Antofagasta seeks green light for Minnesota mine near wilderness
The miner kicked off the environmental permitting process for its $1.7 billion Twin Metals copper, nickel and platinum mining project in the US.
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Greatland finds shallow gold mineralisation at Tasmanian project
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