Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Cordoba Minerals is now operating three drill rigs under the protection of both Colombian police and the military.

The miner has detected unusual ground displacements at the Extremo Norte mine, part of the Vazante complex.

Cordoba Minerals said the Colombian National Police carried out an operation against the Clan del Golfo.

US-based researchers found that copper-silver ionization could be a way to make chlorinated swimming pool water.

The global budget for nonferrous metals exploration was $8.7 billion in 2020 down from the $9.8 billion registered in 2019.

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development says most mining laws and regulations don’t acknowledge women as active participants in the sector.

Nanometer-sized metal struts that form nested networks on separate hierarchical levels demonstrated to provide great strength while remaining ultralight.

The new finding on the role of cerium came out of the ‘Olympic Dam in a test tube’ project.

The miner said uncertainty related to the ongoing impacts of covid-19 in Mexico, its focus market, takes part of the shine off its full-year profit, which tripled thanks to sharply higher gold and silver prices.