Exploration & development

Despite significant progress having been made in productivity performance and reliability, continued financial struggles have led Glencore to cancel funding for KNS beyond February 2024.

Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd has announced a fully funded drill programme at the Lobo prospect of the Batangas Gold Project in the Philippines.

Fortuna Silver Mines has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of Chesser Resources, expanding its presence in West Africa to include the Diamba Sud Gold Project in Senegal.

CleanTech Lithium has announced the results of a scoping study for the Francisco Basin Project, which confirms its potential viability to become the company’s second major project in Chile.

Perseus Mining Ltd has announced an updated life of mine plan (LOMP) for its Yaouré Gold Mine in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.

Magna Mining Inc. has released additional assay results from its ongoing 2023 diamond drilling programme.

Getech has successfully finished an exploration project for Asian Battery Minerals, a participant in the 2023 BHP Xplor accelerator programme, targeting potential nickel deposits in Mongolia.

Madison Metals has announced that the uranium market has witnessed a robust upswing this year, vastly outperforming other metals markets, signalling a bull phase for the sector.

Liontown has awarded Monadelphous the ‘wet plant structural, mechanical, and piping’ and ‘electrical and instrumentation’ contracts for its Kathleen Valley Lithium Project.

Thor Energy has announced that the Government of South Australia has approved the first stage of in-groundwork on the Kapunda copper in-situ recovery project.

American Pacific Mining Corp. has reported a five hole diamond drill campaign is set to commence in early 4Q23 at the Madison Copper-Gold Project.

Ivanhoe Electric has announced the results from the initial assessment for the Santa Cruz Copper Project, located west of Casa Grande, Arizona.

Predictive Discovery has reported drilling results from the Bankan Gold Project in Guinea from NEB, BC, and targets in close proximity to the existing mineral resources.

ERM has been appointed by Cornish Lithium to lead the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Trelavour hard rock mine project in Cornwall.

Rainbow has signed a strategic supply agreement with Less Common Metals to develop a responsible Western supply chain for rare earth elements.