$1M gold up for grabs as Canada Treasure Hunt begins
There’s more than $1 million in physical gold hidden somewhere in Canada, but rather than your grandfather’s pick axe and head lamp, only knowledge and wits are needed to find…
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Rio Tinto overhauls units, axes execs
Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) new CEO Simon Trott has launched a sweeping overhaul of the miner’s structure, consolidating operations into three core divisions while placing several non-core assets…
Ivanhoe maintains DRC zinc forecast, hits records
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says a program to remove constraints at its Kipushi zinc mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo was recently completed ahead of schedule and…
Electric Metals stock nearly triples on North Star manganese PEA
Electric Metals’ (TSXV: EML; US-OTC: EMUSF) shares more than doubled on a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its North Star manganese project in Emily, Minn., showing it’s among the…
Rare earth prices spike as US firm halts China trade
Prices of rare earth elements have surged to their highest level in more than two years after MP Materials stopped shipments to China, Reuters first reported. For the past three…
KoBold Metals granted DRC lithium exploration rights
KoBold Metals, the U.S.-based explorer backed by billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has secured seven new permits to search for lithium and other critical minerals in the Democratic…
Marimaca Copper targets 2026 build start on new DFS
Marimaca Copper’s (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2) definitive feasibility study (DFS) confirms the Chilean oxide project at the low end of capital intensity among South American copper builds. The DFS, released…
Evolve Royalties in $70M deal for Voyageur Explorers
Private firm Evolve Strategic Element Royalties is poised to acquire the Prairies- and copper-zinc-gold-focused Voyageur Mineral Explorers (CSE: VOY) in a reverse takeover valued at $70.3 million. Voyageur is…
Vietnam lifts state monopoly on gold
Vietnam, the third-largest importer of gold in Asia, issued a decree on Tuesday abolishing its 13-year-old state monopoly on gold trading, causing a spike in local prices even as the…
Kyrgyzstan kicks off underground gold mining at Kumtor
Kyrgyzstan has begun underground production at Kumtor, one of Central Asia’s largest bullion mines, which officials say could contain up to 147 metric tonnes of reserves. President Sadyr Japarov nationalized…
Apache fight with Resolution Copper reshapes land talks
Experts warn the legal battle over the Resolution Copper project in Arizona could alter how miners negotiate with Indigenous communities about disputed lands in the Southwestern United States. The planned…
Troilus, Torngat ink offtakes on Carney’s German mission
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF), which is developing a $1.1-billion (US$800-million) capex brownfield mine project in Quebec, has signed a preliminary copper offtake agreement with a German smelter during Prime…