Juno wins discovery award for Big Thunder
Private Ontario explorer Juno Corp. has won the Bernie Schnieders Discovery of the Year Award from the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association (NWOPA) for its Big Thunder gold discoveries in the…
Exploration
BC exploration spending sets record on copper appetite
Exploration spending in British Columbia set a new record last year as junior miners turned on the tap amid sustained appetite for copper projects. Exploration and evaluation expenditures in the…
Blue Moon outlines 1% copper mine in Norway
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) says a newly feasibility study for its Nussir copper project in northern Norway has confirmed what it calls a “long-life asset with strong…
Wolfden’s zinc-silver resource may revive Bathurst camp
An initial estimate for Wolfden Resources’ (TSXV: WLF) Canoe Landing deposit outlines strong zinc and silver grades, marking the first modern resource at Wolfden’s multi-target Tetagouche property inside New Brunswick’s…
Omai soars on gold resource update in Guyana
Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) has lifted its contained gold by about 22% at its eponymous project in Guyana while upgrading about half the resource into stronger categories….
American Eagle bids for Pacific Booker to add BC asset
Canadian explorer American Eagle Gold (TSXV: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) offered to buy Pacific Booker Minerals (TSXV: BKM; NYSE-MKT: PBM), arguing that the unsolicited deal offers a “new path forward” for…
Chalice taps Cutifani’s firm for Aus palladium push
Chalice Mining (ASX: CHN) has appointed Odin Partnership, founded by former Anglo American (LSE: AAL) chief Mark Cutifani, as a strategic adviser to advance its Gonneville palladium-nickel-copper project in Western…
KoBold begins AI-driven lithium push in DRC
KoBold Metals, the mining firm backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has launched what it calls the largest lithium exploration campaign in history across the Democratic Republic…
Lithium Ionic jumps as Brazil mineral rights affirmed
Lithium Ionic (TSXV: LTH) reaffirmed the validity of its mineral rights in Brazil, including those for its flagship Bandeira project, amid regulatory scrutiny into parties with ties to the company….
Paladin targets 2027 uranium decision on Patterson Lake South
Australia’s Paladin Energy (ASX, TSX: PDN) expects making a final investment decision on its Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in Saskatchewan by the end of 2027 as the company…
G Mining to buy G2 Goldfields for $3B in Guyana play
Canadian miner G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) agreed to buy G2 Goldfields (TSX: GTWO; US-OTC: GUYGF) in a $3 billion (US$2.2 billion) all-share deal that would bring two…
Orla’s double-digit gold assays extend Musselwhite
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) says new drilling at its Musselwhite mine in Ontario shows more high-grade gold zones over 2 km beyond workings, boosting the case for longer…