McEwen to buy Canadian Gold for $73M
Canadian miner McEwen (TSX, NYSE: MUX) agreed to buy smaller rival Canadian Gold (TSX-V: CGC) to add the mothballed Tartan mine in Manitoba and exploration properties in Ontario and Quebec….
Exploration
Study suggests Vital Metals as large REE producer
An initial economic study for Vital Metals’ (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) Tardiff project in the Northwest Territories outlines output that would make it one of the largest rare earth concentrate…
Equinox bonanza drilling may expand Nicaragua assets
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-AM: EQX) said new drilling at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua yielded the highest-grade gold mineralization discovered to date on the property. Highlight hole EL-TMR-25-036, which…
Orla seeks Mexico mine slide answers
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) said initial geotechnical assessments of the incident that stopped pit‑mining activities at the Camino Rojo oxide mine in central Mexico should be completed in the coming week….
NexGen buys Rio stake in Athabasca properties
NexGen Energy (TSX, NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) is now the full owner of its portfolio of exploration assets in the southwest Athabasca Basin after consolidating a minority interest held by…
Freegold hits 5-year high on Golden Summit update
Freegold Ventures’ (TSX: FVL; US-OTC: FGOVF) shares soared to a five-year high on Thursday after a resource update for the company’s Golden Summit project in Alaska lifted the contained indicated…
Orla tumbles on Mexico mine halt
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) stopped pit‑mining activities at its Camino Rojo oxide mine in central Mexico after heavy rains triggered a wall failure. The stock plunged. The incident took place early…
Onyx Gold expands drilling at Munro-Croesus
Onyx Gold (TSX-V: ONYX; US-OTC: ONXGF) said it’s more than doubling the current drill program at the Munro-Croesus gold project in Ontario after reporting high-grade results from five new holes….
New Found Gold posts high-return economics
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) has outlined a staged development starting with toll milling and expanding to an underground mine and processing plant, according to a preliminary economic…
Infographic: Rare earth magnets demand
Rare earth magnets are vital for electric vehicles (EVs), wind turbines, and advanced technologies—and demand is rising fast. Currently, EVs and wind account for just 17% of global magnet…
Equinox promotes former Calibre executive to CEO
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-A: EQX) promoted chief operating officer Darren Hall to the post of CEO to replace founding shareholder Greg Smith, who is stepping down. Hall, a 40-year…
Feds OK Nevada gold project, first in a decade
Waterton Mining has announced that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved its Spring Valley project in Nevada, the first federal approval of a gold mine project in more than…