March 4, 2019 All but two Canadian provinces approve Minerals and Metals Plan Ontario and Saskatchewan say the plan falls short in growing Canada’s reputation as a world leader.
March 4, 2019 Equity markets sour on junior mining sector – report Global financing earmarked specifically for exploration more than halved last year and now represents less than a quarter of the 2012 peak.
March 4, 2019 Miners flock to Toronto as gold buyout buzz spreads "Low-cost, mid-tier gold producers ... are going to get bought regardless of what's happening in the big ones."
March 3, 2019 Mineral exploration growing in BC – Survey The study is based on information collected from 33 prospectors and 172 mineral and coal exploration companies operating in British Columbia.
March 1, 2019 Mining the moon ready to lift off by 2025 Geologists believe asteroids are packed with iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth, making up a market valued in the trillions.
March 1, 2019 Sherritt International reaches $3B pound nickel production milestone In 2019, Sherritt's Moa JV is expected to produce between 31,000 and 33,000 tonnes of finished nickel and between 3,300 and 3,600 tonnes of finished cobalt.
March 1, 2019 Brazil gold mine blast kills two — Canada’s Leagold The company has started an investigation.
March 1, 2019 Botswana’s president denies report of $600 million diamond-backed loan to Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs was quoted as saying Botswana had offered to lend Zimbabwe $500 million to support its diamond industry.
March 1, 2019 Portofino executes agreement to acquire Yergo lithium project in Argentina The 2,932-hectare project encompasses a full salar.
March 1, 2019 ALX Uranium wants a piece of the Close Lake project in Saskatchewan Close Lake is located between the Cigar Lake and McArthur River uranium mines, the two richest of their kind in the world.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
