Congo nears deal with Israeli billionaire to recover assets The DRC is in negotiations with Dan Gertler’s Fleurette Group, which controls mining and oil permits throughout the Central African country. Bloomberg News | February 20, 2022 | 10:55 am
New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is world’s largest brine source of lithium A $1.2 million project has been launched to both quantify and characterize the lithium resource in the Salton Sea geothermal field in California. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 20, 2022 | 6:26 am
Mexico Supreme Court issues draft decision declaring Almaden Minerals’ claims ineffective Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the Ministry of Economy to declare ineffective Almaden Minerals’ titles for its Ixtaca gold-silver project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 19, 2022 | 5:40 pm
The View from England: Mining’s Royal lesson Just when you thought the industry's public image couldn't get any worse, it did. Chris Hinde | February 18, 2022 | 1:01 pm
PureGold makes key senior management appointments Terry Smith has been appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer and Bryan Wilson has been appointed Vice President Mine General Manager of the PureGold mine. MINING.com Editor | February 18, 2022 | 12:53 pm
Gold stocks poised to dethrone top-performing oil in US, Canada Citi increased its near-term price target on gold to $1,950 per ounce -- a $125/oz hike from its previous forecast. Bloomberg News | February 18, 2022 | 12:42 pm
Teck pilots electric transport truck at Highland Valley copper operations Pilot marks the first use of a battery-electric truck to haul copper concentrate worldwide. MINING.com Editor | February 18, 2022 | 12:35 pm
Coastal GasLink work camp attacked in British Columbia The attack occurred in the same area where opponents of the natural gas pipeline had set up an occupation camp and blockade for 59 days. Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | February 18, 2022 | 10:50 am
Why inflation is ‘baked in the cake’ and gold price is moving up History tells us that previous Fed rate hikes to deal with uncomfortably high inflation resulted in recessions. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | February 18, 2022 | 10:06 am
