Moody’s flags significant ESG risks to mining with new ratings

Some of Europe's richest deposits of valuable materials are in the trash, ranging from gold in smartphones to cobalt in electric car batteries.

To date, the company has invested $45 million in Nicaragua, completed over 70,000 meters of drilling on its flagship La India asset, and produced two PEAs and a PFS.

"The best is yet to come, but not just yet. Patience," Sharps Pixley's CEO says.

The Vancouver-based miner revealed that, including pre-commercial production from the Olympias project in Greece, its gold production was of 285,919 ounces in 2017.

Following the 2016 launching of the Collective Action Initiative for the Metals Technology Industry, the program announced today that it has added a new member.

The London-listed miner said production in three months to Dec fell 30 pct to 148,477 oz. compared with a year ago and 22 pct from the previous quarter.

Massive find is believed to be the fifth biggest gem-quality diamond ever found

This rise happened due to a recovery in output in producer countries such as the United States, Russia and China and an accompanying rise in export activity.

Rosseau Asset Management CEO Warren Irwin sees encouraging and warning signs in the current mining cycle.