Exploration & development

Waqas A. Aziz and Tariq Zaman Khan report on the current state of Pakistan’s mining sector.

Endeavour Silver Corp. has reported a production of 596 545 oz of silver and 5817 oz of gold in 2Q20.

Rio Tinto will start planning for the wind-down of operations and the eventual closure of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) following the conclusion of its strategic review.

RPMGlobal is pleased to announce the acquisition of Canada-headquartered mine scheduling optimisation company, Revolution Mining Software.

Kaizen Discovery Inc. has recently announced the results from recent exploration diamond drilling at its 100%-owned Pinaya Copper-Gold Project, Peru.

Erdene Resource Development Corp. has recently announced drilling results from the Midfield Southeast zone of the company’s 100%-owned Bayan Khundii Gold Project.

Autonomous solutions specialist RCT has completed a project for Russian Cat® dealer Vostochnaya Technica on a fixed position rockbreaker in Siberia.

As part of its measures to combat COVID-19 in Chile and the O'Higgins region, Codelco will temporarily suspend the construction of the developments that are part of its structural New Level Mine project, Chile.

Rio Silver Inc has announced that its partner Peruvian Metals plans to initiate an exploration and bulk sampling programme on the high-grade gold/silver/copper Palta Dorada project early in 3Q20.

Fosterville South Exploration has announced that the company has accelerated drilling at its Golden Mountain project, Australia.

Australian Potash Ltd has advised the details of the planned FY21 drilling programme at the Lake Wells Gold Project, Australia.

Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill and the Government of Mongolia have reached an agreement on the preferred domestic power solution for Oyu Tolgoi.

Fosterville South has announced assays from multiple wide intercepts of high-grade gold near surface from initial shallow scout drilling at the recently commenced Golden Mountain drilling programme.

Rio Tinto has launched a board-led review of its heritage management processes within Iron Ore following the events at Juukan Gorge.

The National Mining Association has offered its support for US Senator John Barrasso’s (R-Wy.) ‘Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act of 2020.’