Category: US & Canada

Gold Standard Ventures has reported results from a prefeasibility study (PFS) of development of surface-mined, heap leach operations on the Dark Star and Pinion gold deposits on its Railroad-Pinion property 24 kilometers (km)...

Integra Resources has reported the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its DeLamar gold-silver project in southwest Idaho that supports project development. Initial mine life is planned at 10 years, producing...

The government of Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) held a ground-breaking ceremony in the community of Whati on August 24 to celebrate the commencement of construction of the Tlicho All-Season Road. This 97-kilometer (km),...

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement with Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd., in which Osisko will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Barkerville that it does not currently own....

One of the world’s largest providers of crop inputs and services, Nutrien Ltd. said it expects to proactively take up to eight-week inventory shutdowns at its Allan, Lanigan and Vanscoy potash mines in Canada during the fourth...

Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper project in Arizona, U.S., has achieved a major permitting milestone with the release of an independently prepared Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project. The rigorous review,...

Newcrest Mining Ltd. has completed a joint venture transaction with Imperial Metals Corp. to acquire a 70% interest in the Red Chris mine and its surrounding leases in British Columbia. Newcrest will operate the open-pit mine,...

North American Palladium (NAP) has vested a 51% interest in the Sunday Lake Project in Ontario. The decision to continue investing in this platinum group metal (PGM) property was supported by encouraging drilling results from...

Piedmont Lithium has reported the results of an updated scoping study of its vertically integrated Piedmont Lithium project in the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt in southwest North Carolina. The project includes a lithium hydroxide...

Pure Gold Mining began construction of its Madsen Red Lake gold mine in northwest Ontario in early August and is targeting an initial gold pour by the end of 2020. Plans for detailed engineering and procurement were being...

Champion Iron initiated work to double production of iron ore concentrate at its Bloom Lake mine in northeast Quebec. The decision to proceed was based on a Phase II feasibility study that supports increasing production of 66.2%...

Alcoa Corp., a leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products, announced the Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) smelter plans to restart curtailed smelting capacity after members of the United Steelworkers union in Québec,...