S&P Global Market Intelligence’s survey of 3,300 public and private companies estimates that global spending for nonferrous minerals exploration increased by 20% in 2018 as compared to 2017, with total spending coming in at...

Endeavour Mining has reported very positive results from major exploration drilling programs near its Houndé mine in Burkina Faso and at its Fetekro exploration property in north-central Côte d’Ivoire. At Houndé, Endeavour has...

Ivanhoe Mines has discovered a high-grade copper deposit, the Makoko deposit, at its 100% owned Western Foreland licenses west of its Kamoa-Kakula mining license in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ivanhoe holds a land...

Alamos Gold is conducting an $18 million exploration drilling program at its underground Island Gold mine 83 kilometers (km) northeast of Wawa, Ontario, that is successfully adding reserves and resources to the mine. A total of...

Rio Tinto and Sipa Resources have begun work under a farm-in and joint-venture agreement covering Sipa’s Kitgum-Pader base metals project in northern Uganda, including the Akelikongo nickel-copper discovery. Rio Tinto can earn...

Hummingbird Resources has initiated an extensive exploration drill campaign on its Yanfolila mining permit in Mali, targeting conversion of resources to reserves and extension of mine life at the Yanfolila mine. Four rigs were...

Wallbridge Mining has completed rehabilitation of existing underground workings and commenced ramp development and underground diamond drilling as part of a 35,000-metric-ton (mt) bulk sample and underground exploration program...

Australia’s largest gold mining company, Newcrest Mining, has entered into six gold exploration joint ventures in Australia’s Northern Territory and Western Australia, one with ABM Resources and five with Encounter Resources....