Chile loads copper cannon with 13 projects for 2026
Thirteen Chilean copper projects worth $14.8 billion (C$20 billion) are expected to hit key milestones in 2026 as prices rise on fears of a global supply squeeze. Seven domestic projects…
Exploration
London Symposium JV Video: Midnight Sun marches forward in Zambia
Midnight Sun Mining (TSX-V: MMA; US-OTC: MDNGF) is poised to deploy a sixth drill rig early next year at its Dumbwa copper target in Zambia as the company advances exploration…
Ero Copper sees busy 2026 as Furnas PEA nears
Brazil-focused miner Ero Copper (TSX, NYSE: ERO) is doubling down on drilling at its Furnas gold-copper project as it works on a preliminary economic assessment due to be released in…
London Symposium JV Video: Lake Victoria Gold nears capex update for Imwelo
Lake Victoria Gold (TSX-V: LVG; US-OTC: LVGLF) expects to release an updated capital expenditure forecast for its $15 million Imwelo project in Tanzania early in 2026 as the company moves…
London Symposium JV Video: XXIX Metal plans new drilling at Thierry
Canadian mine developer XXIX Metal (TSXV: XXIX, OTCQB: QCCUF) is planning to drill about 15,000 metres at its past-producing Thierry copper-nickel property in Ontario during the first quarter of 2026…
Japan to test mining rare earths from deep seabed mud
Japan will conduct a month-long test to extract rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed near the remote Minamitorishima Island, marking a first-of-its-kind effort to continuously lift material from about 6,000…
Erdene CEO sees Mongolia gold mine anchoring district
Canada’s Erdene Resource Development (TSX: ERD) is working to turn its new Bayan Khundii open-pit gold mine in Mongolia into the anchor of a future minerals district that will one day…
Sumitomo’s first Frotet resource shows 5-gram gold
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTCQX: KLDCF) says an inaugural inferred mineral resource for the Regnault gold deposit at northern Quebec’s Frotet project shows average grades of 5.47 grams per tonne.Regnault…
Canada Nickel posts country’s top metal ounces
Two new initial resources for Canada Nickel’s (TSX-V: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) sulphide deposits in northern Ontario now make its Timmins Nickel District the largest undeveloped nickel base in the country…
NGEx hits 4% copper, 11g gold at Lunahuasi in Argentina
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTCQ: NGXXF) said new drilling at the Lunahuasi polymetallic project in Argentina vertically extended an existing high-grade zone by 100 metres. The stock rose. Hole DPDH048 in the deposit’s…
Friedland-backed Sunrise readies for scandium build
Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX: SRL), backed by mining financier Robert Friedland, has raised A$32.5 million (C$29.7 million) to start pre-construction at its Syerston scandium development in New South Wales. The…
London Symposium JV Video: Perseverance CEO eyes 2026 drills in Quebec, Michigan
Perseverance Metals (TSXV: PMI) plans to start first drilling at its Voyageur nickel-copper target in Michigan in the first quarter and return to Quebec’s Lac Gayot later next year as…