The Canadian unit of global mining and commodities trader Glencore on Wednesday announced the permanent closure of the Brunswick lead smelter, which it said had become uneconomic after the closure of the Brunswick mine in 2013.
The company said that t…
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Saskatoon-headquartered Orano has taken an option to acquire up to 70% in the mineral claims and associated property comprising the Fir Island project, in the Black Lake area of Saskatchewan from Forum Energy Metals.
Under the agreement, Orano is to s…
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Aim-listed Landore Resources has been granted two new mining leases for the Lamaune Iron property, which is adjacent to its Junior Lake property in Ontario, Canada.
Lamaune has been granted mining leases 109856 and 109857, encompassing exploration cla…
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A logistics study looking onto possible solutions to market ore from Aim-listed Jangada Mines’ Pitombeiras vanadium project, in Ceará, Brazil, has identified three potential routes, two of which have Chinese ports as a final destination and one a Brazi…
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Aim-listed Phoenix Copper has raised £850 000 (about $1.09-million) to develop the Red Star silver deposit adjacent to its proposed Empire openpit copper mine, in Idaho, US.
The company raised £340 000 by way of a subscription for new ordinary shares …
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Aim-listed Arc Minerals will sell its 99.43% interest in Casa Mining, which holds a 73.84% interest in the Akyanga gold deposit, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Canadian private equity group Century Capital Management for up to $9.8-million. Th…
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TSX-V-listed Aftermath Silver has entered into a binding agreement to buy the Challacollo silver/gold project, in Chile, from fellow-listed Mandalay Resources and hopes to start drilling in the first quarter of next year.
Challacollo is a low-sulphida…
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The partners in the Hook Lake project, in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, have approved an exploration budget of C$2-million for 2020, with exploration set to begin this winter.
The Hook Lake project is a joint venture (JV) between Cameco (39.5%), Ora…
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London-listed Eurasia Mining has appointed Alexander Sushchev as strategic adviser to the board to assist on a potential disposal of the company’s assets.
Sushchev is a former CEO of SMCM – a molybdenum and rhenium metals producer that he helped sell…
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Dual-listed Bluejay Mining has appointed a “well regarded and recognised Greenland expert” to lead its exploration efforts in that country as it moves to advance the Disko-Nuussuaq and Kangerluarsuk base metals projects.
The company announced on Tuesd…
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