Interview: Sierra rebounds under ex-Gold Fields exec
Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT) is targeting a 10-fold earnings increase this year compared with 2022 as it attracts potential “white knight” investors after rejecting a hostile takeover bid, its CEO…
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Collective to expand 2025 Colombia drill program
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) said it will expand drilling in Colombia this year while speeding up various studies in a bid to secure permits faster. The revised…
China’s foreign mining investment sets record
China’s overseas mining investment under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) hit another peak last year at $21.4 billion (C$30.6 billion), as the government continues to place heavy emphasis on…
The Metals Co. says it may defy UN
The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) is threatening to bypass United Nations deep-sea mining regulations unless the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) speeds up its rule-modernization process. TMC has invested more…
EU selects 47 strategic critical minerals projects
The European Union has published its first list of strategic projects strengthening the local extraction, processing and recycling of 14 of the 17 materials it deems critical for its energy transition and…
Talon rises on Minnesota massive sulphide discovery
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has made a massive sulphide discovery at its Tamarack project in central Minnesota that it says could significantly extend its nickel-copper-cobalt resource. Its shares surged. The company…
PDAC JV video: Kingfisher grows Golden Triangle holdings as drilling looms, CEO says
Kingfisher Metals (TSXV: KFR; US-OTC: KGFMF) has amassed the largest contiguous land position in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, CEO Dustin Perry says. Its 849 sq. km of holdings hold the…
Generation hikes Marathon estimated output
Generation Mining (TSXV: GENM) released an updated feasibility study for its long-delayed Marathon palladium-copper project in northwestern Ontario that boosts estimated output as well as construction costs. Shares rose. Marathon is…
First Nations slam BC mining claims framework
British Columbia’s new framework requiring consultation with First Nations before registering mining claims misses the mark for consulting with Indigenous groups, First Nations say. The new consultation Mineral Claims Consultation…
Deep-sea mining scars last decades, but life returns
A new study led by Britain’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed that the effects of a deep-sea mining experiment in the Pacific Ocean more than four decades ago are…
Earth AI unveils six mineral prospects in Australia
Clean energy metals explorer Earth AI says it has discovered six new mineral prospects containing tungsten, cobalt and gold across its tenements in Australia. The company identified the prospects by…
Latam assets set to refill depleted mid-tier M&A pipeline, SCP says
Latin American projects are set to refill the mid-tier mergers and acquisitions pipeline, SCP Resource Capital says. Recent transactions have opened doors for new mid-tier companies, SCP analysts wrote in…