Russia plans a further major increase of domestic gold mining in years to come that will be achieved through the development of new gold mines and accelerating the further development of the already existing gold mines, according to recent statements made by representatives of some leading Russian gold mining companies and local media reports. In […]

The bad news is Ian Middlemas-chaired Berkeley Energy may have dusted more than a decade and untold millions trying to develop the Salamanca uranium project in Spain. The positive news is Berkeley is estimated to have more than A$75 million cash to go looking for a new project if indeed it comes to pass that […]

The historic site of Rosia Montana, a gold mining site dating back to the period of the Roman Empire, was included on UNESCO’s world heritage list on July 27, prompting the most diverse reactions The most expected one came from Gabriel Resources – the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange listed firm that operates Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, […]

Protesters against a planned mine by Rio Tinto in western Serbia accused the local authorities of altering the urban plan to make way for an investment that they fear will damage their environment. Hundreds of locals from western Serbia, but also activists and opposition politicians from other parts of the country, gathered on Thursday in […]

In an extensive article mainly about the struggle of local authorities and residents of Cáceres in southwestern Spain against the opening of lithium mines near their city, the economic-political paper Handelsblatt writes that this is no exception and that in other parts of Europe where lithium has been discovered the curses and blessings ”of that […]

Jadar will be one of the largest industrial investments in Serbia, contributing 1% directly and 4% indirectly to GDP, with many Serbian suppliers involved in the construction of the mine. Rio Tinto is committed to help develop local businesses so that they can support the operation over the coming decades. It will also be a […]

Euro Sun has officially filed the Planul Urbanistic Zonal (“PUZ”) or Certificate of Urbanism for Land with the County of Hunedoara, Romania and the working group established for the Strategic Environmental Assessment (“SEA”). Euro Sun announced that following the approval of the Avizul de Oportunitate received on June 15, 2021 is allowing the Company to […]

The London-based company, which is also listed on the London Stock Exchange, Adriatic Metals has successfully cleared the final major regulatory approval hurdle that now opens the way for it to start construction of its proposed Vares silver-zinc-lead mining and processing operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina later in the year. The company says it clinched […]

Anglo-Turkish precious metals miner Ariana Resources has almost doubled its estimates for gold reserves at the Kepez North site in Turkey. The reassessment to 36,400 Troy ounces is a 97% increase on the last survey in 2020, and 310% on a feasibility survey conducted in 2013. Optimism over the increase in the average grade of […]