Новости за 07.01.2022

London-listed Pembridge Resources reports positive yearly output improvements at its Minto mine and has set the bar higher for 2022 guidance. In the year ended December 31, 2021, Minto produced 26-million pounds of copper, 11 783 oz of gold and 135 354 oz of silver, which were year-on-year improvements of 46%, 54% and 101%, respectively.

Toronto-based Kuya Silver Corporation has published a maiden mineral resource estimate on the Bethania silver project, in Queensland, Australia. This follows the completion of 5 000 m of shallow diamond drilling in 2021 and previously collected underground rock chip samples.

Chile, the world's largest copper producer, saw the value of its exports of the metal soar 21.9% in December and 40.6% in 2021, the central bank said on Friday, bolstered by strong prices. The value of its copper shipments reached $4.91-billion last month and $53.42-billion in 2021 as a whole.

Coal traders in China, the world's top consumer and importer of the fuel, are shrugging off a ban on coal exports imposed by Indonesia, saying utilities already hold hefty stockpiles with power demand set to weaken for the Lunar New Year holidays. Coal stocks at key Chinese utilities in coastal regions were about 33 million tonnes as of Jan. 1, 57% more than at the same time in 2021, data from the China Coal Transportation and Distribution Association showed.

TSX-listed Corvus Gold says the majority of its shareholders voted in favour of the proposed deal whereby AngloGold Ashanti intends to acquire the remaining 80.5% of shares of Corvus it does not own for about $370-million. Pending court approvals and customary approvals, the companies expect the transaction to be effective on or around January 18, at which time Corvus will be delisted from the TSX and Nasdaq.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, EDTEA, has instructed Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC), to expand its water monitoring sampling points beyond the initial four areas that it had identified. EDTEA MEC Ravi Pillay on January 6 said this was in response to a slurry material spill due to a dam wall failure at the ZAC mine on December 24.

Canadian Security Exchange-listed Red Lake Gold has entered into an arm’s-length agreement to acquire the Preston District uranium project, a large-scale uranium exploration project in Canada’s Athabasca Basin region. The basin is host to some of the world’s highest-grade uranium deposits and is in the politically secure jurisdiction of Saskatchewan, Canada, the company says.

Cameco Corp said on Thursday it could resume production of roughly 24 million pounds of uranium annually in North America if needed by the global market due to the political turmoil in Kazakhstan. The company said in an emailed statement it was not clear how quickly it would take to resume the output, but its five mothballed mines in Canada and the United States are in good condition.

One of the biggest villains of climate change, coal, has won a reprieve from the Brazilian government. On Wednesday, President Jair Bolsonaro sanctioned a bill to extend the life of a thermal power complex in the country’s south for 15 years, until 2040. His administration refers to the measure as the “fair energy transition program” for the coal region of Santa Catarina state.

Coal miner Stanmore Resources has secured a $625-million debt facility with financiers as part of its financing solution for the acquisition of an 80% interest in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC). Diversified miner BHP in November of last year inked a share sale and purchase agreement to divest of its 80% interest in the BMC metallurgical coal joint venture (JV) in Queensland.

TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals has embarked on a new GM Leadership Development Programme in Zambia to mould talented staff into capable leaders. This is expected to build on the success of the mining company’s CEO training programme that saw seven talented employees receive mentorship and training in senior management roles to drive long-term sustainable growth.