Blue Gold secures $140M to restart Ghana gold mine
Shares of Blue Gold (Nasdaq: BGL) jumped as much as 9.6% Wednesday after the junior miner announced it had secured an additional $65 million in funding to restart the Bogoso…
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Freegold drills strong wide intercepts in Alaska
Freegold Ventures (TSX: FVL; US-OTC: FGOVF) has reported further drilling success from its Golden Summit project in Alaska where it’s defining a starter pit in the lead up to a…
Canadian federal budget promises billions for mining
Canada’s Liberal government plans to form a $2-billion sovereign fund for critical minerals, earmark hundreds of millions in mining industry spending and widen exploration tax credits to a dozen other…
Aya values Boumadine in Morocco at $3B with spot gold
Canada’s Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; US-OTC: AYASF) said a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Boumadine polymetallic project in Morocco shows the company would need barely a year…
Bottlenecks slow US copper supply ambitions
The United States’ effort to build a secure domestic supply of copper is running headlong into environmental review and legal disputes – illustrating the tension between energy transition goals and…
US backs RE magnets with $1.3B for Vulcan, ReElement
Rare earth magnet producer Vulcan Elements has struck a partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand United States rare earth magnet production. Vulcan is to receive a…
Critical Metals gets enviro OK for Tanbreez rare earths project in Greenland
U.S.-based rare earth developer Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) has moved another step closer to the start of mining at its Tanbreez project in southern Greenland after securing key environmental approvals…
Codelco grows copper output despite mine collapse
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco, the world’s largest producer of the metal, expects 2025 and 2026 production to slightly surpass last year’s output, signalling resilience in the face of a…
Energy Fuels may beat 2025 uranium forecast
Energy Fuels (NYSE-A: UUUU; TSX: EFR) is poised to exceed this year’s guidance for uranium mine production and meet its estimate for processed uranium products, the company said while releasing…
Kore Potash weighs sale to advance Congo mine
Kore began a formal sale process after announcing in June it was seeking a potash-savvy operator and partner.
Coeur Mining buys New Gold for $7B
Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) is acquiring Canada’s New Gold (TSX: NGD) in an all-stock deal valued at about $7 billion, creating a new North American mining heavyweight amid record gold…
Freeport expands BC’s AuRORA with near-surface grades
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has extended the AuRORA copper-gold-silver discovery made by partner Amarc Resources (TSXV: AHR; OTCQB: AXREF) in British Columbia. A batch of long, near-surface intercepts released on Monday…