South32, owner of the Hermosa manganese-zinc mine, has selected Nogales, Ariz., as home to its remote operations center following a two-year analysis of options. Company officials said it made the choice after careful consideration of Hermosa’s county-wide planning and employment goals to retain the economic benefits of the project in the Santa Cruz County area. The selected location is 70…
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Ioneer Nevada project moves toward reality
Emerging lithium-boron producer Ioneer said it is one step closer toward construction at its Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada, following the Bureau of Land Management’s issuance of the project’s draft Environmental Impact Statement. The draft EIS is the first to be issued from the Biden administration as part of its efforts to accelerate domestic lithium production. “This news sets a…
Read MoreSignal Peak CEO signals potential mine closure
Signal Peak Energy President and CEO Parker Phipps told Yellowstone County Commissioners that unless it can expand onto federal land, Montana’s only underground coal mine could cease operations next year, reported local media. Phipps said the Bull Mountain mine is facing potential closure after U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy halted Signal Peak from beginning a 175-million-ton expansion until the Office…
Read MoreArizona Lithium, NTEC ink Big Sandy agreement
Arizona Lithium has entered into a mining services agreement with Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC), wholly owned by the Navajo Nation, to develop the Big Sandy lithium project in the battery corridor of Arizona. “NTEC is the ideal operating partner for Big Sandy and will take over the operational development of Big Sandy being responsible for managing the permitting requirements,…
Read MoreRare Element Resources boosts Bear Lodge mineral resource
Rare Element Resources has completed a new mineral resource estimate based on maximizing the recovery of the key magnet materials of neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium, as well as other critical rare earths such as lanthanum. The estimate is focused on the Bull Hill deposit at the Bear Lodge REE project, located in northeastern Wyoming, with long-term upside existing in…
Read MoreLiberty Gold confident in Black Pine future
Canadian-based, U.S.-focused Liberty Gold has reported positive results from its recent metallurgical bottle roll and column testing of gold mineralization at its Black Pine oxide gold project in southeastern Idaho. During Phase 4B and 4C of metallurgical testing, an 84.2% weighted average gold extraction, ranging up to 94.2%, was reported from 36 column leach tests. More than 80% of leachable…
Read MoreArizona Sonoran reports positive land developments
Arizona Sonoran Copper said it has acquired the land title for the 523-acre MainSpring property as well as received a special land use permit on the southeast corner of the Cactus project in Arizona. Additionally, the miner said rezoning of MainSpring PAD III, the southern parcel of the MainSpring property, to Industrial Use, Mining is now complete. There is no…
Read MoreExpanded Coeur mine hits production milestone
Coeur Mining said its newly expanded Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada achieved commercial production as of March 31. It is expected to become America’s largest source of domestically produced and refined silver.
Read MoreIsoEnergy aims to restart production at Tony M
IsoEnergy has strategically decided to reopen underground access at its Tony M uranium mine in southwestern Utah in the first half of 2024, with the goal of restarting production next year. The decision to advance the mine is underpinned by rising uranium prices, increasing support and demand for nuclear energy, and Energy Fuels restart of its uranium circuit at the…
Read MoreSurge Battery Metals lassos exploration deal for lithium project
Surge Battery Metals has concluded an entry and exploration agreement with the Salmon River Cattlemen’s Association (SRCA) that extends permission for Surge to commence drilling and other surface use on the parcels of SRCA private ground as the miner advances the Nevada North Lithium project. Surge holds fractional (25%) ownership of the sub-surface mineral rights of the parcels. The miner…
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