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Wimbledon opts for platinum to mark Queen’s jubilee, centre court centenary 
By: Martin Creamer 26th April 2022 In the year of the Queen of England’s platinum jubilee, the coins to be used in the Wimbledon ladies’ and gentlemen’s singles finals coin toss will be made of platinum for the first time in the championships’ history. This follows last month’s unveiling by the UK Royal Mint of its largest ever... →
Integra goes for heap leach only option at DeLamar
By: Creamer Media Reporter 22nd April 2022 TSX-V- and NYSE American-listed Integra Resources has announced that it is advancing the heap-leach stage of its DeLamar project, in Idaho, into permitting and development on a standalone basis. The company stresses that the low-cost, low-risk strategy to focus on the financial engine of the... →
Bear Creek owns Mercedes mine
By: Creamer Media Reporter 22nd April 2022 TSX-V-listed Bear Creek is now the owner of the Mercedes mine, having completed the acquisition of the mine in Sonora, Mexico, from Equinox Gold. “We are extremely pleased to have acquired a producing gold-silver mine with a strong operating team, underlying assets with a replacement cost... →
Silver demand to rise 5% this year – industry report
By: Creamer Media Reporter 20th April 2022 Global silver demand is forecast to rise by 5% this year on the back of structural advancements in industrial fabrication, which is expected to achieve another record in 2022. The 2022 demand growth forecast comes on top of an impressive 19% gain in 2021, when total demand reached 1.05-billion... →
President Ramaphosa to deliver keynote address at Mining Indaba 2022
By: Martin Creamer 20th April 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver a keynote address at the 2022 Investing in African Mining Indaba, which takes place in Cape Town from May 9 to 12. The attendance of Ramaphosa, who will speak on Tuesday, May 10, signals the continued importance of mining to the South African economy as a... →
Cascabel ‘no ordinary mining asset’, says SolGold as it unveils PFS
By: Mariaan Webb 20th April 2022 Dual-listed SolGold on Wednesday published a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Cascabel project, in Ecuador, outlining plans for a multi-decade, low-cost copper producer that could help establish Ecuador as the next copper frontier. Cascabel would produce an average of 132 000 t/y of copper,... →
Greater fuel cell adoption would be a massive boost for South Africa’s platinum group metals 
By: Martin Creamer 13th April 2022 The enactment by more governments of policies to enable greater hydrogen fuel cell mobility would be a massive boost for South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) sector, Mining Weekly can today report. Adoption of hydrogen fuel cell mobility has already been significantly enabled by the German... →
Altus granted ten-year mining licence for Morocco project
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 12th April 2022 Aim-, TSX-V- and OTCQX-listed Altus Strategies has been issued a ten-year mining licence for its 100%-owned Agdz copper/silver project by the Ministry of Energy, Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco. The company’s Moroccan portfolio is held by its 100%-owned subsidiary Aterian... →
Clients planning to close many renewable energy project deals this year – Nedbank CIB
By: Martin Creamer 11th April 2022 While Africa is blessed with great natural sun and wind resources, it has about 600-million people living without access to electricity, which is one of the biggest impediments to the continent’s economic growth. Renewable energy is available to put an end to this impediment, as it can provide... →
Gatos Silver produces record quarterly production from CLG mine
By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th April 2022 NYSE- and TSX-listed Gatos Silver has produced a record 2.39-million silver ounces from its 70%-owned Cerro Los Gatos (GLC) mine, in Mexico, in the first quarter of the year. This marks a 58% increase compared with the first quarter of last year, which was impacted by a temporary shutdown for two... →
Hydrogen key to long-term use of platinum, says SFA Oxford’s Forrest
By: Martin Creamer 6th April 2022 Coordinated industry intervention is required to create sustainable platinum group metals (PGM) markets, with hydrogen the key to the long-term use of platinum, said outgoing SFA Oxford head Stephen Forrest in a swansong address. “Promote PGMs heavily as platinum’s structural surplus helps... →
Green finance taxonomy to help investors make green project decisions – law firm
By: Martin Creamer 5th April 2022 South Africa’s first green finance taxonomy will help investors and financial institutions make more informed decisions on ‘green’ projects, say Webber Wentzel’s Patrick Heron and Joon Chong. Heron and Chong describe the taxonomy, launched by National Treasury last Friday, as an official... →
Trevali rolls out digital technologies to further digitalisation goals
By: Donna Slater 4th April 2022 Canada-headquartered base metals miner Trevali is increasingly rolling-out its use of the Emmesent Hovermap simultaneous localisation and mapping light detection and ranging scanner, both underground and on the surface, as the miner moves towards increased digitalisation of its mines. With its... →
Minerals Council ending century-long relationship with Johannesburg CBD
By: Martin Creamer 4th April 2022 Minerals Council South Africa has begun a new era by moving into modern premises in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and closing a century-long chapter in Johannesburg’s central business district (CBD). The historic Minerals Council building, on Hollard Street– which was constructed in 1921 – will be sold. →
Historic Minerals Council building, on Hollard Street.
Silver production starts at Wonawinta
By: Esmarie Iannucci 31st March 2022 ASX-listed Manuka Resources has started silver production at its Wonawinta operation, in New South Wales, after completing the first phase of gold production from its Mt Boppy gold project in May this year. The company told shareholders on Thursday that all major capital upgrades, and wet... →
Holtby to retire as chair from Wheaton board
By: Creamer Media Reporter 28th March 2022 Streaming company Wheaton Precious Metals has announced the retirement of Doug Holtby as chairperson and nonexecutive director of the board upon the completion of his term at the upcoming shareholders meeting in May. Holtby, who has been a director since 2006 and chairperson since 2009, has... →
Silver junior to list on Lima exchange
By: Creamer Media Reporter 28th March 2022 Canadian silver mining company Silver X has applied to list its common shares for trading on the Lima stock exchange. Listing on the Lima exchange will give regional investors easier access to invest in the future of the company, says CEO Jose Garcia. →
Silver Hammer permitted to drill at Silverton, Nevada
By: Creamer Media Reporter 25th March 2022 Vancouver-based Silver Hammer has been granted a two-year drilling and surface disturbance exploration permit to drill at its past-producing Silverton silver mine, north-east of the Tonopah silver district in Nevada. The drilling is part of an exploration programme targeting extensions of the... →
Parliaments must act swiftly to reduce climate change – Mapisa-Nqakula 
By: Martin Creamer 22nd March 2022 National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Monday urged heads of the world's Parliaments gathering at the 144th plenary assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to undertake all necessary efforts to deal with climate change through oversight and the constitutional powers of the... →
Now’s the time for full energy freedom, says green hydrogen stalwart Andrew Forrest
By: Martin Creamer 17th March 2022 Let’s give energy sovereignty to the world. Renewable energy is everywhere. Every country can produce it. Now is the time to capture it, and have full energy freedom, enthused Fortescue Metals Group nonexecutive chairperson Andrew Forrest, while being interviewed by CNN anchor Christiane... →
Fortescue Metals Group nonexecutive chairperson Andrew Forrest (right), being interviewed by CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour.
Endeavour to raise $40m in bought-deal financing
By: Mariaan Webb 16th March 2022 Midtier precious metals miner Endeavour Silver on Tuesday announced a $40-million bought-deal financing, the proceeds of which it would use to pay the cash component of its Pitarrilla project acquisition. Endeavour entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, led by BMO Capital... →
Equivalent of a Koeberg arising in solar projects – AmaranthCX
By: Martin Creamer 14th March 2022 The equivalent of a Koeberg power station is arising in the form of new largely mine-linked private-sector solar power photovoltaic projects across Southern Africa, according to AmaranthCX director and founder Paul Miller, whose company is working on the second edition of its electronic map of... →
Manuka completes gold production, switches to silver
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th March 2022 ASX-listed Manuka Resources has completed Phase 1 gold production at the Mt Boppy project, New South Wales, and will now transition to silver production at its Wonawinta plant in March. Manuka told shareholders on Tuesday that the Mt Boppy gold project had outperformed forecasts by over 70% in... →
Transnet bottlenecks to hamper South Africa's export opportunities amid Russia sanctions
By: Darren Parker 4th March 2022 The bottlenecks in South Africa’s export corridors – caused in large part by State-owned logistics company Transnet’s inability to provide sufficient capacity – will likely undermine any opportunities that could arise from commodity supply shortages and higher prices as more sanctions are... →
ESG slowing down as energy transition highlights mining as indispensable – RMF
By: Martin Creamer 2nd March 2022 The energy transition is highlighting mining as an indispensable industry, said Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) CEO Hélène Piaget in opening a webinar on 'Responsible Mining Index (RMI) Report 2022', which reports a slowdown in economic, environmental, social and governance (ESG). “Yet there... →
BHP invests C$100m in owner of South American copper project
By: Mariaan Webb 28th February 2022 Diversified mining company BHP will invest C$100-million in Canadian junior Filo Mining, which is developing a copper/gold/silver project straddling the border between Argentina and Chile. Toronto-listed Filo Mining on Monday announce that it would issue 6.27-million common shares in a private... →
Gold soars over 2%, palladium advances as Russia attacks Ukraine
By: Reuters 24th February 2022 Gold prices jumped more than 2% on Thursday to their highest in over a year and palladium extended a rally as Russian forces invaded Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin authorised what he called a special military operation. Spot gold climbed 1.9% to $1 943.28 per ounce by 0720 GMT, after... →
Hochschild Mining profit jumps on silver price rise, production rebound
By: Reuters 23rd February 2022 Precious metals miner Hochschild Mining posted a 41% jump in full-year core earnings on Wednesday, boosted by a rise in average silver prices and rebound in production after operational stoppages in 2020 due to the pandemic. London-listed Hochschild, which operates two mines in southern Peru and... →
New mining method makes Lucky Friday safer, more productive – Hecla
By: Mariaan Webb 22nd February 2022 Silver and gold miner Hecla Mining has developed a new, innovative mining method that will allow the Lucky Friday mine, in Idaho, to increase its projected production in 2022 by almost a million silver ounces, CEO Philip Baker announced on Tuesday. The Underhand Closed Bench (UCB) mining method,... →
Supreme Court orders Mexico officials to declare Almaden’s titles ineffective
By: Creamer Media Reporter 21st February 2022 The Mexican Supreme Court has ordered the Economy Ministry to declare Vancouver-headquartered explorer and developer Almaden’s mineral titles ineffective and to re-issue them once it has complied with an obligation to carry out consultations with indigenous communities. Almaden’s mineral claims... →
Hecla reports second-highest silver reserves in its 130-year history
By: Creamer Media Reporter 18th February 2022 NYSE-listed Hecla Mining on Thursday announced its second-highest silver reserves in its 130-year history, with reserves increasing to 200-million ounces. The company not only replaced silver production (15.2-million silver ounces contained), but also increased proven and probable reserves by 6%,... →
Red tape delaying R90bn investment in ready-to-go projects – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 14th February 2022 Red tape is delaying investment worth R90-billion in ready-to-go mining-related projects, at a time when the South African economy is in desperate need of such projects proceeding, to create jobs and to stimulate economic growth. Projects worth R30-billion would be able to proceed if the 4... →
Weekly Commodities Market Wrap
By: Creamer Media Reporter 14th February 2022 ENERGIES - Coal continues strong although a market correction is imminent once European physical supplies are assured. The current strong physical premiums being enjoyed are likely to align back to paper market levels, especially considering that natgas, power and carbon markets were softer on... →
Silver demand seen hitting record this year
By: Mariaan Webb 11th February 2022 The outlook for silver demand in 2022 is “exceptionally promising”, with global demand tipped to soar 8% to a record of 1.11-billion ounces, the Silver Institute reported this week. The increase will be driven by record silver industrial fabrication, which is forecast to improve by 5%, as the... →
Integra PFS details plans for larger-scale Idaho gold/silver project
By: Creamer Media Reporter 10th February 2022 Vancouver-based Integra Resources is contemplating a larger scale openpit mining project at DeLamar, in south-western Idaho, CEO George Salamis reported on Wednesday, announcing the outcomes of a prefeasibility study (PFS). Following on from the 2019 preliminary economic assessment, the... →
Yamana continues track record of reserve replacement
By: Creamer Media Reporter 9th February 2022 Canadian precious metals miner Yamana said on Tuesday that it had continued to successfully replace the ounces that it mined at its operations. The company reported year-end gold reserves of 13.7-million ounces and silver reserves of 111-million ounces, which was relatively unchanged from the... →
Metals, engineering need govt support to ensure sustainable economic recovery
By: Martin Creamer 8th February 2022 South African businesses in the metals and engineering sector have faced enormous challenges over the past few years, with the Covid-19 pandemic compounding an already difficult situation, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) said on Tuesday. Seifsa is a... →
Silver Bullet aims for saleable product in April
By: Creamer Media Reporter 8th February 2022 Junior miner Silver Bullet Mines on Monday announced the arrival of its third shipping container that holds the final major components to complete construction of its mill near Globe, in Arizona. “The delivery of the motor and drive train was the only major factor beyond our control. It’s been... →
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