London Gold offers $25M for Bolivia-focused Bocana
Privately held London Gold LLC is moving towards a $25 million (C$35 million) cash and stock deal for Americas-focused explorer Bocana Resources (TSXV: BOCA), which holds the Escala project in…
United States
Rule Symposium Video: Central banks double gold-buying
Central banks are recasting gold as a monetary asset as sanctions, inflation and credit risk push reserve managers away from paper currencies, World Gold Council Senior Market Strategist Joseph Cavatoni…
AI emerges as new driver of rare earth demand: Sprott
Artificial intelligence is emerging as an unexpected new source of demand for rare earth elements, adding to military and clean-energy consumption just as Western governments pour billions of dollars into…
Central Nevada Gold looks to revive Mule Canyon mine
Privately held Central Nevada Gold is working to reopen the past-producing Mule Canyon mine in the western U.S. state after acquiring the asset from Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT)….
Trump’s U.S. ‘gold dollar’ coin has no precious metal
President Donald Trump is to appear on a new U.S. one-dollar “gold coin” being issued for America’s 250th anniversary, despite the coin containing no gold or other precious metals. The…
Cuba’s cobalt exposes Western supply chain weak spot
Canada’s largest cobalt refinery has become an unexpected casualty of United States sanctions on Cuba, exposing a critical weakness in Western mineral supply chains that extends well beyond geology. The…
Rule Symposium Video: Mining M&A wave seen building
Mining’s next two years will be shaped by mergers and acquisitions as producers scramble to replace reserves after a decade of weak investment, veteran resource investor Rick Rule says. Capital…
Revival drills shallow gold at Mercur in Utah
New drilling by Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) at its Mercur project in Utah has returned shallow gold as the company continues expanding mineralization and advancing the past-producing mine…
SuperCritical wins US licence for seawater uranium tech
Exclusive DOE technology gives startup a path toward commercial uranium recovery as US nuclear fuel demand builds.
IDEX finds tungsten in Idaho copper drilling
IDEX Metals (TSXV: IDEX; US-OTC: IDXMF) has found broad tungsten mineralization at its Freeze copper project in Idaho, giving the junior a second critical-metals angle at an early-stage copper play….
Ex-US Navy commander quits NovaRed copper firm over Noem hire
A retired U.S. Navy commander and Democratic congressional candidate this week quit his advisory board role with NovaRed Mining (CSE: NRED), saying he could not remain after the Vancouver company…
Lowry reserves extend Sandfire’s Black Butte copper mine life to 12 years
An updated economic study for Sandfire Resources America’s (TSX-V: SFR) Black Butte copper project in Montana adds reserves over the previous study from 2025, though investment returns remain modest. The…