Deep Sea Minerals seeks Pacific exploration license
Deep Sea Minerals (CSE: SEAS) said it’s seeking the right to explore for polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean. The application, submitted to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Specialty Minerals
Antimony Resources hits all-time high as it preps first resource in New Brunswick
Antimony Resources (CSE: ATMY) has taken initial steps to advance the Bald Hill deposit in New Brunswick towards its initial mineral resource. Shares hit a record high. In an update…
Chinese firm idles Canada’s only antimony mine
Canada’s only primary antimony mine, the Beaver Brook operation in Newfoundland and Labrador, has remained idle despite rising demand for the strategic metal, highlighting growing concerns over Western dependence on…
Chile mining faces policy test under Kast government
Chile’s mining sector faces a policy reset as President José Antonio Kast took office on Wednesday, raising expectations of regulatory reform and stronger security in the world’s largest copper-producing nation….
Canada’s weakness lies beyond the mine gate, MPs hear
Canada’s critical-minerals fragility lies more with what happens after ore leaves the ground than the ore in the ground, witnesses told a parliamentary panel this week. In the House defence…
US Antimony says Ontario project holds tungsten resource worth $4.6B
United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) said a new resource for its Fostung tungsten project in Ontario shows the deposit holds raw metals that would be worth about $4.6 billion (C$6.3…
Blue Moon buys former Utah gallium-germanium mine from Teck Resources
Blue Moon Metals (TSX-V: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) has acquired a former gallium-germanium mine in Utah from a unit of Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), a move that furthers its…
Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
Nevada tops Fraser survey as Ontario, Saskatchewan rise
Nevada has dislodged Finland as the best jurisdiction for mining investment globally while two Canadian provinces – Ontario and Saskatchewan – have climbed into the top three, a new survey…
Aussie Alkane adds $2.2B listing to TSX
Confetti, cheers and an electronic bell welcomed Alkane Resources (ASX, TSX: ALK) to the Toronto Stock Exchange Wednesday as its latest listed company. The A$2.3-billion (C$2.2 billion) market cap Alkane…
New Brunswick targets timelines in new strategy, minister says
New Brunswick plans to release a new minerals strategy on March 2 at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto ahead of a revised Mining Act this…
Nova Minerals rises despite short seller attack
Nova Minerals (ASX, NASDAQ: NVA) rose in U.S. trading even after investment research firm Spruce Point Capital Management disclosed a short position in the Australian miner. In its report published…