Red Metal signs five-year mining lease for Chile’s Carrizal property
Red Metal Resources, via its Chilean subsidiary Minera Polymet, has signed a five-year mining lease agreement with Minera KMT for…
14 May 2026
Larvotto completes metallurgical testwork of Hillgrove tailings
Larvotto Resources has conducted initial metallurgical flotation testwork on Tailings Storage Facility 1 (TSF1) at its fully owned Hillgrove Antimony-Gold Project in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Results show 80–95%…
14 May 2026
Core Lithium awards $198.5m contract for BP33 mining project
Core Lithium has awarded a A$274m ($198.5m) underground mining contract to Develop Global subsidiary Dev Mining Services for the BP33 deposit as part of the Finniss Lithium Operation. The contract,…
14 May 2026
Trafigura, EGC, EVelution to form DRC-US cobalt supply chain
Trafigura, Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) and EVelution Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a direct cobalt supply chain between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
14 May 2026
Barminco wins $616m contract for Bellevue Gold Project in WA
Perenti’s underground mining division, Barminco, has secured a four-year contract from Bellevue Gold valued at A$850m ($616m) for its project in Western Australia (WA). Under the contract, Barminco will provide…
13 May 2026
Equinox and Orla announce merger to create $18.5bn gold producer
Equinox Gold has signed a definitive agreement with Orla Mining to merge and create a new North American gold producer with an implied market capitalisation of $18.5bn (C$25.36bn). The combined…
13 May 2026
Thor Explorations unveils new results at Senegal’s Douta Project
Thor Explorations has released new drilling results from its 2026 programme at the Douta Project in Senegal, confirming an expanded gold footprint. The project consists of three licences – Douta,…