Canada, France boost critical minerals cooperation
The governments of Canada and France have agreed to work on deepening their bilateral cooperation on critical minerals, the group of key metals and minerals necessary for the world to…
Nickel
Ring of Fire Metals, Mincor to fly under Wyloo banner
Ring of Fire Metals, Wyloo Metals, and Mincor Resources (ASX: MCR) are unifying under the brand name “Wyloo” as the company becomes the largest pure-play nickel producer outside of Russia….
Climate targets threatened by lack of mining investment: McKinsey
Soaring demand for metals and minerals needed to achieve a 45% reduction in global emissions by 2030, paired with low commodity prices driving investors and mining firms to cut spending…
Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals bids to build copper mine in Zambia within 10 years
KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, said on Monday that it aims to open a new copper-cobalt mine in Zambia within 10…
Navigating the deep: The Metals Company eyes late 2025 ocean mining start
In the dark waters of the abyssal plain between Mexico and Hawaii lies the expansive Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ), where Canadian outfit The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) plans to pioneer…
FPX Nickel signs battery supply chain MOU with Japanese groups
In another boost to the development of its Baptiste nickel project in British Columbia, FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) has secured a strategic partnership with a couple of high-profile…
Giga’s Turnagain nickel project in BC may depend on batteries boosting metal price
Giga Metals (TSXV: GIGA; US-OTC: HNCKF) has issued a prefeasibility study for its Turnagain nickel project in northern British Columbia showing it will need stronger metal prices to increase profitability. Turnagain, a…
Silver and PGMs snapshot: Eight firms seeking the green energy metals
Rising demand for critical minerals for electric vehicles, stricter emission standards for gasoline-driven engines; and a global shift toward greener energy including silver-intensive solar panels are driving exploration for platinum…
Pentagon awards US$110M more to Albemarle, Talon Metals
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) are getting about US$110 million in new U.S. government funding to support their lithium and nickel mining projects, the Pentagon said. Under…
FPX Nickel sees profitable US$2.2B-capex Baptiste nickel project in BC
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) says its Baptiste nickel project in central British Columbia would cost at least US$2.2 billion to build and still be a high-margin supplier of battery metals or…
JV Article: Archer’s Grasset nickel deposit is getting its ‘day in the sun’
A multi-million-tonne nickel sulphide deposit discovered more than 10 years ago in the northern Abitibi region of Quebec is receiving fresh scrutiny from Archer Exploration (CSE: RCHR; US-OTC: RCHRF), the…
Lifezone reports strong results at Kabanga nickel project ahead of feasibility
Recently listed Lifezone Metals (NYSE: LZM), which is 17% held by mega-miner BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), has reported high-grade results from its completed infill drilling program at…