Aura Minerals more than doubles reserve base
Aura Minerals (Nasdaq: AUGO) said its reserve base grew to more than double during course of 2025, driven by successful exploration and acquisitions as well as organic growth. Its proven…
Financial Matters, M&A
Glencore seeks Canada funding for copper smelter
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) said it’s seeking Canadian government funding to modernize its copper processing plants in Quebec – including the century-old Horne smelter and a sister refinery in Montreal. The…
Fireweed nets $61.5M to advance zinc, tungsten projects
Fireweed Metals’ (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) remote critical metals projects in Canada’s Far North are gaining increasing strategic and industrial backing as it receives a $61.5-million (US$44.1-million) investment to help…
Sigma Lithium soars on cashflow boost
Sigma Lithium (Nasdaq, TSXV: SGML) rose as the company reported a sharp rise in operating margins and forecast a surge in cash flows from new sales agreements. For the fourth…
Americas Gold & Silver sees 30% output rise this year
Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE American: USAS) predicts production will climb about 30% this year on the back of rising output from its Galena complex in Idaho and…
US agency to buy 20% stake in graphite miner Syrah
The United States International Development Finance Corp. (DFC) plans a strategic investment in Australia’s Syrah Resources (ASX: SYR), which owns Louisiana’s Vidalia active anode material facility and Mozambique’s Balama graphite…
Pan American sees lower Mexico mine expansion costs
Pan American Silver (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) unveiled a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that cuts the projected cost of expanding the La Colorada mine in Mexico by almost one-third while…
Nevada King surges as Centerra takes 9.9% stake
Canadian miner Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) is paying $10 million (US$7.3 million) for a minority stake in junior Nevada King Gold (TSXV: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) to boost its…
Gemfields flags 2025 loss amid delays, weak prices
Coloured precious stones miner Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) warned on Tuesday it expects to post a loss for its 2025 financial year as weaker gemstone prices, project delays and…
Teck’s undisclosed royalty worth billions on Barrick’s Fourmile could stymie IPO
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) holds a royalty on Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Fourmile gold project in Nevada that could generate billions of dollars and impact the valuation…
US pours $1B into Latin America critical minerals
The United States has poured more than $1 billion into critical minerals investments across Latin America since January 2025, signalling a more assertive effort by Washington to secure supplies of…
First Quantum sells Turkish mine for $340M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) will sell its Çayeli mine in Turkey to a company controlled by Cengiz Holding as the Canadian miner raises additional capital for its priority assets….