December 1, 2017 First Cobalt merges with CobalTech The company is redeveloping the Keely-Frontier mine, a high-grade mine that produced over 3.3 million pounds of cobalt.
December 1, 2017 Castle Silver Resources exploration approach is leading it to high-grade cobalt CSR’s portfolio includes Castle Silver mine located 85km northwest of Town of Cobalt, which produced nearly 300m grams of silver and 376,000lbs of cobalt.
December 1, 2017 McEwen Mining to speed up Timmins exploration program The Canadian precious metals producer announced a financing plan consisting of a $10-million bought deal private placement offering of four million flow-through common shares.
December 1, 2017 Mining salaries ranked for geologists, metallurgists and the C-suite Two-thirds of miners increase head count in '17
December 1, 2017 Barrick Gold just bought more than $9 million worth of shares in this junior The non-brokered private placement gives Barrick about 15% of Reunion Gold Corporation (TSX-V:RGD), which has interests in four different projects in South America’s North Atlantic coast.
November 30, 2017 Canadian miner to survey property using Long Wave Infrared Imaging Tasca Resources says the new technology is a significant advancement in exploration tools, particularly when it comes to developing potential exploration targets.
November 30, 2017 Lumina Gold raises $20M to advance projects in Ecuador Originally planned to raise $15M.
November 29, 2017 Luxembourg, Japan team up to explore and mine space resources The five-year cooperation agreement covers the exchange of information and expertise on the exploration and mining of out-of-earth resources.
November 29, 2017 SolGold on a roll in Ecuador with finds at Timbara, Porvenir projects The Ecuador-focused miner said it has discovered "promising" new copper prospects at the Porvenir and Timbara projects, with rock chip samples graded up to 4.27% copper.
November 28, 2017 BHP tightens belt, targets $1.6bn in cost-cutting at Australian operations The world’s No.1 miner is targeting as much as $1.6 billion in productivity gains at its iron ore, copper and coal units in the country over the next two years.
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
