First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) agreed to sell the past-producing Cobre Las Cruces copper mine in Spain to an investment fund for up to $190 million (C$260 million) to free…
Zinc and Lead
South32, Trilogy plan Alaska copper permitting
A 50-50 joint venture between Trilogy Metals (TSX, NYSE-A: TMQ) and South32 (ASX, LSE, JSE: S32) sees 2026 as a pivotal year for developing Alaska’s Ambler mining district which has…
BMC Minerals debuts on ASX in A$100M IPO
BMC Minerals (ASX: BMC), the Canadian subsidiary of UK-based BMC, debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday following an A$100-million (US$67-million) initial public offering to help fund its Yukon…
Collective finds new gold zone in Colombia
Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) said new drilling at its Guayabales project in Colombia has significantly expanded the size of the deposit’s Apollo system. The stock rose. Hole APC-143D cut 130…
DRC rail line may get $1B from U.S. finance agency
The United States may offer as much as $1 billion to revamp a rail line in central Africa that could help facilitate critical minerals shipments from the Democratic Republic of…
Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, The Northern Miner looks ahead to 12 projects across North America on track to reach mining milestones in 2026. From precious and critical metals mines across…
Anglo-Teck deal gets Canada security OK: report
Canada’s federal government has cleared Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) proposed combination with Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) on national security grounds, The Globe and Mail reported, citing an…
Excellon targets deeper gold-silver at Peru mine
Excellon Resources (TSX-V: EXN) says new geological interpretations confirm a multi-stage gold-silver system at its Mallay mine in central Peru. Updated modelling links the Pierina, Shafra and Mallay Deeps zones,…
Aya posts strongest intercept yet at Boumadine
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; US-OTC: AYASF) said new drilling at its Boumadine polymetallic project in Morocco yielded the strongest mineralized intercept so far while identifying a new high-grade…
Anglo-Teck deal hangs on redomiciling: Globe
The federal government is pressuring Anglo American (LSE: AAL) to become legally Canadian on top of moving its headquarters to Vancouver as it scrutinizes the British miner’s $50-billion (C$69-billion) bid…
Emerita’s copper-gold results expand deposit to west
Drilling by Emerita Resources (TSX-V: EMO; US-OTC: EMOTF) at its El Cura deposit in southwest Spain continues to encounter high copper-gold grades that expand the deposit to the west in…
Blast from the Past: US proposes huge mining program
In early 1942, with America newly at war and global supply lines shattered, the U.S. Bureau of Mines unveiled an ambitious plan to secure the raw materials needed to arm…