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…
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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…
Omai project now second highest by gold oz in Guyana
Omai Gold Mines’ (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) updated resource for its namesake project in central Guyana ranks it as the country’s second-largest undeveloped yellow metal project by contained ounces. Shares…
Energy Fuels soars on Vulcan Elements partnership
Energy Fuels (NYSE-A: UUUU; TSX: EFR) and U.S. permanent magnet producer Vulcan Elements have teamed up to create what would be “a resilient domestic supply chain” for rare earth magnets…
Guard killed in attack at Kodal’s Mali lithium mine
Kodal Minerals (LSE: KOD) confirmed on Tuesday that a security guard was killed in an attack on its Bougouni lithium mine in southern Mali on Aug. 22. Assailants on motorcycles…
Gemfields to auction huge 11,685-carat ‘buffalo’ emerald
Coloured precious stones miner Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) has unveiled a colossal emerald weighing 11,685 carats, discovered at its 75%-owned Kagem mine in Zambia. Named Imboo, meaning buffalo in…