Michael Jones, CEO of Los Andes Copper, talks about the looming copper supply deficit, the lack of supply response and how its Vizcachitas project in Chile is one of the few projects that could bring new supply to market.

B2Gold pulled the plug on the Gramalote open pit gold development project in Antioquia, Colombia which is a joint venture with AngloGold Ashanti. IAMGOLD raises Cote development costs again. McEwen Copper delivers long intercepts of good grades at Los Azules. Regulus Resources Antakori fill-in drilling delivers. P2 Gold hits long intercepts at Gabbs in the Walker-Lane Trend.

Royal Road Minerals updates drilling at its Caribe gold discovery in northeastern Nicaragua. Seabridge Gold announced a Preliminary Economic Assessment for a potential copper-rich underground mine on the Kerr deposit at its KSM project located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia, Canada. Denison Mines saod metallurgical test work confirmed the ability to produce a yellowcake product that meets industry standard from its Wheeler River uranium project in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. i-80 GOLD reported more results from ongoing underground drilling at its Granite Creek Mine  in, Nevada. Golden Minerals reported assays from the first 10 holes of second phase drilling at Sarita Este  in Salta, Argentina. Fury Gold Mines released seven drill holes from its Eau Claire project in Quebec, Canada, which continue to show the potential to expand the deposit.

On this episode of the AME Podcast: Exploration Matters, we focus on diversity in exploration and mining. Our first guest is Robin Longe, a partner in Dentons’ Vancouver office, who talks about the social factors and events shaping the way our industry is tackling diversity and inclusion, in particular anti-black racism.

We also catch up with AME Board Chair and Executive Director of BC's Center of Training Excellence, Jill Tsolinas, to hear about the recently published CTEM Skills Roadmap Key Findings Report.

CEO Walter Coels talks about the upcoming FS on the Eskay Creek project in British Columbia, Canada

Royal Gold acquired a sliding-scale royalty on an area including the Cortez mine and the Fourmile development project in Nevada from Rio Tinto for US$525 million in cash. Sprott launched the Sprott ESG Gold ETF (NYSE Arca: SESG) the world's first ETF to exclusively source and refine gold from globally recognized mining leaders in ESG based on special criteria developed by Sprott. Western Alaska Minerals announced the first assay results for massive Carbonate Replacement Deposit sulfide mineralization in the Waterpump Creek target area at its Illinois Creek Project in western Alaska. Canadian Copper announced exploration results from the first seven drill holes at its Chester Copper Project in the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick, Canada. Karora Resources announced drill results that confirm the consistency of the Western Flanks Main shear mineralization up to 150m below the current Mineral Resource at its Beta Hunt project in Australia.

Warren Irwin, well-known resource investor, joins Paul Harris for this week's long-form episode. The two discuss the legacy of Lukas Lundin, the next move for Teck Resources, and the need for met coal. Warren also shares his thoughts on deploying capital in the resource sector given these volatile drops in share prices and why he remains a bit bearish on the electrification of the world. 

We catch up with President & CEO Luke Alexander to discuss the completed 90,000m drilling program at Enchi in Ghana.

With drill hits such as 6.93m @ 2,184g/t AgEq from its Santa Ana project in Tolima, Colombia, Outcrop aims to issue a resource in the December quarter. CEO Joseph Hebet tells us more.

Elemental Royalties received first gold deliveries from Rambler Metals and Mining, owner of the Ming Copper-Gold Mine in Newfoundland and Labrador , its first revenue from a Canadian mine. Vizsla Silver reported 3.9m grading 1,241 grams per tonne silver equivalent in the southern extension of the Napoleon Vein, at its Panuco silver-gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico. Contango ORE said Kinross Gold announced feasibility study results for the Manh Choh gold project in Alaska in which it owns 30% and a decision to proceed with development. Aurion Resources reported results for the final 12 holes from the winter 2022 drilling program around its Helmi discovery under its JV with B2Gold in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt in Finland. Mako Mining discovered a new  gold bearing structure at the Las Conchitas-North area of its San Albino-Murra property in Nicaragua called Crucita.