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GOLD: Adamera partners with Hochschild Mining at Cooke Mountain
VANCOUVER – Junior Adamera Minerals has found a partner in Hochschild Mining to help advance its Cooke Mountain gold project in Washington state. The two have signed an option agreement under which Hochschild can earn a 60% stake in the…
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REPORT: Survey IDs trade tensions and ESG policies as top issues for miners
Global law firm White & Case has released the results of its fourth annual survey on mining and metals, identifying trade and ESG issues as the industry’s top concerns for 2020. White & Case surveyed 64 senior industry decision makers…
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COBALT: First Cobalt upgrades Iron Creek resource
IDAHO – First Cobalt has released an updated resource for its 7-sq.-km Iron Creek project with 2.2 million tonnes at 0.32% cobalt-equivalent in the indicated category and 2.7 million tonnes at 0.28% cobalt-equivalent in the inferred category. Contained cobalt stands…
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GOLD: Corvus finds more gold at Mother Lode
NEVADA – Corvus Gold has released drill results from its Mother Lode project which intercepted mineralization outside of the resource limits and identified a new discovery below the current deposit. Drill highlights include: 36.6 metres of 2.43 g/t gold from…
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COPPER: Excelsior on track to produce first batch of copper cathode in Q1 2020
ARIZONA – Excelsior Mining issued a statement saying that initial copper recovery grades at the Gunnison project in southern Arizona are exceeding the expectations presented in the property’s feasibility study. According to Excelsior, pregnant leach solution grade is currently measuring…
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GOLD: Getchell acquires two gold properties from Canarc
NEVADA – Getchell Gold announced that it executed the definitive agreement with Canarc Resources whereby Getchell will have the option to acquire 100% of the Fondaway Canyon and Dixie Comstock properties located in Churchill County, Nevada. In a press release,…
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RARE EARTHS: U.S. Geological Survey maps REE deposit in Mountain Pass region
CALIFORNIA – In a report published on the online journal Geosphere, scientists from the US Geological Survey mapped a rare earth element (REE) deposit of magmatic carbonatite located in the Mountain Pass region of the eastern Mojave Desert, some 97 km southwest of…
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GOLD: Newmont Goldcorp ups dividend by 79%
DENVER – In line with its commitment to return cash to shareholders, Newmont Goldcorp has announced a hefty 79% increase to its dividend to US$1.00 annually, effective upon approval in April. Alongside this increase, in December, the company announced plans…
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A look back at CMJ’s top stories of 2019
To start off 2020, we’ve compiled some of our most popular stories of 2019, as well as highlighting our choices for most interesting or important articles for the year. Top 5 most read 1. No. 1 Nutrien heads Top 40 list…
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COPPER: Nevada Copper ships first concentrate from Pumpkin Hollow in Nevada
The first copper concentrate has been shipped from Nevada Copper’s Pumpkin Hollow project in Nevada to the company’s offtake partner Concord Resources. Production at the Pumpkin Hollow processing plant started on Dec. 16 and the company expects the underground mining operation…
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GOLD-SILVER: Vancouver royalty firm invests $3.5M in Rawhide mine
NEVADA – EMX Royalty announced that it has acquired, for $3.5 million, a 19.9% equity interest in Rawhide Acquisition Holding, a privately-held Delaware company that owns the Rawhide gold-silver mining operation in Nevada. In a press release, EMX said it…
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GOLD: Fremont to acquire past-producing Griffon gold project
NEVADA – Fremont Gold announced that it entered into a purchase option agreement with Pilot Gold, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Gold, to acquire 100% of the past-producing Griffon gold project. Griffon is located in White Pine County, Nevada, at…
