Copper price tanks after China said it will stabilise commodity market

The applications cover a total area of 1,757 square kilometres and are located within the western Chocó department.

Surge will continue to hold its interest in its cobalt projects in both Chile and Ontario, and its lithium brine project in Chile.

Chile's Collahuasi copper mine is seeking "synergies" with companies with operations close to its own mine in the Atacama area.

The plant is operating at half capacity after early last year admitting it had made unlicensed emissions of untreated water.

The Canadian junior expects to mine 230,000 to 265,000 gold ounces this year from both Aurizona mine in Brazil and its recently acquired Mesquite gold operation in California.

There is a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Espiritu SMR property.

Tahoe shareholders also approved the arrangement.

Use of sea water, both desalinated and direct from the ocean, to increase by 230% over 2018 levels.

In December alone, gold-backed ETFs globally rose 3 percent, adding 76 tonnes worth $3.1 billion.