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Atlas of Australian Mine Waste Puts Secondary Prospectivity on the Map

?Geoscience Australia has teamed up with The University of Queensland, RMIT University and the Geological Survey of Queensland to develop an Atlas of Australian Mine Waste, highlighting new opportunities to recover valuable minerals – a concept known as secondary prospectivity.

13 Apr 2022

Ideon to Deploy Muon Tomography for Mineral Exploration in Matagami Mining Camp

Vancouver-based Earth ‘x-ray’ company Ideon Technologies and Glencore Canada Corp. will implement the use of cosmic-ray muon tomography for mineral exploration in the Matagami mining camp in the province of Québec.

From Ideon Technologies Inc. 6 Apr 2022

Soil Microbial DNA Predicts Timing of Ecosystem Recovery

The rehabilitation of ecosystems is a critical component of modern mining operations right across Australia, and represents best practice internationally.

21 Feb 2022

Glencore Technology Expands Global “Women and Girls in Science” Mentorship Programme

Glencore Technology are expanding an International Women and Girls in Science Day initiative and inviting six women and girls from around the world who want to grow a science career to be mentored by a team member from the company.

From Glencore Technology Pty Ltd 9 Feb 2022

New ‘Goldilocks Zone’ Could Provide Critical Metals for the Green Energy Revolution

Geologists at the University of Leicester have discovered a ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust that opens up new possibilities for mining metals for the green energy revolution.

1 Feb 2022

Fortune Minerals Completes NICO Drill Program

Fortune Minerals Limited is pleased to report that it has completed the previously announced drill program on the NICO Cobalt-Gold-Bismuth-Copper Project in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

17 Dec 2021

Akobo Minerals Shortlisted for Prestigious ESG Award for Ethiopian Gold Exploration Project

Akobo Minerals is delighted to announce it was shortlisted as ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Explorer/Developer Mining Company of the Year at this week’s Mines & Money London, the premier European forum for mining investment and capital raising.

From Akobo Minerals AB 6 Dec 2021

Lithium Americas Purchases Additional Common Shares of Arena Minerals

Lithium Americas Corp. announces that on November 24, 2021 the Company purchased 23,369,003 common shares of Arena Minerals Inc.

26 Nov 2021

Burgex Mining Consultants Adds High Accuracy LiDAR Mapping Capabilities to Range of Services

Burgex Inc. Mining Consultants is excited to announce newly acquired in-house capabilities to provide high accuracy mapping of surface and underground mine workings with the addition of the ExynPak from Exyn Technologies to its fleet of advanced mining and mineral exploration solutions.

From Burgex Mining Consultants 24 Nov 2021

LKAB and Boliden Collaborate to Recycle Mining Waste and Create Circular Products

The leading Swedish mining companies LKAB and Boliden have signed an agreement and will begin working together to investigate the possibility of extracting pyrite concentrate from mining waste at the Boliden Aitik mine, which LKAB will subsequently process into fossil-free sulphuric acid.

From Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) 19 Nov 2021