Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects – Part 2
Economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to fuel the gold price rally in 2025, while industrial demand is lifting silver prices. Here’s a look at eight juniors with interesting gold and…
News
Rio’s $2B mine keeps Aus iron ore relevant: CEO
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) this month opened its new Western Range iron ore mine, the first part of the company’s $13.3-billion (C$18.1-billion) investment plan to rejuvenate Australia’s Pilbara…
No takers for Nova Scotia uranium blocks post-ban
Nova Scotia, having recently lifted its decades-long ban on uranium exploration, says it has not received any bids for the request for proposals (RFPs) covering three areas prospective of the…
Karelian clears hurdle for EU’s first diamond mine
Karelian Diamond Resources (LSE: KDR) has registered its Lahtojoki mining concession in the Finnish land registry, advancing its plan to develop what could become the European Union’s first diamond mine….
Alberta coal mines gravely threaten fish, study shows
Leachings from historic coal mines in southwest Alberta could poison and even kill off downstream fish populations, according to a new scientific study released as a Calgary-based explorer seeks to…
JV video: Quebec links investors, communities in mining development push
Quebec has established a network of agencies, implemented legal reforms and developed AI tools to speed up the development of critical minerals projects, strategic advisor Jonathan Lafontaine says. The package…
JV video: Equity Metals tests Silver Queen porphyry in BC
Equity Metals (TSXV: EQTY) plans to push its Silver Queen resource in British Columbia past 100 million oz. gold-equivalent in the near term, vice-president for exploration Robert Macdonald says. Since…
JV video: Mandalay-Alkane merger to make 180,000 oz. miner by 2026
The all-share merger of Mandalay Resources (TSX: MND) and Alkane Resources (ASX: ALK) looks set to mint a new billion-dollar gold-antimony miner as sector consolidation continues. Both companies’ boards agreed…
Ivanhoe slashes 2025 copper guidance by 28%
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says it has restarted the western portion of the Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after floods closed it a…
Infographic: Rare earth extraction spheres of control
The second edition of our Rare Earths series breaks down global extraction at the mine level, country by country. It then regroups those nations into five geopolitical spheres of control: the American Sphere, Chinese Sphere, Russian…
Cassiar adds 7M indicated tonnes to Taurus resource
A resource update for Cassiar Gold’s (TSXV: GLDC; US-OTCQX: CGLCF) Taurus project in northern British Columbia has converted almost 20% of inferred tonnages to indicated over the initial estimate from…
Amaroq raises £45M to fund Greenland expansion
Amaroq Minerals (LSE-A, TSXV: AMRQ) has raised £45 million (C$83.2 million) in an oversubscribed financing round to expand Nalunaq gold mine production in Greenland, a territory that has piqued the…