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Knight Piésold

Knight Piésold is a global consulting engineering firm specialising in mining, water and environmental engineering. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and operates through a network of offices across North America, South America, Africa, Australia and Asia. Knight Piésold provides services including mine planning and design, tailings management, water resources engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental impact assessment and closure planning. The firm serves clients in the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors, with particular expertise in open-pit and underground mine design, heap leach facilities and tailings storage facilities. Knight Piésold is recognised for its work on large-scale mining projects and has been involved in feasibility studies, detailed engineering and construction support for operations producing gold, copper, iron ore, coal and other minerals. The company is employee-owned and employs several hundred professionals worldwide. Knight Piésold was founded in 1961 and has grown through organic expansion and strategic acquisitions to become one of the leading independent mining engineering consultancies globally.

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Praire Creek surface infrastructure
Honey Badger initiates updated PEA, MRE studies on world-class Prairie Creek silver deposit
29th May 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed Honey Badger Silver has tasked consultancy JDS Energy & Mining to conduct an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) and mineral resource estimate (MRE) on the Praire Creek... 


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Blackwater gold mine expansion, Canada – update
15th May 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Canada-based gold development company Artemis Gold Inc has maintained its full-year 2026 production guidance of 265 000 oz to 290 000 oz of gold. 


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Study reveals strong economics for Resolute’s potential second Côte d’Ivoire mine
13th May 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Resolute Mining says the results of a scoping study for the ABC project, in Côte d’Ivoire, based on an existing 2.16-million-ounce gold mineral resource estimate (MRE), confirm the... 


Cobalt nuggets
Cobalt sulphate refinery, Canada – update
27th March 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Work is progressing on the project, which aims to become the only facility of its kind in North America as demand for battery materials rises. 


Stack of gold bars
Fenn-Gib gold project, Canada
20th March 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Exploration-stage mining company Mayfair Gold Corp is proposing the development of a conventional openpit, truck-and-shovel operation.  


Location map of the Doropo project
Doropo gold project, Côte d'Ivoire – update
20th March 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Resolute Mining announced a final investment decision to develop the project on March 12, paving the way for construction to start. 


Tshidi Mndzebele, CEO of AvenirHoldings
Tshidi Mndzebele
6th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Tshidi Mndzebele, CEO of AvenirHoldings, a provider of engineering, procurement and construction management services 


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Lawyers-Ranch gold/silver project, Canada
27th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

A prefeasibility study published in December 2025 has presented a plan for developing the combined Lawyers-Ranch project using openpit and underground mining methods, with ore processed at a single... 


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Doropo gold project, Côte d'Ivoire
27th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

A definitive feasibility study update was completed in December 2025. 


Image of gold nuggets
Doropo gold project, Côte d'Ivoire – update
13th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The Côte d'Ivoire Council of Ministers has officially announced the award of a 14-year mining right for Resolute Mining's Doropo gold project. 


Gold bars
Mayfair deliver robust PFS for Fenn-Gib gold project
9th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-V-listed Mayfair Gold has completed a prefeasibility study (PFS) for the Fenn-Gib gold project, in the Timmins gold district of Ontario, Canada, saying the study outlines Mayfair’s strategy to... 


Image of gold beads
Black Pine oxide gold project, US – update
9th January 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Liberty Gold has reached a major permitting milestone for the project. 


Image of Sulphur Spring long section
Sulphur Springs copper/zinc project, Australia
12th December 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

An updated definitive feasibility study has shown that Sulphur Springs will be technically and economically robust. 


Palabora Mining Company (PMC) - Compromised Converter Stack - During
Draco Group Safely Demolishes 107-Metre Converter Stack at Palabora Mine
4th December 2025

Draco Group successfully completed one of South Africa’s most technically challenging demolition projects: the controlled blasting and toppling of a structurally compromised 107-metre concrete... 


Global consultancy offers suite of services aimed at fully compliant TSFs
Global consultancy offers suite of services aimed at fully compliant TSFs
21st November 2025

South Africa has a significant number of legacy tailings storage facilities (TSFs) which were developed during periods of far less stringent legislation which was later developed to protect... 


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Yellowhead copper project, Canada – update
21st November 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Taseko’s $173-million equity financing, completed in October has been used to advance the Yellowhead copper project. 


Image of cobalt pellets
Cobalt sulphate refinery, Canada – update
14th November 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Electra Battery Materials Corporation has issued a major mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation tender package as part of its refinery construction works.  


LOcation map of the Kobada project
Kobada gold project, Mali – update
14th November 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Toubani Resources has stated that operations at the project remain unaffected by recent fuel supply restrictions and security concerns reported in Mali's capital, Bamako. 


Location map of the Kobada gold project
Kobada gold project, Mali – update
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Toubani Resources announced a "company-defining" funding package on October 10 to fully finance the construction of the project. 


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