"The copper and silver mineralization is in sandstone and shale, and is especially concentrated where these rocks contain layers of carbon in the form of fossilized plant fragments"Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) reported finding high-grade copper and silver over an area measuring six kilometres by three kilometres in the Kirus target area of the Lost Cities - Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador....Read More
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) said drilling at its Cascabel copper-gold project in the country's north has revealed previously unknown mineralization, further increasing the size of one of the biggest copper discoveries of recent years.Together with the high-grade find, over 1.5% copper equivalent, the company has also detected mineralization within the inferred resource area at t...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxThe DRC project is set to produce extremely high-grade concentrate containing 57% copper with essentially zero arsenic when the 6 million tonnes per year Kakula mine comes on stream, possibly fromRead More
Chinese economic growth is probably the main driver of both physical gold demand and the global bull market in stocks.Please click here now. I'm invested in China through ETFs, bank stocks, and... gold!With the possible exception of HSBC, most analysts in the West appear to be underestimating the resilience of a billion Chinese citizens working maniacally in the private sector. I'll go even furthe...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxFitch produces an ESG exposure score with elements rated on a scale of one-to-five where three is neutral in that a risk is minimally relevant or it is well-managed, and four and five are relevant toRead More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarx"We are implementing a successful cocktail of electrification," he said.Read More
Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesHow to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixI inhaled.Read More
Alkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesProduction came from 700,304 tonnes of ore mined at an average grade of 1.2g/t gold.Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxCEO Richard Adkerson told Reuters this week the company would be focused on the transition and would "be much better situated in two years' time"."We have confidence about this," he told the wire service.Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarx"The Grasberg asset is so special."PT-Freeport Indonesia is mining the final phase of the Grasberg openpit and is...Read More
Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesHow to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixThe Goldcorp-backed company said last week continuous channel sampling...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxCentral Asia said the total dividend was in line with its policy of returning 30-50% of annual free cash flow to shareholders, representing 44% of the 2018 adjusted free cash flow.CEO Nigel Robinson said once the final dividend was paid, the company would have returned $162 million to its shareholders in the past seven years.Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSO...Read More
Indian state copper miner Hindustan Copper is in the initial stages of an $800 million expansion program, Resources Monitor reported Tuesday.Currently, Hindustan produces around 40,000 tonnes of copper per year, but the company plans to increase production to around 200,000 tonnes by 2025.Construction is underway at a major new underground mine in the state of Madhya Pradesh, according to Resource...Read More
Chilean miner Collahuasi this year expects to match its 2018 production of copper, an all-time high for the company, its top executive said on Tuesday.Collahuasi, majority owned by Anglo American and Glencore, is a copper mine located in northern Chile and among the world ?s largest. Last year the mine produced 560,000 tonnes of copper, placing it among Chile ?s top three producing mines. "This ye...Read More
Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc will retain its dividend policy of paying out at least 35 percent of underlying net earnings but will pay out excess funds from the proceeds of sales to shareholders, its chief executive said. "If you look at the last three or four years, we have been distributing close to around 50 percent of net earnings. We are not going to change the policy; we think it has served...Read More
Freeport-McMoRan Inc plans no dividend hikes, acquisitions or debt buybacks over the next two years as it focuses on expanding Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine underground, its chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday.The strategy underscores Freeport's desire to keep Grasberg, one of the world's largest mines, the crown jewel of its operations even amid the complex task of excavating the...Read More
Rio Tinto said on Tuesday it will join a World Bank initiative intended to help developing countries sustainably mine lithium, cobalt and other minerals critical to the global electrification trend.Rio's participation in the program, known as Climate-Smart Mining and set to launch in May, comes as miners face increasing pressure from investors and non-governmental organizations to make supply chai...Read More
PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, which owns the second-largest copper and gold mine in Indonesia, is weighing an initial public offering that could raise as much as $600 million, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is working with advisers to list in Jakarta as early as the fourth quarter, said the people, asking not to be named as the information is private. The firm also owns...Read More
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) issued a media statement this week saying that a few of the company's top executives met with F?(C)lix Tshisekedi, the recently-elected President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and updated him on the progress being made in the development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper project and the Kipushi zinc project.Kamoa-Kakula, a joint venture between Ivanhoe, Zijin Mining Group...Read More
Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesHow to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixBatteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and stationary energy storage dev...Read More
The gold miners' stocks are still marching, grinding higher on balance in a solid upleg. While interest in this sector has faded since late February, it is nicely set up for a strong rally. After consolidating high and establishing a sturdy base, the gold miners are likely to soon report greatly-improved first-quarter results. Couple that with gold itself powering higher, and the slumbering...Read More