Gold dominates mining M&A again in 2024: S&P Global
Gold was once again the dominant theme of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals within the precious and base metals mining space in 2024, accounting for 70% of the year’s transaction…
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PDAC 2025 JV video: AMC Consultants warns juniors ‘complacency could prove costly’
Consulting engineering firm AMC Consultants advises companies on cutting costs and streamlining operations to withstand economic and policy pressures, regional manager Gene Tucker said. He warned that “complacency could prove…
JV article: Novo explores three projects for earn-ins
Novo Resources (TSX, ASX: NVO; US-OTC: NSRPF), a Vancouver and Perth-based gold explorer, has committed to an exploration program at three recently optioned and staked properties in Australia. “All three…
Tariffs, uncertainty, driving nations to tighten grip on critical minerals
Verisk Maplecroft’s Resource Nationalism Index shows a record risk increase in 47 countries since 2020.
Palliser pressures Rio Tinto to drop dual listing
Activist investor Palliser Capital is urging the chair of Rio Tinto (NYSE, ASX, LSE: RIO), the world’s second largest miner, to abandon its primary London listing and unify its corporate…
PDAC shows urgency of getting shovels in ground
Time is of the essence if miners are to deliver the minerals needed to power the energy transition. That sense of urgency was front and centre this week as Toronto…
Spotlight: Precious metals companies
Strong demand for gold from central banks and institutional investors is expected to remain a key theme in 2025. With silver’s industrial and green energy uses, the outlook for both…
Cloud computing, AI can shorten energy transition, Seequent panel says
The path to the fourth industrial revolution and the green energy transition is best paved by integrating more technology into mining, industry panellists said this week at an event in…
Site visit: Legacy probes past for next big find
Australian junior Legacy Minerals Holdings (ASX: LGM) is exploring a 170-year-old Drake mining district property that might see production and a multimillion-ounce discovery within a few years. The Drake project…
PDAC: Foreign seizures spotlight legal vigilance
Resource nationalism abroad is hiking costs for miners and showing how they need solid agreements and recourse avenues, lawyers said at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference….
Spotlight: Global battery metals
Battery metals are crucial in the world economy today and their importance will only grow over time as the climate warms and greener energy comes to the fore. Here are…
Rio Tinto creates lithium unit after completing $6.7B Arcadium deal
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) has officially completed its $6.7-billion (C$9.57-billion) acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (ASX: LTM; NYSE: ALTM), which will become Rio Tinto Lithium. The newly formed unit…