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        <description><![CDATA[The latest mining world news and information from North America providing an overview of North America’s mining industry, highlighting the continent’s key commodities and the latest news on top projects currently under way]]></description>
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            <title>Skeleton Coast Uranium completes digitisation of historical Namibia exploration data</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V-listed Skeleton Coast Uranium Corp has informed shareholders that metals and mining advisory firm Practara has completed the digitisation of the historical exploration data for Skeleton Coast's five exclusive prospecting licences (EPLs) in the Erongo region of Namibia. This completes the Phase 1 data consolidation and target definition recommended in Skeleton Coast's technical reports. Interpretation of the compiled data has defined priority target areas on each licence for field validation. ]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>URANIUM</category>
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            <title>Glencore secures RIGI benefits for MARA project in Argentina</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner Glencore has received approval for the Minera Agua Rica – Alumbrera (MARA) project under Argentina’s Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI). RIGI is a national legal framework to attract multimillion-dollar investments through a 30-year guarantee of tax, customs, and regulatory stability.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Glencore raises 2026 marketing profit outlook, resets long-term guidance framework</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Glencore on Friday said it now expects 2026 marketing adjusted operating profit to exceed $5-billion, well above its long-term guidance, after a near-record first-half performance driven by volatile oil, gas and freight markets. The Swiss miner and trader's earnings from commodity trading have leaped as conflict in the Middle East creates constraints across global energy markets.]]></description>
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            <category>MINING &amp; ENERGY</category>
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            <title>First Nation ends agreements with Canadian gold explorer Spanish Mountain Gold </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian exploration company Spanish Mountain Gold and the Xatśūll First Nation committed in 2012 and 2021 to support negotiations toward a relationship agreement on the company's proposed gold mine, in British Columbia, however, the Xatśūll First Nation has terminated the 2012 Protocol Agreement in addition to the 2021 engagement protocol having been terminated in April.

Xatśūll First Nation is part of the larger Secwepemc Nation in the Cariboo region of British Columbia near Williams Lake. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>DPM confirms Vareš operating as normal amid Constitutional Court review of land dispute</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX- and ASX-listed DPM Metals has confirmed that operations at its underground silver mine Vareš continue to operate as normal while the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has set a period of six months for relevant authorities to review challenged acts in a dispute related to State-owned forests and forest land in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

The court clarified the legal limits and authority of federal, cantonal and municipal bodies to enter into acts concerning State-owned forests and forestry land, with the dispute directly involving concession agreements tied to mining projects, specifically the Vareš operation. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>SILVER &amp; BASE METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mountain Province foregoes stake in Gahcho Kué amid pressures</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian diamond miner Mountain Province has entered into a consensual restructuring implementation agreement with De Beers Canada, lender Dunebridge Worldwide and the beneficial holders of Mountain Province's senior secured notes due December 2027.

The agreement provides for De Beers to assume full ownership of the Gahcho Kué diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, releases the Mountain Province entities from associated obligations and liabilities, and preserves rights that allow the company to regain an ownership interest in the mine in future.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>DIAMONDS</category>
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            <title>Dynacor appoints former ArcelorMittal Mines Canada GM as COO </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-listed artisanal ore processor Dynacor Group has appointed Jonathan Hill COO, where he will guide the group's operational and strategic objectives while driving operational excellence, safety, talent success and technology enablement.

His appointment comes as Dynacor is commissioning the first phase of its expansion strategy across South America and Africa. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Generation Mining starts early works on Marathon palladium, copper project build</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/generation-mining-starts-early-works-on-marathon-palladium-copper-project-build-2026-10-02</link>
            <description><![CDATA[TSX-listed Generation Mining has started with construction of the Marathon copper/palladium project, in Ontario.

The company has made initial payments of $30-million to secure critical equipment to site, as part of a broader $150-million 'critical purchase' plan. Some of these orders include crushing infrastructure, grinding and regrind mills, hydrocyclones, flotation equipment, thickeners and cranes. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COPPER &amp; PGM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Algoma advises of 65% third-quarter shipment drop from unplanned outage</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/algoma-advises-of-65-third-quarter-shipment-drop-from-unplanned-outage-2026-10-02</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Having experienced an unplanned turbine outage at its Lake Superior Power facility, Algoma Steel expects a 65% drop in its third-quarter steel shipments. The company is a leading Canadian producer of steel plate and hot rolled steel products, with total steel shipments for the three months ended September 30 expected to be 145 000 t, compared with 419 000 t in the same quarter last year.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>STEEL</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Fatal accident at Radomiro Tomic mine, Codelco partially suspends operations</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/fatal-accident-at-radomiro-tomic-mine-codelco-partially-suspends-operations-2026-10-02</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A worker was killed in an accident at Chilean State-run miner Codelco's Radomiro Tomic mine, the country's mining regulator Sernageomin said on Thursday.

Codelco confirmed in a statement that a mechanic died and said it suspended operations in the crushing and material handling area of the mine where the accident happened.]]></description>
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            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canada to fast track oil pipeline designed to diversify economy away from US</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canada will fast track the approval process for a new proposed crude oil export pipeline to its west coast that could generate over C$20-billion ($14-billion) a year in GDP, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday.

The pipeline, which was announced in July, is a crucial part of Carney's bid to diversify the economy away from the United States and help lessen the effect of US President Donald Trump's tariffs.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>ConocoPhillips signs 20-year LNG deal with Venture Global</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Venture Global and ConocoPhillips said on Thursday they had signed a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement under which ConocoPhillips will buy one-million tonnes a year of LNG starting in 2030.

The deal comes as ConocoPhillips looks to bolster its LNG portfolio while challenges stemming from the Iran conflict have affected QatarEnergy's LNG operations and expansion projects in which ConocoPhillips holds interests.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Hindalco aims to kick-start an alumina pricing revolution, columnist says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The market for the raw material needed to produce aluminium is both huge and highly opaque despite the best efforts of both exchanges and price reporting agencies.

The London Metal Exchange (LME) launched an alumina contract in 2019 but it hasn't traded since early 2020. The CME's product, trading since 2017, has seen only sporadic activity.]]></description>
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            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canadian gold miner Mayfair secures bulk of funding required to bring Fenn-Gib online</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V- and NYSE-listed Mayfair Gold Corporation has entered into a subscription agreement involving a strategic equity investment of C$10-million and a non-binding term sheet for a C$300-million project finance facility with Macquarie Bank.

The funds will support the development of Mayfair's Fenn-Gib gold project, in Ontario. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Catalytic power of platinum, palladium being eyed for drones</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The catalytic properties of platinum and palladium are being researched and developed as a potential source of significant upliftment for drones. The higher energy density that platinum and palladium can provide is being viewed as an extender of operating time, increased payload capacity and improved performance.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Ionic Rare Earths applies for Aim shares listing </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths is applying to list its shares on the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) of the LSE.

Ionic says it has established a significant operational presence in the UK, and believes that the Aim admission will support its growth ambitions, including advancing the Belfast commercial magnet recycling facility currently being developed by Ionic Technologies.  ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
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            <title>Supra awarded DoD contract to advance scandium recovery</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/supra-awarded-dod-contract-to-advance-scandium-recovery-2026-10-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The US Department of Defence's (DoD's) Defence Logistics Agency has awarded Texas-based Supra Elemental Recovery a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research contract to advance the recovery of scandium. Under this Phase 1 effort, Supra will evaluate the feasibility of applying its separation platform to relevant feedstocks in support of potential future scalability.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>SCANDIUM</category>
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            <title>Canadian miner Aris heads into community engagement talks with prepped ESIA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX- and NYSE-listed Aris Mining Corporation has completed the preparation of an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) on the Soto Norte gold and copper project, in Colombia, ahead of community engagement and submission of the full ESIA to government. Aris plans to undertake community meetings in Matanza, Suratá and California in October, during which the company will present the ESIA, receive community feedback and consider relevant submissions before finalising the ESIA for submission.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD &amp; COPPER</category>
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            <title>Lithium Argentina outlines phased expansion plan for Cauchari-Olaroz</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-listed Lithium Argentina has confirmed the viable potential of a Stage 2 expansion project at Cauchari-Olaroz, in Argentina. A scoping study on the Stage 2 expansion contemplates additional production of 45 000 t/y of lithium carbonate, which generates an after-tax net present value of $3.1-billion and an internal rate of return of 28.5% using a lithium carbonate price of $18 000/t.]]></description>
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            <title>American Rare Earths updates Cowboy State Mine potential as springboard for broader strategy</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed American Rare Earths outlines in an updated scoping study on the Cowboy State mine (CSM), in Wyoming, a larger development platform for a domestic source of rare earths in the US. The study contemplates a 50%-higher throughput scenario at 4.5-million tonnes a year, with an estimated after-tax net present value of about $1.07-billion.]]></description>
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            <title>Brazil regulator orders partial halt at Sigma Lithium mine over 'imminent risk'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Brazil's mining regulator ANM has ordered Sigma Lithium to halt mining activities in part of its Grota do Cirilo mine, citing an unspecified "imminent risk," according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

The agency ordered immediate corrective work to begin on the eastern slope of the mine's north pit, where it said there was a "ruptured section".]]></description>
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            <title>Glencore, Peabody and Heeney Capital weigh Venezuela coal deals, Bloomberg News reports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Glencore, Peabody Energy and investment firm Heeney Capital are weighing deals to produce coal in Venezuela, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Glencore and Peabody are working together on a possible bid for assets in Zulia state, while Heeney is pursuing a separate potential bid with Alabama-based miner Drummond Co, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Supervisors at BHP Escondida mine in Chile reject offer, paving way for strike</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Supervisors at BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, rejected a collective contract offer on Wednesday, paving the way for a potential strike at the Chilean mine.

Last week, the 1 020-member union received the final proposal and urged its members to reject it in the vote.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US senators hit deal on energy project permitting bill, vote after midterm elections</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US senators from both parties said on Wednesday they have reached a deal to reform laws on the permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects, though a vote will not occur before the midterm elections.

The agreement marks a significant milestone in the years-long effort by Congress to overhaul federal permitting, which lawmakers and industry groups say is needed to speed construction of transmission lines, data centers, mines and both renewable and fossil fuel energy projects.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's Lynas Rare Earths to buy Meteoric Resources for $672m</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia's Lynas Rare Earths said on Thursday it would acquire Meteoric Resources in a A$968-million ($672-million) all-share deal for the Brazil-based miner, adding a new source of heavy rare earths to the top Western supplier.

Under the scheme of arrangement, Lynas will acquire all Meteoric shares at a fixed exchange ratio of 0.0207 new Lynas shares for each Meteoric share, a premium of more than 68% to Meteoric's last close.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sibanye confirms wage agreement for East Boulder workers, strikes continue at Stillwater East, ...</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/sibanye-confirms-wage-agreement-for-east-boulder-workers-strikes-continue-at-stillwater-east-columbus-continue-2026-09-30</link>
            <description><![CDATA[NYSE- and JSE-listed precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater's workforce has successfully ratified a new collective bargaining agreement at the East Boulder mine in Montana, in the US, effective retroactively from August 1 this year to July 31, 2029, with the United Steel Workers International Union (USW).

The new agreement provides a wage increase of 4.5% in year one and the greater of 3.5% or consumer price index (CPI) in year two and the greater of 3% or CPI in year three of the agreement.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>PRECIOUS METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Panama government to recommend copper mine restart through state tie-up, sources say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ A Panamanian government commission will recommend to President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday to restart the suspended Cobre Panama mine, two sources familiar with the matter said, proposing a state partnership with Canada's First Quantum Minerals.

The final government audit of the mine - which was responsible for 1% of copper production worldwide when it was idled in 2023 - was highly expected by market participants as prices of the red metal hover near all-time highs.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>KPMG affirms economic value offered by Falco's Horne 5 project in Québec</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Professional services firm KPMG finds in a socioeconomic impact study on TSX-V-listed Falco Resources' Horne 5 project that it can contribute $8.8-billion to Québec's GDP over its lifetime. KPMG was appointed to determine the significant economic and labour opportunities offered by the development of the Horne 5 copper and gold project, based on the project's updated feasibility report that was published in July.]]></description>
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            <category>COPPER &amp; GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Tungsten market value estimates vary, but the upward trajectory is clear</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Research firm Market Data Forecast estimates the value of the global tungsten market to have been $5.14-billion in 2025, which will likely widen to $5.56-billion in 2026 and further to $10.45-billion by 2034. This equates to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2% between 2026 and 2034.]]></description>
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            <category>TUNGSTEN</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Epiroc secures underground mining equipment order for Sibanye-Stillwater PGMs mine </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries Epiroc has won a large order for underground mining equipment from multinational metals and mining company Sibanye-Stillwater for a platinum group metals (PGMs) mine in South Africa. Sibanye-Stillwater will use the equipment at the Siphumelele shaft at its Rustenburg PGMs operations.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[US-based high-purity iron producer Hertha Metals has closed a $133-million Series A venture capital funding round, which includes a $65-million equity investment from the US government through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) programme.

The funding round was co-led by Khosla Ventures and Deorr Capital, with participation from companies such as Pear Ventures, Gates Frontier, Niterra, Toyota Ventures and Siemens Financial Services. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V-listed Atico Mining Corporation has entered into a new secure project finance facility worth $95-million with commodities trader Trafigura to facilitate the construction and development of the La Plata gold and copper project, in Ecuador. Atico also entered into a subscription agreement with an affiliate of Trafigura for a private placement of $16.4-million.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian gold mining company Aris Mining Corporation founder, chairperson and CEO Neil Woodyer has been inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. The formal ceremony will be held on January 14 next year.

His career spans more than five decades in metals and mining, having started as a metals trader in London in the 1970s. ]]></description>
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