Archives: Mining project news

MC Mining Ltd has concluded a Coal Purchase Agreement for hard coking coal (HCC) to be produced by the Makhado hard coking and thermal coal project located in South Africa’s Limpopo province. The parties to the Agreement are MC Mining’s subsidiary, Baobab Mining & Exploration (Pty) Ltd, the owner of the Makhado project, and Huadong[…]

The partners at the Resolution copper project in Arizona, US, are likely to look to automation to solve the problems that come with operating at depths up to 2,100 m and temperatures in excess of 70°C, according to a member of Rio Tinto’s Growth & Innovation team. Rob Atkinson, Head of Productivity & Technical Support[…]

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment has approved Star Diamond Corp’s Star – Orion South diamond project, located in the Fort à la Corne diamond district of central Saskatchewan, Canada, on mineral dispositions held 100% by Star Diamond. The Environment Minister of Saskatchewan Dustin Duncan announced approval for the Project under The Environmental Assessment Act, indicating[…]

Evolution Mining Ltd’ Cowal gold operation near West Wyalong in NSW, Australia, has been granted regulatory approval from the NSW Department of Planning and Environment to commence construction of the Galway-Regal-E46 (GRE46) exploration decline. This will allow Evolution to conduct further resource definition and discovery drilling following the announcement in April 2018 of a maiden[…]

The ITA reports that Toronto-listed tin explorer, Strongbow Exploration has announced the agreement of a 5% conditional “synthetic” tin warrant offtake agreement between its subsidiary, Western United Mines (WUM) and an affiliate of Orion Mine Finance, related to potential future tin production from its South Crofty tin project in Cornwall, UK. The offtake agreement covers[…]

Rio Tinto, together with the Cheslatta Carrier and Haisla First Nations, has celebrated the launch of the tl’ughus tunnel boring machine, a key milestone towards completing the Kemano Second Tunnel project for the BC Works aluminium smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia. The 1,300 t machine was named by the Cheslatta Carrier nation after a giant[…]

Crater Gold Mining Ltd provides an update on the High Grade Zone (HGZ) and South Artisanal Workings (SAW) projects at Crater Mountain, PNG. 1930m RL adit development at HGZ completed Multiple N-S, E-W and cross cutting veins identified along 1930 m RL adit Visible gold noted in 1930 m RL veins, with mineralisation widening with[…]

IAMGOLD Corp reports positive results from a feasibility study for its Boto gold project in Senegal. The results outline an economically robust project with an anticipated low cost of production and long operating life. The study demonstrates a significant economic and operational improvement compared to the PFS results announced in February of this year. The[…]

The Mt Thirsty cobalt project is located 16 km northwest of Norseman, Western Australia and is jointly owned by Conico Ltd and Barra Resources Ltd, together the Mt Thirsty Joint Venture (MTJV). The project contains the Mt Thirsty cobalt-nickel oxide deposit that has the potential to emerge as a significant cobalt producer. The MTJV is[…]

Newrange Gold Corp has closed a $900,600.00 non-brokered private placement. Proceeds will be used to advance the company’s high-grade Pamlico gold project in Nevada and for general and working capital. Newrange is an exploration and development company focused on near to intermediate term production opportunities in favourable jurisdictions including Nevada, and Colombia. With numerous drill[…]