Rio Tinto halts Kennecott after Utah earthquake
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) evacuated all of its employees from its Kennecott copper mine near Salt Lake City in Utah after a 5.7…
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First Cobalt pushes ahead with Ontario refinery
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC) has announced that the feasibility study on an expansion of its Ontario refinery will be complete in the coming weeks. It…
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BTU continues to hit VMS-style mineralization at Dixie Halo
Drilling at BTU Metals’ (TSXV: BTU) 197-sq.-km Dixie Halo project in Ontario’s Red Lake district returned continuous volcanogenic massive sulphide-style mineralization over 300 metres, starting at…
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Copper price meltdown sinks mining stocks
The decline in the copper price accelerated on Wednesday, as pandemic fears grip global markets and mining companies announce a wave of production halts and…
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Explorers reduce activity over coronavirus threat
With mining majors suspending expansion plans, ramping down operations and temporarily closing down head offices in response to Covid-19, development and exploration companies are also…
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Dunnedin to become Kodiak Copper
Publicly traded Kodiak Copper (TSXV: KDK), a portfolio company of the Discovery Group that was formerly Dunnedin Ventures (TSXV: DVI), will focus on copper porphyry exploration in Canada…
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Copper price sinks as China faces first GDP drop since 1976
Copper prices continued to slide on Tuesday after China released economic data showing the deepest declines on record for industrial production and fixed asset investment….
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Maple expands Douay targets with IP survey
An induced polarization (IP) survey completed at Maple Gold’s (TSXV: MGM) 355-sq.-km Douay gold project in Quebec has expanded the 531 Zone target area and identified…
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Alamos to acquire Island Gold royalty for $75M
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 3% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on production from…
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Lundin Mining places zinc expansion on hold to prevent spread of coronavirus
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has put the brakes on zinc expansion activities at its Neves-Corvo operation in Portugal, joining the rising number of companies taking…
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