaches commercial grade leach solution

The goal is to have the project shovel ready in the first half of 2020 followed by commercial production in 2021.

June 20, 2019

Champion Iron unearths 33.4% IRR for Bloom Lake expansion

The expansion would double output to 15 million tonnes of 66.2% iron concentrate annually.

June 20, 2019

Nordgold to acquire Arakaka project previously backed by Barrick

Previous explorers at Arakaka have spent more than $20 million on the project.

June 20, 2019

Trench cutter sets record depth at Rio Tinto diamond JV

The first 228 metre cutter bulk sample has been successfully completed at the FalCon diamond evaluation project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

June 20, 2019

Rio Tinto looks at developing Simandou again — report

It's mulling options to develop the giant iron ore deposit in Guinea, which almost sold last year to its partner in the project Chinalco.

June 20, 2019

Brazil’s President hands indigenous land decisions back to farm sector

The temporary decree effectively removes any involvement of the National Indigenous Affairs agency (FUNAI) in reserves demarcation.

June 20, 2019

Gem Diamonds exits Botswana with $5.4m Ghaghoo mine sale

The buyer, local company Pro Civil, is assuming the environmental liability currently associated with the London-listed miner.

June 20, 2019

Cyanide-free gold processing technology hits the market

The new technology was developed over more than a decade by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and trialed in Australia in 2018.

June 19, 2019

Liberty Gold stock hits 52-week high on new drill results

The Black Pine project draws comparison to many deposits located along Nevada’s Carlin trend.

June 19, 2019

Newtrax joins Sandvik Group

Newtrax Technologies has been acquired by Sandvik to be run as an independent business unit within the Rock Drills and Technologies division of the Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology.