May 15, 2024
Property

Orla acquires Nevada’s Pony Creek property through Contact Gold takeover

The precious metals company Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA) significantly expanded its Nevada territory this week by closing its acquisition of Contact Gold and its 4,500-hectare Pony Creek property. The site is right next to Orla’s South Railroad project in the state’s Carlin gold trend. The acquisition also came with the Green Springs property, located

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Finance

A’s hire investment banker to secure $500 million in financing

The Oakland Athletics have taken another significant step toward Nevada, retaining a major player in sports finance to broker a deal intended to provide team owner John Fisher with $500 million toward a new ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip. Nevada legislators last June approved $380 million in public funding toward the estimated $1.5-billion cost

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Loans

Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable energy agenda. The U.S Energy Department agreed on

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