Benchmark expands drill program after C$48m raise
Benchmark Metals is increasing this year’s drill program at its Lawyers gold-silver project in British Columbia’s Golden Horseshoe to 100,000 metres, from 50,000 […]
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Artemis closes Blackwater project purchase
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Rio Tinto enters option for ALX’s Falcon project
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Congo grants new export ban waivers for copper, cobalt, tin
Country gave mining companies an indefinite waiver to an export ban on cobalt hydroxide and carbonate, as well as tin, tungsten, and tantalum concentrates.
A Chinese coal miner is getting into solar production
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Bolivia’s largest mine suspends operations again due to pandemic
The San Cristóbal mine had previously suspended operations in March before resuming production in May.
