Canadian-based and African-focused Montage Gold said it received its ministerial order from the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition of Côte d’Ivoire granting the environmental permit for the development of the company’s Koné project as it prepares to bring the flagship asset online. Company officials said the mining permit application for the Koné project has been submitted. All…
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Harmony Gold said the Queensland government has declared its Eva copper mine project as a “Prescribed Project,” in recognition of its social and economic significance to the state’s North West region. The designation will support the coordination of approval processes required for the project, which is located on traditional lands of the Kalkadoon People, 75 kilometres north of Cloncurry. Harmony…
Read MoreRio Tinto has inked a joint venture agreement to progress development of one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits, the La Granja copper project in Peru. Under the proposed transaction, First Quantum will acquire a 55% stake in the project for $105 million. It will also further invest up to $546 million into the JV for capital and operational…
Read MoreAustralian resource company TNG Limited has engaged Metso Outotec in a feasibility study to reduce carbon emissions at its Mount Peake operation using Circored technology. Read full article.
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Canadian-based SilverCrest Metals has achieved the first pour of gold and silver at the Las Chispas mine in Sonora, Mexico. Read full article.
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Canadian miner Belo Sun Mining has received another setback to its Volta Grande gold project in the Pará state of Brazil: the interim suspension of its construction and environmental licenses. A judge with the Agrarian Court of Altamira has suspended the licenses until a socio-environmental study of the riverside peoples, at a minimum distance of 10 kilometers from the project,…
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