Mexico’s environmental authority, Semarnat, has suspended the permitting process for Almaden Minerals’ (TSX: AMM; NYSE: AAU) Ixtaca gold-silver project in the state of Puebla, pending the resolution of a lawsuit that challenges the country’s mineral ti…
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SURREY, B.C. – American Manganese continues to run experiments related to its plans to produce NMC cathode material using its proprietary RecycLiCo process. In a recent release, the company said that it achieved a 99.98% recovery of high purity nickel-…
NOVA SCOTIA – Glencore Canada Corp. has announced the permanent closure of its lead smelter in Belledune. The decommissioning process is to begin immediately, and the smelter will cease all operations by the end of the year. The news comes…
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NEW BRUNSWICK – X-Terra Resources of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., and the University of New Brunswick are collaborating on research and development that might be applied to X-Terra’s Grog and Northwest gold properties near the town of Campbellton. Dr. David Le…
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SASKATCHEWAN – Vancouver-based MAS Gold Corp. has released more positive results from early metallurgical work on composite drill core samples from the North Lake gold deposit in the La Ronge gold belt. Blue Coast Research conducted preliminary …
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AUSTRALIA – Caterpillar and its flagship autonomous operation, the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) iron ore mine in Western Australia, continue to set records. FMG recently announced an impressive milestone – 1 billion tonnes of material moved with the he…
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Analysts at CPM have studied the precious metals and commodities markets – including investment trends in mining equities – since the 1970s. This long and intimate involvement gives us insight into the transformations that clearly now are wracking the …
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SASKATCHEWAN – Forum Energy Metals reached an agreement with Orano Canada whereby it will grant to Orano a series of options to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Fir Island uranium project on the northeast margin of the…
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Osisko Metals has tabled a resource update for its 100% owned Pine Point lead-zinc project on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. Inferred resources for the project stand at 52.4 million tonnes grading 4.64% zinc and 1.83%̷…
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ALBERTA – Suncor Energy of Calgary has announced a multi-year strategic alliance with Microsoft Canada as the energy company accelerates its digital transformation. Microsoft will be Suncor’s cloud provider, allowing the company to tap into the full ra…
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