Cornish Metals faces costly financing hurdle
Cornish Metals (AIM: TIN) is seeking £135 million ($254 million) through a deeply discounted share sale to unlock financing for its South Crofty tin mine’s restart, warning it could be…
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Seville panel: Europe must match US mining support
Europe needs to match its critical minerals ambitions with purchase guarantees, public investment and stable policies if it wants companies to build mines and processing plants, speakers told the sixth…
Mauritania’s first uranium mine comes into view despite funding, security issues
Aura Energy (ASX: AEE; AIM: AURA) is moving closer to building Mauritania’s first uranium mine after a bankable feasibility study outlined a $500-million (C$701.9 million) valuation for its Tiris project,…
Heliostar drilling strengthens Ana Paula growth case
Heliostar Metals (TSX: HSTR; US-OTC: HSTXF) has intersected gold below the planned workings of its Ana Paula project in Mexico, pointing to expansion potential as it prepares a feasibility study…
Sponsored video: Amex prepares for Perron bulk sample
Amex Gold Mining President & CEO Victor Cantore in conversation with The Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Amex Gold Mining…
South African rare earth mine targets first exports
South Africa’s Steenkampskraal mine is targeting its first rare earth concentrate exports before year-end following the opening of a processing plant, while plans to produce higher-value separated oxides locally remain…
Sponsored video: Atex eyes Valeriano starter mine
Atex Resources President & CEO Chris Beer in conversation with The Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Atex Resources and produced…
Copper-hungry US buyers circle Ivanhoe Electric mine
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE-A, TSX: IE) is in advanced negotiations to sell copper from its $1.4-billion Santa Cruz project in Arizona as surging demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure and power grids…
Digital gold could triple by 2031, WGC estimates
Digital gold could bring $95 billion (C$135 billion) in new money into bullion by 2031 if providers can win investors’ trust, the World Gold Council and Boston Consulting Group estimate….
Study nearly doubles value, lifts resource for Aclara’s Penco rare earths project
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Aclara Resources’ (TSX: ARA) Penco Module rare earths project in Chile almost doubles its post-tax net present value over a 2021 study despite…
Brazil survey plan could give big miners first claims
Brazil’s geological survey is considering giving companies that help pay for airborne surveys temporary exclusive access to the results, raising concerns that large funders could secure promising exploration ground before…
Americas Gold’s record silver output misses forecasts
Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) reported weaker-than-expected silver production in the third quarter amid ongoing infrastructure work at its main Galena complex in Idaho. Silver production in…
Spain’s Andalucia courts miners with faster permits
The Andalucia region in Spain wants to attract mining investors with faster approvals and access to hundreds of areas covered by expired mineral rights, as Europe seeks the capacity to…
Volta doubles Springer rare earths, eyes 2027 study
Ontario project ranks fifth in North America by resource tonnage, with its first gallium estimate adding potential value.
Military Metals wins four-year Slovak licence lifeline
Military Metals (CSE: MILI; US-OTC: MILIF) secured four more years to explore its Trojárová antimony-gold project in Slovakia after authorities reversed a decision to cancel its licence. Shares rose. The…
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Northern Miner awards Sean Boyd who built Agnico Eagle on ‘culture of the heart’
Sean Boyd complimented Paul Penna on his briefcase the first time the young auditor met Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) founder in 1983. Penna placed it on the tiny…
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…