WA gold companies shine but critical minerals pull index down

Gold-focused Western Australia companies have shone in 2024, with strong prices driving merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, while prices for some critical minerals, including lithium and rare... 

Australian critical mineral explorers, developers and producers face uncertainty - Deloitte

The global trade and investment environment for critical minerals is rapidly changing and Australian critical mineral explorers, developers and producers need to understand the implications for... 

Magnetic’s Lady Julie shines on new economic update

A resource expansion and improved gold price have added an extra layer of shine to the Lady Julie project, near Laverton, in Western Australia, reports owner Magnetic Resources. Releasing the... 

Talisman acquires porphyry-style NSW copper/gold target

Australia’s Talisman Mining has been granted a new tenement, EL 9679, representing a large porphyry-style copper and gold target about 30 km east of Dubbo in the Macquarie Volcanic Arc of New South... 

Pilgangoora now home to the world’s biggest lithium ore sorter

Australia’s Pilbara Minerals has completed its P680 expansion project, with the new crushing and ore sorting facility at Pilgangoora, Western Australia, opened on Friday. The new crushing and ore... 

Capstone polishes Santo Domingo feasibility study

Dual-listed Capstone Copper has announced the results of an updated feasibility study for its fully-permitted Santo Domingo copper/iron/gold project, in Chile, about 35 km from its 70%-owned... 

Marula granted permit for Blesberg openpit mining

Battery metals investment and exploration company Marula Mining's Southern African Lithium and Tantalum Mining subsidiary has been awarded a mining permit for its Blesberg lithium and tantalum... 

Côté achieves commercial production – Iamgold

Canadian miner Iamgold has achieved commercial production at the Côté mine, in Ontario. The mine, which is a joint venture between Iamgold and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co, reached the milestone after... 

Star Diamond takes full ownership of Alberta project

Exploration and development company Star Diamond has completed the acquisition of Canterra Minerals’ 50% interest in the Buffalo Hills diamond project and now owns 100% of the asset. The project... 

Westgold evolves into top-five Australian gold producer

A new chapter has arrived for Westgold, with the completion of its acquisition of Western Australia-focused Karora. The merger has established Westgold as a top-five Australian gold producer, with... 

Fall-of-ground claims a life at MC Mining's Uitkomst colliery

ASX-, JSE- and Aim-listed coal miner MC Mining has reported that an employee died in a fall-of-ground incident at the company's Uitkomst colliery, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on July 31. An... 

William Joughin

This week we profile William Joughin, Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) president and partner at SRK Consulting, a firm of consulting engineers and scientists 

Polymetals takes full ownership of Endeavor mine

ASX-listed Polymetals has finalised the acquisition of the Endeavor mine, located 40 km north of Cobar in New South Wales, with the company now taking 100% ownership of the silver, lead and zinc... 

Winsome extends Renard option to year-end

Lithium explorer and developer Winsome Resources has extended the exclusive option to acquire the Renard project, in Canada, to the end of 2024, buying the company more time to complete its due... 

South Harz raises equity to advance Ohmgebirge potash project

ASX-listed South Harz has announced new equity raisings of up to A$4-million to advance the brownfield Ohmgebirge potash development, in Germany. The company has received binding commitments for... 

Patriot renames Corvette project

Critical minerals developer Patriot Battery Metals has announced the renaming of the Corvette project, in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec, to the Shaakichiuwaanaan project. The Cree word,... 

Tirupati's shares suspended pending publication of its annual report

Specialist graphite producer and supplier Tirupati Graphite's shares have been suspended from trading on the LSE until it is able to publish its annual report for the financial year ended March 31.... 

Madison Metals strategy officer resigns

CSE-listed Madison Metals on Wednesday announced that Ryan Thompson had resigned from his position as chief strategy officer, effective immediately. Thompson would continue to provide advisory... 

Eldorado to earn into TRU’s Golden Rose

Exploration company TRU Precious Metals has granted gold miner Eldorado Gold an option to acquire 80% of its Golden Rose project, in central Newfoundland. Cofounder and CEO Joel Freudman says the... 

Bushveld reports stable production, but lower sales

Integrated primary vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals produced 838 t of vanadium for the quarter ended June 30, taking production for the first half of this year to 1 693 t. Production was lower... 

Bastion acquires Canadian copper assets

Australia-listed Bastion Minerals has announced the acquisition of three high-grade Canadian copper assets, including a copper/gold deposit in Yukon Territory, and the Mariner and Harley copper... 

Baffinland Iron Mines CEO resigns

Canadian miner Baffinland Iron Mines on Tuesday announced the resignation of Brian Penney as CEO. Penney has decided to leave his position to allow more time with his family on the east coast of... 

Integra Resources buys Florida Canyon Gold

TSX-V-listed Integra Resources on Monday announced it will buy Florida Canyon Gold, creating Great Basin-focused gold and silver producer. The merged company will have immediate gold production of... 

Sierra Rutile goes with Lenoil offer, pays break fee to Gemcorp

Gemcorp Commodities will not go ahead with its proposed takeover of Sierra Rutile and has terminated its bid implementation agreement, releasing the suitor from making an offer for the... 

Black Cat Syndicate mines first ore at Myhree

Gold exploration and development company Black Cat Syndicate is on the verge of being rated a producer, as the company continues to progress its operations in Western Australia. The ASX-listed... 

Rio Tinto forms biocarbon JV in Quebec

Diversified miner Rio Tinto and Aymium have formed a new joint venture (JV) named Évolys Québec to manufacture a renewable metallurgical biocarbon product to reduce carbon emissions in large-scale... 

South32’s Illawarra coal sale unconditional

All conditions precedent to the sale of Illawarra metallurgical coal to an entity owned by Golden Energy and Resources and M Resources have been satisfied, diversified miner South32 reported on... 

Turnbull appointed chair of Axon Graphite

Axon Graphite, the ASX-bound spinout of Lithium Energy in the graphite asset merger with Novonix, has finalised the composition of its board. Peter Turnbull, a senior executive in publicly listed,... 

Nifty partnership for Cyprium and Glencore

ASX-listed Cyprium Metals on Friday announced a commercial strategic partnership with commodities major Glencore to accelerate the resumption of copper production from the Nifty mine near Port... 

Marco Sutter

This week we profile Marco Sutter, MD of Bühler Southern Africa, which builds processing equipment for the mining, food and beverage, and manufacturing industries 

Sibanye says US operation recovering from cyberattack impact

Multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater confirmed on July 25 that the Columbus metallurgical complex at its US platinum group metals operations has experienced some... 

Star-Orion South diamond resource estimate upgraded

The Orion South Diamond project has a mineral resource estimate, TSX-listed Star Diamonds announced on Wednesday. The company bolstered the indicated mineral resource by 22% to 34.8-million carats... 

New Gold reports Rainy River fatality

Canadian miner New Gold said on Wednesday that it had suspended operations at its Rainy River mine, after an employee died. The TSX- and NYSE American-listed company explained that the worker was... 

Golden Shield and Tucano Gold to join forces

Canadian company Golden Shield has announced the proposed acquisition of private company Tucano Gold, expanding its gold holdings in Brazil. The proposed transaction will provide Golden Shield... 

IOC restarts ops as fire evacuation order is lifted

The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) has begun the process of restarting operations in Labrador City, Quebec. This comes as provincial authorities on Monday lifted an evacuation order for the town... 

Reward sharpens focus on Carnarvon project and technology

Sulphate of potash (SOP) exploration and development company Reward Minerals will focus its activities and funding towards the advancement of the Carnarvon potash project (CPP), in Western... 

Diatreme’s offer for Metallica extended

Mineral sands miner Diatreme has extended its offer period for Metallica Minerals to August 6. In terms of the off-market takeover offer, Metallica shareholders will receive 1.2219 ordinary shares... 

Macro acquires noncore manganese assets from Firebird

ASX-listed Macro metals on Tuesday announced an agreement to acquire an 80% interest in three manganese projects in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia. The company entered into an... 

Usmar appointed Vale Base Metals CEO

Shaun Usmar, an international mining executive with more than 30 years’ experience, has been appointed CEO of Vale Base Metals (VBM). Usmar, a past Barrick Gold CFO and former Xstrata executive,... 

OceanaGold initiates share buyback programme

Toronto-listed OceanaGold has announced the launch of a share buyback programme following approval from the TSX. This initiative allows OceanaGold to repurchase up to 35.5-million common shares...