Новости за 15.01.2024

Thor Explorations has set its production guidance for the new year at between 95 000 oz and 100 000 oz of gold following solid production of 84 609 oz last year. The TSX-V and Aim-listed miner owns the Segolila gold mine, in Nigeria, as well as exploration licences in Senegal.

Canada-headquartered miner Platinum Group Metals (PTM) continues to progress a market study that seeks to identify potential global sources of platinum group metals (PGMs) concentrate that could augment the processing of concentrate produced at the joint venture (JV) Waterberg project, in South Africa, in Saudi Arabia. The company announced a cooperation agreement with Ajlan & Bros Mining and Metals on December 20 last year, to determine the viability of establishing a standalone PGMs smelter and base metal refinery in Saudi Arabia.

Chinese electric car-maker BYD has held talks with Brazil's Sigma Lithium over a possible supply agreement, joint venture or acquisition, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. BYD met Sigma CEO Ana Cabral Gardner in Sao Paulo last month, BYD's Brazilian chair, Alexandre Baldy, told the newspaper, but did not give details, citing a confidentiality agreement.

Codelco indicated copper output declined last quarter from a year earlier, as the world’s biggest producer of the red metal strives to recover from mining mishaps and project delays. Production for the last three months of the year was 358 000 metric tons, compared with about 384 000 tons in the fourth quarter of 2022. That’s based on calculations using full-year output disclosed by the Chilean state-owned behemoth in a session of a lower-house commission this week. Codelco is scheduled to report its official results for last year in March.

Indigenous communities in northern Chile agreed to lift roadblocks that have restricted access to the country’s giant lithium operations since January 9. Members of the the regional indigenous peoples council, known as CPA, said they reached an agreement late Friday.