Новости за 27.01.2020

Explorer Alianza Minerals is bringing on board NYSE-listed Coeur Mining to take the road-accessible Tim property, in southern Yukon Territory, forward. The property is located 12 km south of Coeur’s Silvertip mine.

Africa-focused project and royalty generator Altus Strategies has closed the second and final tranche of its nonbrokered private placement. The second tranche comprised 14-million new ordinary shares from a total offering of 46.3-million ordinary shares at an issue price of C$0.09 or £0.052 apiece.

Diversified miner Vedanta Resources Holdings has advised that it, and its parent company Vedanta Resources Limited, will this year continue to pursue their rights in respect of the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), in Zambia, in which the company holds a 79.4% interest. The Zambian High Court in November granted a court order that restricts the sale of the Mimbula mining right by the KCM provincial liquidator. This order remains valid.

Exactly one year ago a tailings dam in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho collapsed, killing more than 250 people in one of the world's worst mining disasters. For survivors and relatives of the victims still searching for answers and justice, time has been no healer. "It's the same today as it was the day of the tragedy. The same feeling of pain, betrayal, loss," said Rafaela Cavalcante Andrade, who lost her sister in the tragedy. "My sister was a person who loved life. She didn't deserve this. Читать дальше...

London-listed Petra Diamonds expects to report production of 2.07-million carats of diamonds for the six months ended December 31. In a trading update published on Monday, ahead of the release of its interim results on February 17, the miner noted that production for the six months had been about 3% higher than the 2.01-million carats produced in the six months ended December 31, 2018.

Greenland-focused Bluejay Mining is preparing for a “highly active” year ahead, as it plans for a maiden drilling campaign at its newly enlarged Kangerluarsuk zinc/lead/silver project, while work continues at the advanced Dundas ilmenite project and the Disko-Nussauq project. Bluejay CEO Roderick McIllree on Monday announced that Bluejay had been awarded a new mineral exploration licence surrounding the existing Kangerluarsuk project, which at 586 km2 has expanded the project licence area to 692 km2.

TSX-listed RNC Minerals has set its production guidance for the year at between 90 000 oz and 95 000 oz of gold. The company did not include expected contributions from its Beta Hunt mine, which will only start producing gold later this year.

Cheaper natural gas prices this year are likely to cement Europe’s shift away from coal as a fuel for producing power. Abnormally mild winter weather has cut demand for the fuel as a flood of new supplies entered the world’s biggest gas market. That along with higher costs for carbon-emissions allowances has tilted the economics of generating electricity away from coal and toward using more gas.

Brazilian miner Vale has raised the emergency level at the Sul Inferior dam at its Gongo Soco mine in Barão de Cocais, in the southern state of Minas Gerais, after heavy rainfall eroded the structure's reservoir. "As a result of unusually heavy rain, Vale reinforced the number of field teams on standby for any eventual emergencies," Vale said in a securities filing late on Saturday, adding that the dam was raised to 'Level 2' watch from 'Level 1'.

Chile State miner Codelco filed with regulators on Friday a plan to begin exploration for lithium in its Maricunga salt flat holdings, a key step in advancing development of the country's second richest deposit of the metal needed for batteries. The proposal, if approved, would allow Codelco, the world's top producer of copper, to pinpoint concentrations of lithium on the flat, estimate the size of the resource and identify necessary next steps.