Toronto-headquartered Americas Gold and Silver Corp. has announced significant advancements toward production at the recently acquired high-grade, past-producing Crescent silver mine in Idaho’s Silver Valley. Americas has progressed rapidly with infrastructure upgrades, equipment repairs and additions, as well as site upgrades to position the Crescent mine for a mid-2026 restart of silver, copper and antimony production, leveraging synergies with the…
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Arizona Sonoran signals end to Cactus project JV
Arizona Sonoran Copper Co. and Nuton, a Rio Tinto venture, have mutually agreed to commence discussions in January regarding an amicable early termination of the option to joint venture on the Cactus copper project in Arizona.
Read MoreKomatsu unveils historic shovel monument
Komatsu announced the arrival of a P&H 2100BL electric rope shovel to serve as a landmark at its Elko, Nev., campus. The shovel has been relocated from Milwaukee, Wis., to serve as a monument to the legacy of P&H Mining Equipment and that company’s long history of manufacturing in the United States. “This machine will now be prominently displayed in…
Read MoreFortitude Gold’s Nevada project fully permitted
U.S.-based gold producer Fortitude Gold has received all approvals from the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to construct and operate the County Line gold project located in both Mineral and Nye counties. “We would like to thank the federal and state agencies for completing the permit approvals for our County Line project. While the…
Read MoreNioCorp completes land acquisition for Elk Creek project
NioCorp Developments has completed the acquisition of additional land in Johnson County, Neb., associated with its Elk Creek critical minerals project. The company now owns a full square mile of land in Nebraska where it plans to site both its underground mine and its integrated surface processing facility. “We now have all surface and mineral rights necessary to begin construction…
Read MoreABB to electrify Thacker Pass
Lithium Americas has selected ABB as the electrification partner for its Thacker Pass project in Nevada, home to North America’s largest known measured lithium resource. As demand for electric vehicles and energy storage accelerates, Thacker Pass is set to help strengthen the U.S. domestic lithium supply chain. Once operational, it will produce up to 40,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate…
Read MoreArizona Sonoran updates MRE for Cactus project
Arizona Sonoran Copper Co. has released an updated and expanded Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for the Cactus brownfield copper project, located 45 miles south of Phoenix, Ariz. The MRE is inclusive of a conversion drilling program that targeted the near surface material from the MainSpring property, part of the Parks/Salyer deposit, and step out and conversion drilling from the Cactus…
Read MoreGunnison Copper ahead of schedule at Arizona mine
Gunnison Copper has commenced production of pure copper cathode from its fully operational Johnson Camp mine in southeast Arizona, following the successful start-up of the solvent extraction (SX) and electrowinning (EW) circuit. “This is an incredible moment for Gunnison and for U.S. copper supply. To bring Johnson Camp into production ahead of schedule and with an excellent health and safety…
Read MoreAppeals court blocks land swap
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court has blocked a proposed land swap that would allow construction of the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona. The ruling came the night before the public lands about 40 miles east of Phoenix were expected to be transferred to the company. Conservation and recreation groups, the Inter Tribal Association of Arizona, and the San Carlos Apache…
Read MoreCopAur Minerals offloads Bolo stake
CopAur Minerals has sold its minority interest (49.99%) in the Bolo gold project to majority owner Allegiant Gold as it turns its focus on advancing its Kinsley Mountain oxide-gold project in Nevada. Under the terms of the agreement, Allegiant will pay a cash consideration and forgive certain debt obligations owed to Allegiant by CopAur for historical advanced royalty and claim…
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