Shock exit: Rio Tinto CEO Stausholm to step down
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) announced on Thursday the unexpected exit of CEO Jakob Stausholm later this year, ending a nearly five-year tenure marked by efforts to restore trust with…
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West Red Lake Gold shares jump on Madsen restart
West Red Lake Gold Mines (TSXV: WRLG) shares jumped after the company said it would restart the idled Madsen mine in Ontario. The board of directors approved management’s recommendation to immediately…
Generation rises on Marathon copper build permit
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; US-OTC: GENMF) shares rose Thursday morning after the company’s receipt of the final construction permit for its Marathon copper-palladium project in northwestern Ontario. The industrial sewage…
New Found Gold expands Queensway’s Dropkick zone
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) reported high-grade intercepts at its Queensway gold project in Newfoundland and Labrador as it continues to expand the property’s Dropkick zone. Shares jumped….
Azimut says drill program at James Bay property encounters antimony, gold
Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM; US-OTC: AZMTF) reported drill results as high as 6.5 metres grading 3.43% antimony and 2.37 grams gold per tonne at its Wabamisk project in Quebec’s James Bay region. That…
Canada’s mineral output value fell in 2023, report finds
The economy of the future depends on minerals and metals from Canada, MAC asserts.
Fortescue delays Iron Bridge full output to 2028
Australia’s Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has pushed back full operations at its $3.9 billion Iron Bridge project to 2028, five years later than initially projected, citing continued technical challenges and the…
Amex nearly triples Perron project gold in Abitibi
A resource update for Amex Exploration’s (TSXV: AMX; US-OTC: AMXEF) Perron gold project in Quebec’s Abitibi region raises contained gold almost three-fold in the measured and indicated categories over the…
Friedland’s Ivanhoe Atlantic urges US to list iron ore as critical mineral
Mining billionaire Robert Friedland’s latest venture, Ivanhoe Atlantic, is reportedly lobbying the U.S. government to add high-grade iron ore to the country’s list of critical minerals. The move aims to…
NGEx Minerals shares soar on Lunahuasi discovery
NGEx Minerals’ (TSXV: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) shares jumped nearly 20% on Wednesday after drill results in Argentina revealed the presence of a bigger underlying porphyry system than previously thought. Drillhole…
Opinion: Canada can fast-track critical minerals and dodge US tariffs
This year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual convention will be remembered not just for the discussions that took place in Toronto that first week of March. It…
Solaris lands $200M from Royal Gold
Canadian mining developer Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE: SLSR) has secured a $200-million financing deal from streaming and royalty company Royal Gold (Nasdaq: RGLD) to advance its Warintza copper-gold project…