Newmont nets $470M from Greatland, Discovery Silver
Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) says it has netted around $470 million from selling equity stakes in Greatland Resources (ASX: GGP) and Discovery Silver (TSX: DSV) as part of…
Copper
Antofagasta’s first half copper output up 11%
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) reported on Wednesday an almost 11% increase in copper production for the first half of 2025, driven by stronger output from its Los Pelambres and…
Rio picks iron ore boss Trott as new CEO
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) has chosen Simon Trott, head of the company’s iron ore unit, as its new CEO, selecting a 20-year company veteran to steer the mining giant…
Gladiator cuts 1.1% copper from surface in Yukon
Gladiator Metals (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) says it intersected shallow copper at the Best Chance prospect on a 35-km long company property in the Yukon. Hole ACG-009 cut about 77 metres grading…
Two of BC’s biggest gold projects face off in court
Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) is taking Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) and British Columbia’s Chief Gold Commissioner (CGC) to court over contested tunnels at its Treaty Creek project. The…
Fighter jet maker dives back into seabed mining
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is back in the deep-sea mining game, holding talks with several mining companies about partnerships to access its long-held seabed licences in the Pacific Ocean. The…
Collective encounters high-grade gold in Colombia
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) expanded the mineralized area at Colombia’s Guayabales project as it released assay results from six new drill holes. The stock jumped. Hole APC-122…
Feds back AI core scan in NWT for green metals
The Canadian federal and Northwest Territories governments are backing a new AI-powered drill core scanning pilot aimed at opening up critical mineral exploration across the country’s underexplored North. The project…
Barrick hit again as Mali helicopters take $117M in gold
Mali’s military government has seized over $117 million worth of gold from Barrick’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Loulo-Gounkoto mine, days after junta leader Colonel Assimi Goïta signed a law allowing…
Global mining deaths rise for second straight year
Fatalities in the global mining industry rose for a second consecutive year in 2024, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said in its latest annual safety report. ICMM’s…
Spotlight: Mining and Exploration in BC, Prairie Provinces and the Far North – Part 2
Canada is among the world’s best mining jurisdictions and has a rich endowment of minerals from coast to coast to coast. Here’s a look at four companies with projects in…
Private miners overlook disclosure: legal experts
Many private Canadian mining companies may be unaware that they are subject to the same technical disclosure rules as public issuers and that they could face compliance risks under a…