March 6, 2019

Kootenay Silver nearly triples financing after acquiring two new projects in Mexico

Mapping and sampling completed by Kootenay of mineralized veins exposed at surface returned grades of up to 692 g/t silver.

March 6, 2019

Canadian juniors shifting focus to Africa, away from South America

Spending destined for South America drops by $600m, while share of funds raised for exploration projects in Africa doubles.

March 6, 2019

SGS launches FAST solutions for the mineral industry

Field Analytical Services and Testing (FAST), is launching in North America and Australia.

March 6, 2019

Zimbabwe to scrap platinum and diamond mine ownership rules

Zimbabwe holds the world’s second-largest known reserves of platinum-group metals after South Africa, plus substantial deposits of gold, diamonds, lithium, iron ore, coal, chrome and nickel.

March 6, 2019

Russia wants to join Luxembourg in space mining

Space mining has been the realm of science fiction, but a handful of firms and governments are pursuing the idea of making it a reality.

March 6, 2019

Troubadour to acquire historic gold rush-era Zeballos mining camp

The Zeballos high-grade gold mining camp was the site of a major gold rush in the 1930s and early 1940s.

March 5, 2019

Canada’s Northwest Territories gets big resource development boost

The Government of Canada is investing in projects that will support resource development in an area where the territory's three operating diamond mines are located.

March 5, 2019

‘No to the mine’ – Mexico’s indigenous fight to stop mining on ancestral land

A group of Nahua Indian villagers could make legal history in Mexico this month when a court rules on a land dispute involving a Canadian miner.

March 5, 2019

Condor Gold seeks growing Nicaragua project with two feeder pits

The company has started the permitting process for two high-grade satellite feeder pits that could increase production at its La India gold project in Nicaragua by 50% to 120,000 ounces…

March 5, 2019

Vancouver AI firm Andritz takes top spot at Goldcorp’s #DisruptMining

The winner’s prize is an “opportunity to negotiate up to a $1 million investment” in their technology, either toward a proof of concept or direct investment.