Canada Nickel secures $20M investment from Taykwa Tagamou Nation
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has received a $20 million investment from Taykwa Tagamou Nation, a Cree First Nation in northern Ontario. This is believed to be the first…
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Americans fund Fireweed’s NWT tungsten project
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) on Friday secured millions in U.S. and Canadian critical minerals project funding. The U.S. Department of Defense invested about US$15.8 million (about $22.5 million)…
Video: Sustainability innovations are reshaping mining, London panel hears
A renewed focus on sustainable industry is driving innovation to achieve it, a panel heard early this month in London. Dundee Sustainable Technologies (CSE: DST) vice president Brent Johnson spoke…
London Symposium: ‘Mining must move at the pace of business, not bureaucracy,’ Ontario’s Pirie says
Ontario’s bid to lead in the critical minerals boom in Canada is fuelled with funding increases and deregulation goals in a new mining code. Yet the province must still widen…
Ontario pension backs US$100M funding for tech firm spotting deposits from space
Australia’s Fleet Space Technologies announced Wednesday it raised US$100 million led by the investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to expand its ExoSphere exploration platform. The Teachers’ Venture…
Satellite data analysis shows copper smelting activity surged in November
Global copper smelting last month reached its highest level since February, according to a report released Wednesday that tracks smelter inactivity. Average smelter inactivity fell 2.7% from October to 13.4%…
London Symposium: Rule, Roosen call for smarter junior mining investment
“No one ever won the Kentucky Derby with the best jockey on a donkey,” Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) founder and CEO Sean Roosen told an industry event last…
Energy Fuels MOU with Madagascar unlocks path for US$2B Toliara project
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) has an initial agreement with Madagascar clearing the way for a final investment decision on its US$2-billion Toliara critical minerals project by early 2026. …
London Symposium: How new tech and sustainability can transform mining
Green technologies and sustainability-focused project strategies are helping the industry address risks earlier and build longer-lasting community ties, a London industry event heard this week. Better technologies, integrating artisanal miners…
Iamgold cuts Westwood reserves by 17% amid mine plan overhaul
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) shares fell Thursday after it cut 202,300 oz., or 17%, off the December 2023 Westwood Complex reserve estimate in Quebec. The downgrade follows new classification…
China has ‘weaponized’ global critical mineral supply chain, US miners group says
China’s ban on U.S.-bound critical mineral exports is “mineral extortion,” Washington D.C.-based National Mining Association (NMA) president Rich Nolan said on Wednesday. The export ban announced a day earlier targets…
Dakota Gold almost doubles Maitland deposit strike length as resource update, PEA nears
Dakota Gold’s (NYSE-A: DC) step-out drilling at the Maitland gold project has nearly doubled the strike length of modelled Homestake mine-style gold to 1,646 metres, lifting shares during early trading…