Opinion: Why Canada must step up in mining
My family and I came to Canada from Romania when I was in Grade 9 – newcomers with suitcases in hand, no real plan, and no exposure to mining –…
Rare Earths
JV video: Quebec links investors, communities in mining development push
Quebec has established a network of agencies, implemented legal reforms and developed AI tools to speed up the development of critical minerals projects, strategic advisor Jonathan Lafontaine says. The package…
Infographic: Rare earth extraction spheres of control
The second edition of our Rare Earths series breaks down global extraction at the mine level, country by country. It then regroups those nations into five geopolitical spheres of control: the American Sphere, Chinese Sphere, Russian…
Amaroq raises £45M to fund Greenland expansion
Amaroq Minerals (LSE-A, TSXV: AMRQ) has raised £45 million (C$83.2 million) in an oversubscribed financing round to expand Nalunaq gold mine production in Greenland, a territory that has piqued the…
Perpetua secures $400M financing for Stibnite Gold
The Stibnite project holds an estimated 148-million-pound antimony reserve — the only identified in the US.
Trump confirms rare earth deal with China
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that trade negotiators have reached a deal under which Beijing will supply magnets and rare-earth minerals, while American colleges and universities will once…
Cyclic to open $25M rare earths plant in Canada
Cyclic Materials, a Canadian startup backed by Amazon and Microsoft, is investing $25 million (C$34.2 million) to build a rare-earths recycling plant and research centre in Kingston, Ont., adding to…
US Critical Materials, Idaho lab build rare earths plant
U.S. Critical Materials (US-OTC: USCMF) and the Idaho National Laboratory are building a pilot-scale processing plant for rare earths in the western state as the country seeks to lessen dependence…
Re-assayed results show high grades at Critical Metals’ Tanbreez rare earth project in Greenland
Re-assayed core samples drilled by Critical Metals Corp.’s (Nasdaq: CRML) Fjord deposit at its Tanbreez project in Greenland have returned a highlight result of 247.75 metres grading 0.33% total rare…
Quebec’s Dumont nickel project on new EU list
The Dumont project in Quebec, one of the world’s largest undeveloped nickel-cobalt deposits, is among global critical mineral developments the European Union wants to invest in as China limits exports. …
Defense Metals eyes $250M loan for BC rare earths
Defense Metals (TSXV: DEFN) said Export Development Canada could lend up to $250 million (C$342 million) to help the company develop and build its main Wicheeda rare earth project in British Columbia. The…
Lynas secures rare earth feed in Malaysia
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY), backed by Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has secured additional feedstock for its advanced materials plant in Malaysia, the company says. The miner…