Top 50 mining companies power through Iran war – up $250 billion in 2026
At the end of the first quarter the MINING.COM TOP 50* ranking of the world’s most valuable miners had a combined market capitalization of $2.41 trillion, up $250 billion so…
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Revival sees growth potential at Utah gold mine
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) said final assays from its 2025 drill program at the past-producing Mercur gold project in Utah underscore the deposit’s expansion potential. Highlight hole RMC25-031…
Sponsored PDAC Video: Canada grant puts Malmbjerg closer to build
Greenland Resources’ (TSX: MOLY) Chairman and President, Ruben Shiffman, talks with The Northern Miner’s Western Editor, Henry Lazenby, last month during the PDAC event in Toronto. The preceding Sponsored video…
PDAC Video: FPX starts Baptiste review, eyes 2028 feasibility study
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) has started the environmental assessment for its Baptiste project in central British Columbia while testing market routes for an awaruite product it says could…
Altius acquires 9.9% of TNR Gold
Altius Minerals (TSX: ALS) has taken up a 9.9% stake in TNR Gold (TSXV: TNR) to further expand its investment holdings in companies with royalty-generating assets. In a statement on…
Panama moves to unlock copper from First Quantum mine
Panama is set to authorize the removal and processing of stockpiled ore at First Quantum’s (TSX: FM) shuttered Cobre Panama copper mine, marking a key step in managing the idled operation….
Versamet Royalties buys $360M gold stream on Skeena’s Eskay Creek in BC
Versamet Royalties (TSX-V: VMET) agreed to buy a cornerstone gold stream on Skeena Resources’ (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) Eskay Creek project in British Columbia in a $360-million (C$500-million) transaction that represents…
Vizsla drilling extends Poplar copper system in B.C.
Vizsla Copper (TSXV: VCU; US-OTC: VCUFF) said new drilling at the Poplar copper-molybdenum project in central British Columbia has extended the porphyry system’s footprint by 200 metres to the north….
BC to suspend parts of Indigenous rights law
British Columbia Premier David Eby is proposing a temporary suspension of parts of landmark Indigenous rights law after a court ruling found B.C.’s mineral claims system conflicts with it. The…
White House taps Highland Copper in local supply push
The U.S. administration has named Highland Copper (TSX-V: HI) as a contributor to expanding domestic copper supply, highlighting the Canadian miner’s growing strategic relevance. The recognition follows President Donald Trump’s…
Sponsored Video: AI won’t replace experts, SRK says
Independent international mining consultancy firm SRK works with industry on a range of issues, from resource definition, to design, to risk assessment. SRK Consulting US President and resource geologist Ben…
Editorial: Where discoveries begin
The team probing the “oddball” geology of a site 200 km from Las Vegas – which evokes the gambling nature of mining itself – first met at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention. …