Newmont-funded Nevada gold project selected for FAST-41 permitting
Headwater Gold (CSE: HWG) says its exploration permit on the Spring Peak project in Nevada has been selected as part of the FAST-41 program, a U.S. federal initiative designed to…
Hecla Mining
Video: Hecla cuts debt, eyes organic growth
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) has strengthened its balance sheet after a record second quarter, CEO Robert Krcmarov said. The United States’ oldest public silver miner is to channel stronger cash…
Alaska fast tracks permits with new fed deal
Alaska aims to move priority mining and oil-and-gas proposals faster through permitting after signing a new agreement with federal regulators. The FAST-41 cooperation with Alaska, the first state to do…
Idaho Strategic rises on Hecla gold property deal
Idaho Strategic Resources (NYSE-A: IDR) surged on Friday after purchasing a land package to consolidate its position within the Murray gold belt region, where it already operates the Golden Chest mine….
Emperor Metals doubles inferred gold at Duquesne West
Emperor Metals’ (CSE: AUOZ; US-OTC: EMAUF) initial resource has more than doubled the inferred estimate at its Duquesne West gold project in Quebec’s Abitibi region. Shares rose. The estimate includes…
Ranked: Top 20 biggest silver-producing mines
Silver is getting its shine on, with the price reaching $35.64 an oz. on Thursday – a 13-year high after a 24% increase since Jan. 1 and rivalling gold’s 29%…
Zeus books bonanza silver grab samples at Great Western site in Idaho
Zeus North America Mining (CSE: ZEUS; US-OTC: ZUUZF) reported rock grab samples grading as high as 7,300 grams silver per tonne and 4.25% copper at its Great Western property in…
Trump to fast-track key U.S. mining projects
Permitting for key mining projects across the United States will be expedited as part of a plan by President Donald Trump to boost critical minerals production. A new executive order…
Blue Moon acquires two brownfield copper projects in Norway for US$67M
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON) (OTCQB: BMOOF) says it’s buying two former copper-producing assets in Norway to diversify from its zinc project in California while emphasizing near-term output. The Vancouver-based…
Ross Beaty to receive TNM’s lifetime achievement award
Ross Beaty flipped the laptop around and pointed its camera to the sea. “That’s a whale-watching boat,” the veteran mining entrepreneur said from Bowen Island near Vancouver. “There’s been a…
JV Article: Wall of Water fire suppression system protects mines from raging forest fires
An Ottawa-based company has developed a new fire prevention technology for mines and exploration camps susceptible to the increasing prevalence of forest fires. The patented fire prevention technology, described by…
Dolly Varden Silver logs high-grade hits at Homestake in BC as 2024 drilling wraps up
The final holes in Dolly Varden Silver’s (TSXV: DV; US-OTC: DOLLF) 2024 drill program at its Kitsault Valley project in northwest British Columbia returned high-grade results as it works towards…