Grab samples deliver strong copper grades at Aurania’s Ecuador concession Next steps include ranking its list of targets for near-term scout drilling. Northern Miner Staff | November 1, 2018 | 4:33 pm
BHP to return $10.4 billion in buyback, special dividend bonanza BHP had promised to return all of the net proceeds from the $10.8 billion sale of its U.S. shale business to shareholders when the deal was announced in July. Reuters | November 1, 2018 | 2:27 pm
Troilus Gold discovers mineralization below current resource The Z87 pit ultimately ran 350 metres deep and had a strike length of about 900 metres. Northern Miner Staff | November 1, 2018 | 1:38 pm
Capital-starved mining sector creates ‘buyer’s market’ for investors Smaller mines and developers who previously found capital through retail investors in public markets are increasingly turning to specialist investors. Reuters | November 1, 2018 | 12:39 pm
Ecuador aims to more than double mining value to GDP by 2021 Ecuador is being hailed as the biggest potential new source of supply of the metal used in renewable energy. Reuters | November 1, 2018 | 12:29 pm
Hudbay shrugs off investor concerns, buys Nevada copper junior The miner has bought Mason Resources despite shareholder Waterton previously requesting a moratorium on any near-term acquisitions. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2018 | 7:53 am
Russia’s Nornickel boosts Q3 output at its copper project Nornickels consolidated copper output has risen by 20% to 290,878 tonnes in the first nine months of 2018. Reuters | October 31, 2018 | 3:28 pm
Golden Arrow options advanced stage Indiana gold-copper project in Chile The advanced-stage gold-copper project features a near surface deposit of high-grade gold and copper. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 31, 2018 | 2:41 pm
Excelsior signs $75m financing for Gunnison in Arizona Excelsior estimates it would initially produce 25 million lb. copper per year at Gunnison. Northern Miner Staff | October 31, 2018 | 2:13 pm