March 12, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

BHP moves exploration team to Toronto to grow copper, nickel pipeline; Tesla gets involved in New Caledonia mine to secure nickel supply; Newmont to buy GT Gold for $311 million;…

March 12, 2021

PDAC: Think big, exploration opportunity is huge, says BHP’s Laura Tyler

Tyler believes that the golden years of exploration are yet to come.

March 12, 2021

Wheaton enjoys record 2020 revenue of $1.1bn, shares up

Wheaton offered 2021 guidance of 370,000 to 400,000 oz. gold, 22.5 million to 24.0 million oz. Silver, and 40,000 to 45,000 oz. gold-equivalent from other metals.

March 12, 2021

Historic Phoenix mine target of Gold Dawn’s airborne survey

Golden Dawn Minerals has completed a helicopter-borne VTEM and magnetics survey over the old Phoenix copper mine at its Greenwood precious metals project in BC.

March 12, 2021

Gold Royalty closes $90m IPO

Gold Royalty plans to use the proceeds to implement its growth and acquisition strategy and for general working capital.

March 12, 2021

First Majestic buys Nevada gold mine from Sprott

First Majestic is paying $470 million in shares for the Jerritt Canyon mine, plus five million share purchase warrants.

March 11, 2021

Cobalt, nickel free electric car batteries are a runaway success

Few months in, LFP Model 3 already commands 5% of global EV market, counts for 21% of Tesla battery capacity hitting roads–even before key patent expiry next year.

March 11, 2021

Rio Tinto inks deal to sell first batch of scandium alloy from North America

The scandium oxide will be supplied from a new plant the global miner is building in Quebec.

March 11, 2021

Franco-Nevada posts record results, grows royalty portfolio

The company closed out the year with no debt, $534.2 million of cash and equivalents and $1.9 billion in available capital.

March 11, 2021

7 Questions with Oxygen Capital’s Mark O’Dea

The Oxygen group created Fronteer Gold, which was sold to Newmont for $2.3 billion in 2011.