Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; OTC: THSGF) says the first metallurgical tests on samples from its Ranch project in north-central British Columbia's Golden Horseshoe have a gold recovery rate of between 90% and 98%. The company believes the property could produce high-grade gold concentrates using low-cost conventional extraction methods.The tests were carried out on composite core samples from the Bonanz...Read More
Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) has agreed to purchase 100% of the Roughrider project for $150 million from Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO). Rio will receive $80 million in cash and $70 million in Uranium Energy stock.The Roughrider uranium project is located 13 km west of the McClean Lake uranium mill, about 750 km north of Saskatoon, Sask. It has a historic resource of 58 million lb. uraniu...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is investing up to $515 million over the next eight years to decarbonize its Fer et Titane (RTFT) operations in Sorel-Tracy, Que. and to help diversify its critical minerals portfolio, while the federal government will contribute up to $222 million to the initiatives.The partnership, worth up to $737 million will support innovations to reduce by up to 70%...Read More
Gatos Silver (NYSE, TSX: GATO) is coming off its best ever quarter of production, with the 70%-owned Cerro Los Gatos mine in Mexico producing a record 2.7 million oz. of silver for the three months ended September 30, a 59% increase over the third quarter of 2021.Zinc production of 17.8 million lb. and lead production of 12.2 million lb. were also record highs, up 32% and 13% respectively from th...Read More
In the spirit of the October month, I want to tell you a story about a haunted castle in West Virginia.It's called the Berkeley Springs Castle.And as far as it being haunted... well, I don't know if the castle is haunted by ghosts or a poltergeist like in the movies.But I think by the end of this you'll agree the story of the Berkeley Springs Castle is haunting itself. And I promise there's an inv...Read More
Trigg Minerals (ASX: TMG) managing director Keren Paterson joins Small Caps to discuss the company's pre-feasibility ...Read More
Former students of the Yale School of the Environment catalog current research on restoration techniques after surface gold mining and suggest more research is needed to determine best practices in the area.Read full newsRead More
Social-media giant Facebook will showcase its new mixed-reality headset on Oct. 11. But something else is key to its resurgence.Read full newsRead More
Although gold cooled by nearly 3%, it was enough to beat U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, domestic and oversea stocks, commodities and Bitcoin. In the bloodbath that was September, gold's traditional role as a diversifier and haven was clear to see.Read full newsRead More
South Africa's decline as a gold producer will accelerate without policy and administrative overhaul.Read full newsRead More
Illegal airstrips, toxic mercury ponds and forest-wrecking heavy machinery have proliferated as prospecting for gold on Indigenous lands and other protected areas has exploded in recent yearsRead full newsRead More
One of Brazil's biggest gold refiners, which processes gold suspected of being mined illegally in the Amazon rainforest, has been stripped of an important industry seal of approval that global manufacturers from Apple to Tesla rely on to root out abuses in their supply chainsRead full newsRead More
A 2.9 magnitude earthquake has rocked the West Australian gold mining town of Kalgoorlie.Read full newsRead More
Social-media giant Facebook will showcase its new mixed-reality headset on Oct. 11. But something else is key to its resurgence.Read full newsRead More
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. FSM reported gold production of 66,344 ounces in third-quarter 2022, reflecting year-over-year growth of 1.4%. The upside was driven by 30,032 ounces of contribution from the Lindero Mine and 27,130 ounces from the Yaramoko Mine. Silver production was 1,837,506 ounces in the quarter, up 7.3% from the prior-year quarter's level, driven by higher tonnage treated at the San...Read More
South Africa's decline as a gold producer will accelerate without policy and administrative overhaul.Read full newsRead More
Illegal airstrips, toxic mercury ponds and forest-wrecking heavy machinery have proliferated as prospecting for gold on Indigenous lands and other protected areas has exploded in recent yearsRead full newsRead More
One of Brazil's biggest gold refiners, which processes gold suspected of being mined illegally in the Amazon rainforest, has been stripped of an important industry seal of approval that global manufacturers from Apple to Tesla rely on to root out abuses in their supply chainsRead full newsRead More