August 16, 2022 World’s top jewellery maker Pandora ditches mined diamonds The Pandora Brilliance collection, to be launched across US and Canada, is also the first crafted with 100% recycled silver and gold.
August 15, 2022 Coast Copper extends gold-copper zone, makes new discovery at Empire in British Columbia One drill hole returned 0.69 g/t gold and 0.17% copper over 8.93 metres, including 9.05 g/t gold and 1.75% copper over 0.41 metre.
August 15, 2022 Giga Metals, Mitsubishi to jointly develop Turnagain nickel deposit in Canada The partners have created a new company, Hard Creek Nickel Corp, to develop the nickel-cobalt deposit in northern British Columbia.
August 15, 2022 Turquoise Hill rejects Rio Tinto’s $2.7 billion takeover offer Decision blocks Rio Tinto’s efforts to gain greater control of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.
August 11, 2022 Monarch Mining increases M+I resource base by 39% at Croinor gold project in Quebec The Croinor project has measured and indicated resources of 903,600 tonnes at an average grade of 6.47 g/t gold.
August 11, 2022 Indigenous Resource Network launches ownership campaign INR campaigns to provide loans to encourage Indigenous participation in resource projects.
August 10, 2022 Small presence of mining majors poses risks to execution of planned lithium projects — report Out of 105 companies that own lithium projects, only 18 have more than one, Fitch notes.
August 10, 2022 Glencore takes heat in Quebec for smelter that spits out arsenic The Horne Smelter in Rouyn-Noranda is emitting 165 nanograms of arsenic per cubic meter of air on site, according to a recent study.
August 10, 2022 First Nation, utility company reach agreement on British Columbia LNG plant expansion FortisBC is planning to spend billions expanding to serve a growing demand for marine bunkering and LNG exports.
August 10, 2022 Pure Gold cuts Red Lake resource base by 20% PureGold’s new resource falls to 2Moz from 2.5Moz, and the average grade declines to 7.2 grams of gold per tonne.
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