Early-stage Orca to squeeze ore from seaweed
Marine cultivator Blue Evolution launched Orca Minerals last week in a bid to harvest scandium, palladium and rare earths from seaweed farms. Orca, located in San Jose, Calif., is partnering…
Canada
Nova Scotians show support for critical minerals mining
As Canada faces rising economic pressures with the trade threats from the Trump administration, a new poll shows broad support among Nova Scotians for expanding the province’s mining and quarrying…
Opinion: What about processing in this nuclear boom?
A few months ago, I joined a group of farmers discussing Saskatchewan’s modular nuclear reactor proposal. I supported the idea but raised a simple question: Where will Saskatchewan source the…
Mining without feasibility studies risks losing projects
Mining companies that move to production without pre-feasibility or feasibility studies face risky consequences. Though forgoing studies is rare, it can lead to costly delays and regulatory issues, Alexander Pizale,…
Missiles to MRIs need metal’s highest-grade US deposit
U.S. Critical Materials has confirmed what it calls the highest-grade deposit of neodymium, a rare earth element used in electric motors, ever reported in the United States. The Salt Lake…
Friedland-backed Cordoba sells Alacrán copper project
Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB; US-OTC: CDBMF) has agreed to sell its remaining half-interest in the Alacrán copper project to a consortium of investors including China’s JCHX for cash of up…
Ireland logs strongest silver assays since Beatles Help!
Group Eleven Resources’ (TSXV: ZNG; US-OTC: GRLVF) Thursday exploration update at its Ballywire discovery returned among the highest-grade silver intercepts in Ireland in more than 60 years, the company says….
Buffett knows resources need rail: ex-Tory leader O’Toole
As U.S. protectionism intensifies under renewed tariff threats and energy pressures, Canada’s former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is calling on the nation to double down on domestic resources and reassert…
Sitka assays suggest ‘significant’ deep tonnage in Yukon
Canadian explorer Sitka Gold (TSX-V: SIG; OTCQB: SITKF) said assay results from drilling at its RC gold project in Yukon suggest the deposit could contain significant tonnage at greater depths than…
Grey Fox emerges as McEwen’s growth driver
McEwen Mining (NYSE, TSX: MUX) is banking on the Grey Fox deposit to drive production growth at its Fox Complex just outside Timmins, Ontario. McEwen plans to lift Fox Complex…
Barrick cuts ‘Gold’ from name as metal prices fuel profit
Canada’s gold giant Barrick (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has officially changed its name to Barrick Mining Corporation, or Société minière Barrick in French, and reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit that was…
Centerra update lifts tonnages at BC’s Kemess project
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) has issued a resource update that increases by more than 10 times the tonnages at its Kemess project in the Toodoggone district of north-central…