Exploration & development

Prospero Silver Corp. begins the second phase of drilling at the Pachuca SE project in Hidalgo State (Mexico).

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd has reported its 4Q18 and FY18 production results from its Avino property near Durango (Mexico).

Cornish Lithium has raised another £1 million from its investors, which will enable the company to continue its exploration activities in Cornwall.

Vale has established an artificial intelligence centre in Vitória (Espírito Santo state, Brazil), which is expected to help develop and monitor AI initiatives across the company’s business units, including mining.

RCT collaborates on an installation project at Glencore’s Hail Creek coal mine, where it is implementing its LED numbering system on a fleet of water trucks.

NQ Minerals reveals that commissioning of the Hellyer processing plant has now been completed.

Lundin Gold’s underground mine development has reached orebody at its Fruta del Norte gold project in Ecuador.

Rover Metals Corp.’s technical team has discovered its drill targets for the Cabin Lake gold project.

Plateau Energy Metals appoints DRA Global to carry out the Preliminary Economic Assessment at the Falchani lithium project in Canada.

Orestone Mining Corp. stakes an additional Cu-Au porphyr target at its Captain project in British Columbia.

Torex Gold Resources reports that it achieved record gold production in 2018 at its ELG complex in southwest Mexico.

Murchison Minerals has tripled its land holding and doubled the size of its airborne survey at Brabant Lake in Canada.

Alamos Gold Inc. shares new results from surface and underground exploration drilling at the Island gold mine.

Vista Gold Corp. has shared strong interim met testing results for the first quarter of 2019.

Orocobre Limited has provided a drilling update for the Cauchari joint venture property in Jujuy Province (Argentina), with a key highlight being the completion of its Phase III drilling programme.