UK-based Vast Resources said on Tuesday that it has signed a commercial contract to begin operations at the Baita Plai polymetallic mine in Romania. The agreement was concluded between Vast’s 80%-owned subsidiary African Consolidated Resources and state-owned Baita SA, Vast said in a statement. “We intend to publish the start-up works programme in order for […]

European Metal Holdings has received permission from the Czech authorities to start a comprehensive drilling campaign as part of its definitive feasibility study for the Cinovec lithium/tin project. The drilling is aimed at converting a sufficient portion of the existing indicated mineral resource to the measured resource category to cover the first two years of […]

Polymetal International said it had upgraded the mineral resource estimate at its Prognoz silver deposit in Russia. The fresh estimate amounted to 256m ounces of silver equivalent at 789 grams per tonne. ‘In-fill drilling results exceeded our expectations and strengthened our belief that Prognoz may succeed Dukat as one of the largest primary silver deposits […]

Reuters report Codelco is in talks to sell up to 60,000 tonnes of copper a year to China Minmetals from 2019 to 2021, marking a change in sales strategy at Chile’s state-owned miner which typically made deals on an annual basis, industry sources said. The aim was to agree “evergreen” three-year deals in which the […]

Vast Resources said Romania authorities had granted it with a mining licence for its proposed Baita Plai project. A formal association licence was granted by Romania’s National Agency for Mineral Resources. ‘After a long and difficult process, we are delighted to now be in a position to work towards the re-opening of the Baita Plai […]

The Australian-based mining company European Metals Holdings is continuing with preparations for lithium mining in the Czech Republic, despite the fact that the Czech government does not consider the memorandum on the extraction and processing of lithium, signed with EMH last year, legally binding and wants a Czech state-run company to mine and process the […]

Alexander Mining PLC said Tuesday that its partner Proses Muhendislik Danismanlik Insaat ve Tasarim AS made “major progress” to establish a zinc plat in Turkey. Alexander Mining shares were trading up 21% at 0.13 pence each on the back of the news. Alexander Mining reached a deal with Proses in February, under which Proses has […]

Precious metals mining company Polymetal International has purchased the remaining 20% stake in Saum Mining Company, which holds the licence for the Saum polymetallic deposit in Russia. The transaction, which comes after a successful exploration drilling campaign at the property, increases Polymetal’s interest in the Saum deposit to 100%. With resources of 435Koz of gold […]

A Russian commercial bank has gained control over Armenia’s second largest copper and molybdenum mine after its owner’s failure to repay hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding debts. Vallex was no longer able to repay the debt after shutting down the mine in January this year. Most of the 1,200 or so people working […]