Mining news updates

Ariana Resources plc has announced the full-year production results for the Kiziltepe Mine in Turkey.

The Copper Mark has welcomed Southwire as its newest partner and has grown to add a further two participating sites from Grupo Mexico.

The PDAC Board of Directors has made the decision that PDAC 2022 will not go ahead as planned in March, due to current public health restrictions in Ontario.

Due to the significant rise of COVID-19 cases around Australia, Beacon Events, the organisers of IMARC, have announced that the 8th edition will be rescheduled.

Wheaton Precious Metals has announced its acquisition of a precious metals stream from Adventus Mining’s Curipamba Project.

South32 Ltd has provided an update following the completion of a pre-feasibility study for the Taylor Deposit, which is the first development option at the company’s 100% owned Hermosa project located in Arizona, USA.

Zest WEG is supplying an extensive range of motors and variable speed drives for the second phase of the Kamoa-Kakula project, located on the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Lithium Power International Ltd has announced its intention to demerge its Western Australian hard rock lithium assets.

According to the latest Rystad Energy projections, global demand for copper will outstrip supply by more than 6 million t by 2030.

Endeavour Silver Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the Pitarrilla project in Durango State, Mexico, from SSR Mining Inc.

Castillo Copper Ltd’s Board has received a fresh geological report on the Broken Hill Alliance Project’s East Zone, which highlights significant exploration potential for cobalt-copper-zinc and possibly lithium mineralisation.

Scotgold Resources Ltd has provided a 4Q21 production and operations update for its Cononish Gold and Silver Mine in Scotland and 2022 strategy.

Hexagon AB has acquired Minnovare, a leading provider of drilling technology that improves the speed, cost and accuracy of underground drilling.

Akobo Minerals has announced that it has intersected visible gold at 205 m hole depth as part of its extension drilling programme at Segele.

ALROSA has reported that its sales of rough and polished diamonds in 2021 totalled over $4 billion.

A recent analysis from Rystad Energy has shown that EV producers and suppliers could be facing a major cost headache starting this year as battery-grade lithium prices skyrocket.

Ambler Metals LLC, the joint venture operating company equally owned by Trilogy Metals and a wholly-owned subsidiary of South32 Ltd, has approved the 2022 programme and budget of approximately US$28.5 million for the advancement of the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (UKMP) located in Northwestern Alaska.

Calibre Mining Corp. and Fiore Gold Ltd has announced the successful completion of the transaction pursuant to which Calibre acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Fiore.

Filo Mining Corp. has provided initial assay results and an update on the Filo del Sol drilling programme.

Yorkton Ventures Inc. has acquired 12 mineral claims in five blocks, known together as the Sirmac East Project, in the James Bay area of Quebec.

Neo Lithium’s subsidiary, LIEX S.A., has received EIA approval for its 3Q Project from the Environmental and Mining Authority in Catamarca Province, Argentina.

SQM has commenced an audit against the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance’s ‘Standard for Responsible Mining’.

Alien Metals Ltd has provided an update on findings and results on its Phase 3 drilling programme at the Hancock Iron Ore project, part of its Hamersley Iron Ore Project, Western Australia.

Talon Metals Corp. has entered into an agreement with Tesla Inc. for the supply and purchase of nickel concentrate to be produced from the Tamarack Nickel Project.