Exploration & development

This license allows Elcora to mine, extract, process and sell Manganese from its 16 sq km mining concession in Morocco.

The three and a half year contracts are valued at over CAN$260 million, and will support more than 400 local jobs with over 50% planned to be Indigenous.

The Prime Minister of Mongolia and Rio Tinto Chief Executive meet 1.3 km underground to celebrate the commencement of underground production from the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert.

Major construction activities to commence as planned in 1Q23.

ArcWest has signed an earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc. to advance ArcWest’s Todd Creek Copper-Gold Project.

Results from the latest geophysical data support the presence of a fully intact low-sulphidation epithermal vein system at Kepez Main. Additional exploration potential was identified at the high-grade Kepez North area, which will need to be drill tested further.

Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd has announced a scoping study for its Kochang and Gubong gold projects in South Korea.

Thiess has been awarded a letter of agreement (LOA) to provide mining services to Minera Centinela’s Llano project, located in Antofagasta, Chile.

The prospectivity of targets is confirmed with significant gold and multi-element geochemical anomalism detected and high-grade silver and copper mineralisation intersected.

Magna Mining Inc. has announced additional assay results from the remaining November 2022 diamond drilling programme at the company’s 100% owned Crean Hill Mine in Sudbury, Ontario.

Vale has begun commissioning the Gelado project in Carajás, Brazil, which will produce high-quality pellet feed by reusing the tailings that have been deposited in the Gelado dam since 1985.

International Lithium Corp. has announced a maiden mineral resource estimate for the Raleigh Lake lithium project, located approximately 25 km west of Ignace, Ontario, Canada.

Thor Energy Plc has announced the commencement of an advanced geophysical technique at the Alford West Project, South Australia, by 30% owned EnviroCopper Ltd.

Ariana Resources plc has announced that its 75% held subsidiary, Western Tethyan Resources Ltd, has completed its due diligence on the Slivova gold project in Kosovo, which is owned by Avrupa Minerals Ltd.

The Cameroon Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development has confirmed that the five exploration permits at the Technology Minerals Cameroon Property have been validated under Cameroon law and granted to the company.