AngloGold maintains 100% earn-in option on Silicon project in Nevada
AngloGold already started a planned 17,000-metre, Phase 2 drill program on the property.
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After M&A spree, Sibanye is now the world’s No. 1 platinum miner
The deal, approved by shareholders on Tuesday, creates a company that will eclipse Anglo American Platinum Ltd. as the world’s biggest platinum miner and will rank second to Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel for palladium output.
Rare earth stocks come out winners in China-US trade war
The threat of "weaponizing" rare earths by China means potential sellers of the minerals to the US stand to gain from a tightened international supply and higher prices.
North American Palladium discovers new zone at Lac des Iles
The new discovery could add 25,000 metres of underground exploration drilling and 75,000 metres of definition drilling at Lac des Iles this year.
M&A activity surges 200% in BC against backdrop of Newmont Goldcorp deal
The jump was driven primarily by the $17.4-billion acquisition of Goldcorp Inc.
FLASHBACK: Rare earth mining in China — low tech, dirty and devastating
A report by state news agency Xinhua paints a particularly grim picture of China's rare earth industry which belies the notion that China's crackdown has more to do with managing supply and extracting lofty profits than it is about cleaning up a notoriously dirty business.
FLASHBACK: Largest known rare earth deposit discovered in North Korea
The 216 million tonne Jongju deposit 150km north of Pyongjang, theoretically worth trillions of dollars, would more than double the current global known resource of REE oxides.
US fighter jets and missiles are in rare-earth firing line
China’s grip on the global market for rare-earth metals gives it the ability to target American weaponry in its trade war with the U.S.
Champion Iron secures C$185m refinancing, acquires 100% stake in Bloom Lake
Shares of the company rose by nearly 6% on Wednesday morning.
