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Balkan defers drilling over rig risks, but has good news elsewhere

PART of the rationale for low-profile Balkan Mining and Minerals’ decision to pick up lithium interests in the hot Canadian space may have become clearer late yesterday when it announced plans to defer drilling in Serbia as anti-mining sentiment continues to bristle.

 Field work at Koshman, within the Gorge project, Canada

Field work at Koshman, within the Gorge project, Canada

The company said its rig had been linked on social media with protests against Zijin Mining's RTB complex at Bor.    It is one of the largest open pit copper operations in Europe, and one of Serbia's...

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