Livium has established a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with Mineral Resources (MinRes), focussing on the commercialisation of the LieNA lithium processing technology.

Vertex Minerals has announced an update on its Reward gold mine project in Australia, with the first blast of gold-producing ore on the Lady Belmore Reef completed.

Chile’s Labor Directorate has sanctioned the partial and gradual resumption of underground activities at El Teniente mine, operated by Codelco.

Northisle Copper and Gold has successfully closed its brokered and non-brokered private placements, securing a total of C$39.5m ($28.7m) in gross proceeds.

Capstone Copper has announced that it has sanctioned the Mantoverde Optimised (MV Optimised) project in Chile for construction.