Share this article VANCOUVER - Dynacor Gold Mines Inc. [DNG-TSX} on Wednesday reported gold sales of US$15 million for November, 2022, a decrease of 15.3% or US$2.7 million compared to November, 2021.It attributed the decrease to the lower average gold price and lower quantities of bullion sold due to monthly inventory variations and reduced ore grade in comparison to year-ago levels.The average...Read More
The EU may have enough juice to keep its own members in line, but it is powerless against the will of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers. Europe currently has its stockpiles full to the brim with either Russian leftovers or regasified U.S. LNG. Those are its two options for the next few years. Unless EU leaders are concocting some last-ditch effort to force Putin into a change of heart,...Read More
The Bibiani and Chirano gold mines, situated 15 km apart in Ghana, are expected to produce a combined 400,000 oz. of gold next year, according to Asante Gold (CSE: ASE).Asante acquired the open pit Bibiani mine from Resolute Mining in August 2021, started open pit mining operations in February 2022, and after completing the refurbishment and commissioning of the process plant in June, poured first...Read More
SOQUEM, a subsidiary of provincial government corporation Investissement Quebec, has signed a letter of intent with Vior Inc. (TSXV: VIO; US-OTC: VIORF) on the junior's Skyfall nickel project in the province's Abitibi Greenstone Belt, 150 km east of Lebel-Sur-Quevillon and 102 km south of Chapais.Under the LOI, SOQUEM has the option to acquire 50% of Skyfall and Vior will own the remainder and bec...Read More
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) says it will use a US$150 million loan from Sprott Resource Lending to help construct its McIlvenna Bay copper project in Saskatchewan. The funding from Toronto-based Sprott joins $200 million proposed by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which was announced in August and should be approved "in due course," Foran said in a news release on Wednesday. Th...Read More
Finland's Terrafame will start recovering natural uranium as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production at its Sotkamo mine by mid 2024.The miner, in which the Finnish state has a 67.1% stake and commodities trader Trafigura holds a 31.1% interest, is aiming to produce 200 tonnes per year by 2026, it said on Wednesday.Terrafame, formerly known as Talvivaara, intends to refine the uranium into y...Read More
Earlier this month Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) kicked off commercial production at its open pit Bombore gold mine in central Burkina Faso, but its drills continue to explore the underlying sulphides at the mine for a larger Phase II expansion.The company is undertaking a 77,000-metre infill and expansion drill program at the mine, 85 km east of the capital city of Ouagadougou, and once...Read More
Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) has started commissioning the first module of the production plant - the Greentech Plant - at its 100%-owned Grota do Cirilo lithium project in Minas Gerais, Brazil.The Canadian miner said the dry module crushing circuit began operating on time and within budget, adding it expected the full plant to be up and running by February 2023.Commissioning on the...Read More
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is gearing up for the 2023 edition of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), one year after the inaugural conference was held. The forum, scheduled for Jan. 10-12 in the capital Riyadh, aims to further discussions among industry players on the growing demand for critical minerals as the world seeks solutions to climate change. It also seeks to accelerate the exploration an...Read More
My father doesn't want anyone to know what he does for work.He's not embarrassed; there's nothing embarrassing about the job.He doesn't work for the government. His job doesn't involve keeping secrets.And there's nothing illegal about his work. I wouldn't be writing about it if there were.If you asked him, he'd tell you he has a "construction job," but that's only half of the truth.What he wants t...Read More
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"Returns are favourable and the project is positively located in the lower-risk jurisdiction of Ontario, Canada, although this is offset by Triple Fag's smaller low-materiality investment size, anRead More
It's that time of year when I go though the economic predictions I made last year to see if I was right. Next week, I'll put out more absurd predictions for 2023.Here is what I wrote last December; predictions-wise, it's a mixed bag: 2022 will be the year that blockchain starts to become workable. Games, sports gambling, and financials will make huge strides forward. Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN)...Read More
This week's episode features geopolitical and natural resource commentator Paul from the Sirius Report in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Paul discusses the major themes of 2022, including the global move towards multipolarity, the EU's energy crisis, the war in Ukraine, the increasing importance of gold, and further developments in BRICS+. He also discusses the diminishing sense of tr...Read More
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO) shares rocketed by 23% today on news that it has partnered with Mitsui to develop the Florence copper project, located in Arizona.Mitsui has committed to an initial investment of US$50 million to be used for construction. The initial investment will be in the form of a copper stream agreement on 2.67% of the copper produced at Florence.While the project has attracted cont...Read More
Shares in Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) shot up 25% on Tuesday after it sold its latest portion of nearly US$1 billion in assets to build the C??t?(C) gold project in northern Ontario. The Toronto-based miner and developer said today it's selling its exploration and developments assets in Senegal, Mali and Guinea to Casablanca, Morocco-based Managem for US$282 million. On Monday it agreed to s...Read More
Nevada Lithium Resources (TSXV: NVLH; OTCQB: NVLHF) and Iconic Minerals (TSX-V: ICM; OTCQB: BVTEF) say drill results from their Bonnie Claire Lithium joint venture in Nevada show near-surface strong grades. Drill hole BC2202C cut 600.46 metres from surface grading 1,157 parts per million (ppm) lithium, including 121.92 metres from 6.1 metres depth grading 753 ppm lithium, and 298.7 metres from...Read More
Shares in Emerita Resources (TSXV: EMO; OTCQB: EMOTF) rose 7% on Tuesday after it reported drill results at its Iberian Belt West base metals project in Spain and said it will publish an initial mineral resource estimate by May. Drill hole LR057 at the La Romanera deposit cut 25.1 metres from 328.8 metres depth grading 0.3% copper, 1.5% lead, 6% zinc, 0.74 gram per tonne gold and 82 grams silver...Read More
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) is buying all the shares it does not already own of fellow Canadian Arena Minerals (TSXV: AN) in a deal that gives the Vancouver-based lithium miner further access to the Pastos Grandes basin in Argentina.The transaction, which values the target company at US$227 million, will see Arena's shareholders receive 0.0226 of a Lithium Americas common share for each...Read More