Company said it is advancing plans to start international arbitration after the African country cancelled its Nabeba iron ore project in December.

Australian miner posted a slight increase in half-year profit, and said a strong recovery in demand for key commodities outside China early this year has put the company on track for solid growth.

The copper-silver project in northeastern Colombia now covers over 2,500 square kilometres, with a cumulative 220-kilometre strike of prospective copper-silver mineralization.

The new work program is designed to test the material outside of the high-grade structures that formed the mineral resource estimate.

Shares more than tripled after the mineral producer unveiled a $10.8 million deal for rights to a stake of as much as 64% stake in lithium battery recycling company Linico.

RTEC drilling at Forum Energy Metals' 100% owned copper-silver project in Saskatchewan.

The fire occurred at around 6 a.m. local time (2200 GMT on Tuesday) during maintenance at the Caojiawa gold mine in the city of Zhaoyuan.