December 4, 2024 Omai reports wide gold zones at WeNot deposit in Guyana The drill holes targeted the Dike Corridor, one of five main subparallel, near-vertical gold zones that make up the large 2.5-km-long deposit.
December 4, 2024 Collective Mining extends high-grade core at Apollo in Colombia The results are from five operating drill rigs, part of Collective’s 40,000-metre program for this year.
December 4, 2024 Buenaventura approves bond measures, including $650 million issuance The miner added that shareholders had approved what it called a "repurchase or rescue operation" of currently active bonds.
December 4, 2024 Rio Tinto lifts 2025 guidance for capex, copper output Across operations, it is projecting 3% compound annual growth from 2024 onward.
December 4, 2024 Vale aims to go down-market on iron ore The miner plans to offer more lower-quality iron ore to adapt to the needs of a battered steel industry.
December 4, 2024 Lundin Gold more than triples Bonza Sur deposit length near Fruta del Norte The Bonza Sur deposit was discovered in 2023 through drilling a geochemical soil anomaly 1 km south of the mine.
December 4, 2024 Sierra Metals’ Yauricocha mine in Peru reaches full production The underground copper-gold-silver mine now processes 3,600 tonnes of ore per day, a 30% increase from December 2023.
December 4, 2024 Rio Tinto unveils lithium resource at Rincon project It would produce 53,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium carbonate annually over a 40-year mine life, with plans to expand to 60,000 tpy.
December 3, 2024 AbraSilver’s Diablillos prefeasibility update raises NPV by almost half The study incorporated lower corporate tax rates in Argentina, an optimized mine plan, and long-term silver and gold prices.
December 3, 2024 Ero Copper boosts gold reserves by 19% at Xavantina in Brazil Total reserves across Xavantina’s three main veins total 1.4 million tonnes grading 9.71 g/t gold for 459,200 contained oz.
Japan launches world’s first deep-sea rare earth mining test Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies. January 12, 2026 | 05:13 am
Australia fast-tracks critical minerals stockpile Canberra will build a strategic minerals reserve using domestic supply to shore up defence, tech manufacturing and allied supply chains. January 12, 2026 | 04:09 am
Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies The month-long mission of the test vessel Chikyu near Minamitori Island will mark the world's first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth seabed sludge. January 11, 2026 | 04:22 pm