Category: US & Canada

Teck Resources announced in late July the sale of its two-thirds interest in the Waneta Dam in British Columbia, Canada, to BC Hydro for $1.2 billion cash. The dam is located south of Teck’s Trail, British Columbia operations...

Construction of McEwen Mining’s Gold Bar mine is on track for completion in 2018, and commercial production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2019. Activity at Gold Bar has reached full capacity with more than 200...

Aquila Resources has reported the results of an independent, open-pit-only feasibility study of its 100% owned Back Forty zinc and gold project on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Project life is estimated at seven years, producing...

Equinox Gold has released the results of a prefeasibility study of redevelopment of the Castle Mountain gold mine in southeast California. The project will be developed as an open-pit, heap-leach mine, starting with Phase 1...

Lithium Americas has reported the results of a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) of its large-scale Thacker Pass lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) project in northwest Nevada and based on the results has outlined a timetable for two...

Agnico Eagle Mines has received the Type A water license for the Whale Tail pit at its Amaruq gold project, approximately 50 kilometers (km) northwest of its Meadowbank mine in Nunavut, Canada, allowing project development to...

Centerra Gold Inc. is taking steps to secure longer term, more stable sources of water supply for the Mount Milligan mine. The company has filed a formal request with the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office for an...

Newmont Mining completed its Northwest Exodus project in Nevada, extending mine life from the Exodus underground operation in the Carlin North area for 10 years. The project was completed safely, ahead of schedule and within a...

The U.S. Senate recently passed bipartisan legislation for a land exchange between the U.S. Forest Service and Poly Met Mining Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PolyMet Mining Corp. Passage of the legislation marks another...

Highland Copper Co. has reported the results of a feasibility study of its 100% owned Copperwood project at the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Average annual life-of-mine production is forecast at 61.7 million pounds...

Fireweed Zinc has announced positive results from an independent preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project 350 kilometers (km) northeast of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The study assumes...

Gensource Potash Corp. has entered into a definitive, binding off-take agreement with a senior North American agriculture industry leader. The agreement includes the purchase of 100% of the production from one “module” of...