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Zambia reinstates GoviEx’s Chirundu licence
The Zambian government has reinstated the mining licence for GoviEx Uranium’s (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) Chirundu property, part of the junior’s Mutanga project. The licence was cancelled in July 2020 and its reinstatement is subject to the completion of exploration…
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Torex receives ‘milestone’ permit for Media Luna development
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) has received approval to start building a South Portal for a second access point to the Media Luna deposit at its producing Morelos property; the permit amendment is required to continue the early works program for…
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Taseko Mines clears legal hurdles at Florence; advances copper projects
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) can move forward with its Florence copper in-situ project after the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled in its favour and rejected arguments made against the project by the Town of Florence. The…
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Taseko wins court battle over Florence project, shares up
The Arizona Court of Appeals has confirmed all aspects of the Superior Court of Arizona’s 2019 decision in favor of Taseko Mines’ (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB) Florence copper project, rejecting arguments made by the Town of Florence. The appeals court…
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Northern Dynasty files appeal over Pebble permit rejection
Northern Dynasty reported on Thursday its U.S. subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership has filed an appeal with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) over its decision to deny a key water permit for the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum-silver-rhenium mine in Alaska. The…
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Marathon signs deal with six communities for Valentine gold project
Co-operation agreements covering the Valentine gold project have been signed by Marathon Gold and six nearby central Newfoundland communities. Agreements have been signed with Buchans, Buchans Junction, Millertown, Badger, Grand Falls-Windsor, and Bishop’s Falls. These communities will benefit from the…
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OceanaGold soars on Philippines’ move to reopen Didipio
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) closed 32% higher on the Australian Stock Exchange on Dec. 7 after announcing that the Philippine government is moving forward to finalize a long-delayed renewal of an agreement governing the company’s Didipio gold-copper underground mine.…
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Great Panther grows Guanajuato complex resources in Mexico
Silver and gold producer Great Panther Mining has updated the resource estimates for the Guanajuato and San Ignacio underground mines within its wholly owned Guanajuato mine complex (GMC) in Mexico. Combined measured and indicated resources increased by 17% to 10.2…
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Marathon Gold derisks Valentine with permitting milestone
Marathon Gold’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Valentine gold project has been accepted for a formal review by the federal assessment agency, which, according to Marathon, is a significant milestone in the Environmental Assessment (EA) process for Valentine. After…
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BMC receives YESAB’s blessing for Yukon silver-zinc mine – with conditions
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) has recommended that BMC Minerals‘ ABM silver-zinc project, at its Kudz Ze Kayah project, be allowed to proceed, paving the way for the private company to proceed with permitting. The positive recommendation…
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Ecuador’s constitutional court allows referendums on new mining projects
Ecuador’s highest court has ruled that communities have the right to hold referendums on whether or not proposed large and medium-scale mines can move forward, but said the public can only vote on mining rights not yet granted and not…
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Taseko advances Florence copper project permitting in Arizona
Taseko Mines’ Florence copper project in Arizona received strong support at a public hearing held by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), which is part of the process required to obtain an Aquifer Protection permit (APP), the company has…
