(IDEX Online) - Twelve women died in a landslide at an  illegal gold mine in Indonesia.They were working two metres underground at an abandoned mine in Mandailing Natal district, North Sumatra, when a cliff collapsed, triggering the landslide on Thursday (28 April). Two women who were above ground at the time survived.Police chief Marlon Rajagukguk told local media: "The cliff around the mine...Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixOreCorp prepares to deliver Tanzania's next big gold mineSPONSOREDorecorpArrow Minerals on the gold discovery path in West AfricaSPONSOREDarrow mineralsBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsRevenue and EBITDA smashed prior records of US$286 million and $158 million respectively, with a n...Read More

The mine has been plagued by protests by different communities intermittently since it came into production in 2016, seeking greater social investment from the mine and mitigations from the noise andRead More

  The SEC on April 28 charged Vale with making false and misleading claims about the safety of its dams prior to the January 2019 deadly collapse of its Brumadinho dam in Brazil.Read More

The credit facility includes a US$100 million term facility and a US$50 million revolving facility through a syndicate of lenders composed of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and CanadianRead More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixOreCorp prepares to deliver Tanzania's next big gold mineSPONSOREDorecorpArrow Minerals on the gold discovery path in West AfricaSPONSOREDarrow mineralsBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsWith an A$8-12 million capital raising underway, Nordic Nickel is set to join 27 new resource stoc...Read More

Copper production in Q1 stood at 13.3 million pounds, having dropped 10% from Q4 2021, and gold production of 13,610 ounces, was down by 11%, the company said.Imperial noted that block cave mining is advancing with the exploration decline at 1,225 metres as of April 20 and related surface infrastructure development is expected to be "substantially" complete by June.The feasibility study for the bl...Read More

More than a decade after shutting down lithium production, the Tanco mine in Manitoba started producing lithium spodumene concentrate in December, the mine's facility general manager Joey Champagne told The Northern Miner in an interview, making it a rare manufacturer of the raw material in Canada. Owned by Sinomine Resources, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China, the mine...Read More

Western Potash, a subsidiary of Western Resources (TSX: WRX) will receive an $85-million loan from Appian Capital Advisory to complete the construction and development of the first phase of its Milestone potash project in Saskatchewan. The deal includes a six-year term loan facility at an interest rate of 12.5% per year, a grant of a 1.5% royalty based on the project's gross revenue, and the is...Read More

Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has opened a $66-million integrated remote operations centre (IROC) for its Centinela copper mine in the country's north.The centre is expected to improve safety, productivity and quality of life of employees, who will be able to work out of the region's capital city rather than at the site."The IROC is part of the company's strategy towards modern mining that...Read More

Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is aiming to resume construction at its Skouries gold-copper mine in northern Greece in the second half of the year, as it continues to work on a financing package.Progress at the project, halted since 2017, was in the past hindered by both government delays in issuing permits and community opposition over the possible environmental impacts of gold...Read More

Although there are many examples of fabulously rich gold, diamond and base metals mines that have been developed in the Far North, the mineral potential of the northern reaches of Canada, the U.S., and other nations remains largely untapped. Here are eight exploration, development and mining companies active in the Arctic and near-Arctic. BMC MINERALS Drillers at BMC Minerals' Kudz Ze Kayah proj...Read More

Stagflation isn't coming.It's already here.Inflation hit 8.5% in March, making for the fastest 12-month pace since 1981.And the Commerce Department reported yesterday that the U.S. economy contracted by 1.4% on an annualized basis through the first three months of 2022. That's a far cry from the 7% percent growth experienced in the final three months of 2021, and the weakest quarter since the spr...Read More

"If we get a recession in 2022 or 2023," The Wall Street Journal informs us, "it'll be a mild one."Just so. And if RMS Titanic strikes a North Atlantic berg en route to New York... it will only be a tiny one.The United States Department of Commerce reports that first-quarter gross domestic product contracted 1.4%.The shrinking was "unexpected" - at least by the experts among us. A Dow Jones survey...Read More

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GT1 was formed to take control of Ardiden's legacy lithium assets is raising $55 million, including LAC's investment. The raising was priced at A$1.05 per share, a 6% discount to recent trading, but well above the 24c level of its $24 million initial public offer in November.  LAC will become a 5.2% shareholder in GT1. Existing major shareholders AMCI Australia and Primero...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Equinox Gold Corp. [EQX-TSX, NYSE American] reported positive drill results from its 2021 exploration drilling in the 70-km-long greenstone belt in Bahia State, Brazil, that hosts the 100%-owned Fazenda and Santa Luz gold mines. Exploration identified multiple near-mine and regional discoveries that highlight growth potential in the Bahia belt."The 2021 exploration...Read More

The hole was part a surface infill drilling programme at the Plomosas mine area, targeting intervals on the upper levels of the historical Plomosas underground mine where unsampled intervals ofRead More

Ero Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperIsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsChampion Iron to fuel green steel revolutionSPONSOREDchampion iron Nuton is Rio's portfolio of proprietary copper leach related technologies which aim to deliver increased copper reco...Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperIsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixHistoric assays build hype for Alicanto at SalaSPONSOREDalicanto mineralsGT1 was formed to take control of Ardiden's legacy lithium assets is raising $55 million, including LAC's investment.&nb...Read More