“Eco-Friendly” gold production planned in Iceland
“Our emphasis will be on making the most eco-friendly and socially responsible gold in the world,” St-Georges CEO Vilhjálmur Þór Vilhjálmsson stated in an interview...
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Vast Resources taken full ownership of Baita Plai mine in Romania
Vast Resources said in a press release said that it has taken full ownership of Baita Plai polymetallic mine in Romania by acquiring the remaining...
Finland’s mining of the raw minerals for batteries sparks environmental concerns
Finland is the only EU country whose bedrock is known to contain all the major battery minerals — including cobalt and lithium — and the...
Raptor Resources granted license to prospect for gold in Ireland
Prospecting License was granted to Raptor Resources Ltd for a string of townlands in Laois by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon...
Central Asia Metals’ tailings spill in North Macedonia
On September 14th, a tailings dam at Central Asia Metals’ lead-zinc Sasa mine in Kamenicka Reka, Macedonia leaked about 8,000 cubic meters of mining waste...
Dundee Precious Metals enters investment agreement with Velocity Minerals Bulgaria
Velocity Minerals Ltd. is a gold exploration and development company focused on southeastern Bulgaria. Velocity has a 70% interest in the Tintyava prospecting licence, which...
Euro Sun’s Rovina Valley gold project is receiving large institutional gold investor attention
The Rovina Valley Project covers 27.68 km² in west-central Romania and is 300 km northwest of the capital city of Bucharest. This historic mining district...
Uzbekistan plans on becoming one of the largest gold producers
At present, the annual volume of gold production in Uzbekistan is estimated at 100 tonnes (in 2017 – 89.9 tonnes; in 2019 – 88.5 tonnes)...
Kazatomprom resumes mining operations in Kazakhstan
Any new pandemic or weather-related issues at world’s largest uranium producer Kazatomprom’s operations are not expected to influence 2020 production volumes, the company said in...
Polymetal became first mining company in Russia to secure Green Loan
Polymetal has agreed to the $125 million Green Loan with Societe Generale to finance investments in transition to a sustainable and low-emissions economy, it said...