Junior Mining News

Chile’s Supreme Court signals death knell of Kinross gold mine

By Reuters Chile’s Supreme Court upheld an environmental order for a gold mine owned by Canada’s Kinross Gold Corp to close its water pumping wells, the environmental regulator said on Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on a long-running dispute that sparked the miners’ retreat from Chile. The environmental watchdog, known locally as the SMA, initially […]

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Do you want our country to stay in the gutter politically or are you willing to make sure that does not happen? Big Al tells you what he thinks.

By Big Al Download audio file (Make-our-Country-a-Better-Place.mp3) The Kavanaugh fight shows we have not yet plumbed depths of Democratic ruthlessness BY MARC A. THIESSEN Washington Post WASHINGTON President Trump apologized to Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family for the “terrible pain and suffering” they endured during his confirmation process, declaring that “what happened to the

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Chile wants lithium to be traded on LME

By Cecilia Jamasmie Chile’s mining minister Baldo Prokurica asked the London Metals Exchange (LME) Wednesday to consider trading the coveted metal used in the batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs) and high-tech devices, and so provide greater “clarity” about its value. Chile produced 80,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent last year, representing 35 percent of

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Endomines’ Friday mine project progressing towards production start-up ahead of schedule in December 2018

By Endomines Endomines reports ongoing good progress at its Friday mine project in Idaho, USA. Based on the current stage of completion and near-term outlook, Endomines foresees that initial mine production will likely commence before the year-end, followed by production ramp-up in early 2019. No substantial variation to the project budget of USD 7.7 million

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Aethon Minerals Announces Drill Results from the Llanos Project in Chile

By Scott Tibballs Aethon Minerals (TSXV:AET) has announced drill results from the company’s initial eight hole drill program at the Llanos De Llahuin project, located approximately 250 km north of Santiago in Chile. The company said that the 2018 maiden drill program at Llanos consists of eight diamond drill holes totaling 1,417 metres. The shallow

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