Canada, US fund $29M for Canuck tungsten
Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF) received an $8.2 million (US$6 million) investment from the Canadian government this week to help advance its Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick. The sum adds…
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Podcast: The geopolitical race to mine the deep-sea floor, ft Ilya Epikhin
This week’s episode features Ilya Epikhin, Senior Principal at consultants Arthur D. Little and Global Lead for Metals and Mining, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Epikhin offers his perspective…
Desert Gold dodges Mali risk with low-cost project
Desert Gold Ventures (TSXV: DAU; US-OTC: DAUGF) is proposing a modest project compared to peers in junta-led Mali to build on smaller costs and scale. Named after the Senegal Mali…
Minera Alamos buys Equinox’s Nevada assets for $115M
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) agreed to buy some Nevada assets from Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-A: EQX), a move that it says will provide cash flow to support the company’s…
Centerra OKs Goldfield mine in Nevada after all
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) said it’s moving ahead with development and construction of its Goldfield project in Nevada after rising gold prices boosted estimated returns. Using a long-term…
OceanaGold hits new high as gold prices lift Q2 results
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; OTCQ-X: OCANF) set a new all-time high on Thursday after the company reported record quarterly profit and revenue thanks to rising gold prices. Shares of OceanaGold rose…
Richest lithium mystery solved
Australian researchers have upended decades of geological theory and could redefine how and where lithium is explored globally to feed demand for electric vehicle batteries. The breakthrough, led by Curtin…
Rio Tinto OKs $180M expansion at Amrun bauxite mine
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) has approved a $180-million investment in the Norman Creek bauxite project on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, aiming to unlock nearly half of the 978 million…
Why a bullet metal is behind $2.2B Idaho project
U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Idaho Governor Brad Little visited Perpetua Resources’ (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) Stibnite gold-antimony project this week, underscoring the Trump administration’s push for minerals essential to…
Guinea squeezes Emirati-owned bauxite miner
Guinea, the world’s top exporter of bauxite, has revoked the mining title of Emirates Global Aluminium’s GAC subsidiary and awarded it instead to a new local entity – a move…
Glencore says DRC cobalt stockpile has ‘no impact’
Glencore (LSE: GLEN), the world’s second-largest cobalt producer, says its growing stockpile of unsold cobalt won’t materially affect the company as it contends with export restrictions in the Democratic Republic…
Site visit: PLS now runs world’s biggest hard-rock lithium resource
Australia’s PLS (ASX: PLS), formerly Pilbara Minerals, has increased the resource at its Pilgangoora lithium operation in Western Australia by nearly a quarter through gains in tonnage and grade, overtaking…