US Antimony, Americas Gold to jointly build Idaho plant
United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) and Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) are joining forces to build a hydromet processing plant in Idaho that they see anchoring a…
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First Quantum credit outlook improves on Cobre Panama progress, S&P says
S&P Global Ratings revised First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) outlook to positive from negative on Tuesday, citing progress toward restarting its Cobre Panama copper mine and stronger liquidity management. While…
Critical Metals confirms high-grade HREEs at Tanbreez project in Greenland
Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) says drilling at its Tanbreez project in Greenland indicates the potential to further grow the resource of what is ranked as one of the world’s largest…
JV Video: Troilus targets spring finance decision
Lenders have increased the proposed debt facility for the Troilus Mining (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) gold-copper project in Quebec up to $1 billion (C$1.35 billion) from $700 million as the…
Kidnappers kill Vizsla mine workers in Mexico
Some Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) workers who were abducted last month in west-central Mexico have been killed, the company said. The stock plunged. Vizsla said Monday it’s been informed…
PMET to raise $130M for Quebec lithium exploration
Canadian mine developer PMET Resources (TSX: PMET; US-OTC: PMETF) is raising up to $130 million (US$96 million) to fund exploration and development work at its Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium project in northern…
Roundup Video: BC’s move towards permitting certainty
Victoria’s push to speed exploration permits, paired with a landmark approval for Skeena Resources’ (TSX, NYSE: SKE) Eskay Creek restart, is starting to rebuild confidence in British Columbia’s permitting system,…
Video: Rare earths’ outsized leverage
Rare earth elements may be obscure to most consumers, but they sit inside the magnets, motors and sensors that run much of the modern economy. In a four-part audio series,…
JV Video: Minaurum’s Alamos lands 55M-oz resource
Minaurum Silver’s (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) maiden inferred resource of about 35 million oz. silver at its Alamos project in Mexico’s Sonora state, published late last month, gives the junior…
Heliostar pours first gold from San Agustin mine
Mexico-focused miner Heliostar Metals (TSX-V: HSTR) says it has poured first gold from the recently restarted San Agustin mine in Durango state. The open-pit mine officially becomes Heliostar’s second producing…
Ares restarts US fluorspar output after Pentagon deal
Ares Strategic Mining (CSE: ARS; US-OTC: ARSMF) said it has restarted the Lost Sheep fluorspar mine in Utah after landing a major U.S. government contract to supply the obscure mineral…
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge
Canadian explorer Midnight Sun Mining (TSX-V: MMA; US-OTC: MDNGF) just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt, an area that’s attracting Cold War-style financing competition to speed the record-price red metal to market. The junior reported Jan. 20 that…