December 14, 2018 Nigeria’s first gold refinery scheduled to be ready next year The refinery will initially be able to produce 3 metric tons of gold each month, and 1 ton of silver.
December 13, 2018 OK2 buys three mines in Scandinavia Together with the acquisition, the Vancouver-based miner will change its name to Norra Metals Corp.
December 12, 2018 Power Ore buys former Falconbridge Opemiska complex The complex produced more than 1.0 billion lb. of copper and almost 206,000 oz. of gold.
December 12, 2018 Casa discovers new zone at Pitman in BC Prospecting, rock and soil geochemical sampling graded as high as 231 grams per tonne silver, 2.83% copper and 6.15% zinc at the Dragon Tale zone over an area measuring 1.4…
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 10, 2018 Newcrest options Cornerstone’s Miocene property Miocene is in the Atacama and Antofagasta regions of Chile, where Cornerstone is targeting epithermal gold-silver and porphyry gold-copper deposits.
December 10, 2018 Fortuna Silver exercises right to acquire majority stake in Mexican silver project The Vancouver-based miner has to spend $8 million in qualifying expenditures and complete a preliminary economic assessment.
December 5, 2018 Candelaria becomes sole owner of the Pinos gold project in Mexico The project is located in Zacatecas, Mexico's second largest gold producing state.
December 5, 2018 Victoria Gold boosts Eagle’s ounces and grade in Yukon The Eagle project, where construction is 60% complete, is part of Victoria Gold’s 100%-owned Dublin Gulch gold property, about 375 km north of Whitehorse.
December 4, 2018 Taseko to buy out Yellowhead Mining Yellowhead is the owner of the Harper Creek copper-gold-silver project about 90 km from Kamloops, British Columbia.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
