Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, Minesa has said that it will continue to push for the Soto Norte gold project.

The miner beat expectations with a small fall in 2020 earnings, but boosted dividend as soaring commodity prices helped it recover from covid-19 disruptions in the first half of the year.

It has received an installation licence for PNP1000, the initial, small-scale production phase of its Piauí nickel-cobalt project.

The bank has closed out its stake in the iron ore miner, selling 188.5 million shares and raising around 11 billion reais ($2 billion).

Argentina’s National Mining Secretariat issued a dossier highlighting projects by Yamana, Alpha Lithium, Minsud and others.

The miners - whose ages ranged from 18 to 27 years old - inhaled toxic gases and perished.

The copper-silver project in northeastern Colombia now covers over 2,500 square kilometres, with a cumulative 220-kilometre strike of prospective copper-silver mineralization.

The new work program is designed to test the material outside of the high-grade structures that formed the mineral resource estimate.

The same week Glencore said it will abandon its coal mining interests in Colombia amid dropping profits, the country launched a proposal for its first battery storage system.