Ivanhoe Electric lines up $825M loan for copper project
Ivanhoe Electric (TSX, NYSE: IE) said the United States export credit agency is interested in lending up to $825 million (C$1.15 billion) for the company’s Santa Cruz copper project in…
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Osisko Metals’ Gaspé copper assays beat outlook
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) said initial drilling results at its Gaspé copper project in eastern Quebec topped expectations. Shares jumped. All five holes drilled in the past three months intersected…
Power Metallic CEO sees ‘monster-size’ deposit at Nisk
Power Metallic Mines’ (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF) Nisk polymetallic property is probably at least as large as Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL; US-OTC: AAUK) 44-million-tonne Sakatti copper-nickel-platinum project in Finland, CEO…
Alpayana poised to let Sierra takeover bid die
Peru’s Alpayana said it’s prepared to let its revised bid for Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT; US-OTC: SMTSF; BVL: SMT) expire in two weeks after the Canadian miner urged shareholders to…
Dryden encounters ‘significant’ visible gold at Elora
Canadian junior miner Dryden Gold (TSXV: DRY; USOTC: DRYGF) says it encountered “significant” visible gold during deeper drilling at its Elora property in Ontario. The newly discovered section in hole…
Renforth boosts Parbec gold project’s size by 29%
A new resource estimate for Renforth Resources’ (CSE: RFR; US-OTC: RFHRF) Parbec gold project in western Quebec raises the deposit’s size by about one-third, the company says. Measured and indicated…
China retaliates with more curbs on rare earth exports
China fought back against United States President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs Friday by slapping immediate export restrictions on key rare earth elements in a move that could potentially endanger the…
Crater Lake’s scandium resource boosted 38%
Scandium Canada (TSXV: SCD) said new data show a 38% increase in indicated resources at its Crater Lake project in northern Quebec. Indicated resources in Crater Lake’s TG zone are…
OPEC-style lithium cartel now unlikely, analyst says
The odds of Latin America’s three lithium powers banding together to form a production cartel have almost evaporated due to contrasting economic models, a leading geopolitical analyst says. Argentina, Chile…
Peru’s Alpayana boosts hostile bid for Sierra by 31%
Peruvian miner Alpayana sweetened its hostile takeover bid for Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT) by 31% after the Canadian company rejected its initial salvo. The stock surged. Alpayana is now offering C$1.11 (US79¢)…
Ukraine mineral reserves likely too small to spur foreign miner rush: report
Persistent security concerns and widespread skepticism over the size of Ukraine’s mineral reserves mean Western resource investment in the country is unlikely to take off anytime soon even if a…
Collective to expand 2025 Colombia drill program
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) said it will expand drilling in Colombia this year while speeding up various studies in a bid to secure permits faster. The revised…