Mining heavyweights such as BHP and Anglo American have nothing to fear if former student protest leader Gabriel Boric becomes Chile’s next president, according to one of his top advisers.

The hunt for gold has truly heated up in La Belle Province.

Protests against miners in Peru, the world's No. 2 copper producer, have escalated in recent weeks.

Regarding all of the mined commodities, copper stands out as more bullish than the others, owing to tight supply conditions matched against explosive future demand.

In mining, grade is king.

The province of Saskatchewan has some high-grade uranium.

The plan calls for a multi-phased approach, and work will include a new slurry preparation plant and expansion of other circuits at the mill.

Capstone completed the $31 million optimization program at Pinto Valley (PV3) earlier this year.