December 13, 2018

Kirkland Lake drills high grade extensions at Fosterville

The company expects to produce at least 330,000 oz. gold in 2018 at Fosterville.

December 12, 2018

Australia plans deal with US on ‘critical minerals’, hopes to boost its exports

This will mean Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will work closely on exploration, extraction, processing and research and development.

December 12, 2018

BHP calls off sale of Cerro Colorado copper mine as buyer backs out

The world’s No.1 miner had decided to offload Cerro Colorado mine in May last year, as part of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s bid to focus on large assets in commodities such…

December 11, 2018

Ultra Power tags Canadian technology for world’s first dedicated vanadium processing facility

VanadiumCorp and Electrochem Technologies and Materials have signed a patent option agreement allowing Ultra Pure Systems to purchase an exclusive licence to their VanadiumCorp-Electrochem processing technology (VEPT)

December 11, 2018

Kirkland Lake Gold forecasts 10-15% production growth

Production growth in 2019 will be driven by its Fosterville mine in Australia.

December 11, 2018

Lithium Australia officially acquires Youanmi project

The project consists of three exploration licences in the Archean Yilgarn Block, 450 kilometres north-east of Perth.

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 11, 2018

Anglo ending 2018 on high note, predicts higher output, lower costs

The diversified miner anticipates 2018 production to be 2% ahead of previous guidance and costs to be 5% below.

December 10, 2018

Tesla lithium supplier Kidman settles ownership row over Australian mine

The settlement unlocks payments by SQM that had been on ice during the dispute, and paves the way for development to get back on track

December 7, 2018

Bushveld Minerals fined for breaching AIM’s listing rules

The violations were the result of the South African miner failing to meet its regulatory obligations in relation to its undertaking to pay an exclusivity fee to the sellers of…