NioCorp nears Elk Creek full $1.1B financing
NioCorp Developments (Nasdaq: NB) says it has signed up commodity trader Traxys to buy and market the remaining planned output from Elk Creek, moving closer to full financing for the…
Stock Markets/Investing
Rock Tech Lithium attracts $200M investment in Ontario processing plant
Canadian property developer BMI Group agreed to invest $200 million (US$144 million) in Rock Tech Lithium’s (TSX-V: RCK) proposed processing facility in northern Ontario – a key step toward building…
Critical One hits visible antimony at Howells Lake in Ontario as defence metal gains momentum
Critical One Energy’s (CSE: CRTL; US-OTC: MMTLF) first modern drill hole at the Howells Lake project in northwestern Ontario cut visible stibnite from near surface across about 100 metres of…
Gold price hits three-week high on US-Iran ceasefire
Gold climbed to its highest in three weeks on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, calming inflation worries that have upended global markets. Spot gold…
Uranium Energy starts Burke Hollow output in Texas
Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-A: UEC) says it has officially turned on the taps at its Burke Hollow project in Texas, marking the start of the first U.S. in-situ recovery (ISR)…
First Quantum taps IFC for Argentina copper push
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has partnered with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to align its Taca Taca copper project in Argentina with global sustainability standards. The agreement…
Top 50 mining companies power through Iran war – up $250 billion in 2026
At the end of the first quarter the MINING.COM TOP 50* ranking of the world’s most valuable miners had a combined market capitalization of $2.41 trillion, up $250 billion so…
Goldman warns on copper risks, trims price target
Copper could see further downside risk if the war in the Middle East drags on and continues to disrupt the global supply chains by blocking the Strait of Hormuz, Goldman…
Revival sees growth potential at Utah gold mine
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) said final assays from its 2025 drill program at the past-producing Mercur gold project in Utah underscore the deposit’s expansion potential. Highlight hole RMC25-031…
Sponsored PDAC Video: Canada grant puts Malmbjerg closer to build
Greenland Resources’ (TSX: MOLY) Chairman and President, Ruben Shiffman, talks with The Northern Miner’s Western Editor, Henry Lazenby, last month during the PDAC event in Toronto. The preceding Sponsored video…
Versamet Royalties buys $360M gold stream on Skeena’s Eskay Creek in BC
Versamet Royalties (TSX-V: VMET) agreed to buy a cornerstone gold stream on Skeena Resources’ (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) Eskay Creek project in British Columbia in a $360-million (C$500-million) transaction that represents…
Liberty Gold’s Black Pine project enters federal environmental review
Liberty Gold’s (TSX: LGD) Black Pine project in southeastern Idaho is advancing in permitting after officials confirmed the start of a federal environmental review. The United States Forest Service has…