US adds copper, potash, silicon to critical minerals list
The U.S. government has added copper, potash and silicon to its draft list of critical minerals in the most significant overhaul since it was first published in 2018. The update, mandated…
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Electric Metals stock nearly triples on North Star manganese PEA
Electric Metals’ (TSXV: EML; US-OTC: EMUSF) shares more than doubled on a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its North Star manganese project in Emily, Minn., showing it’s among the…
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…
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…
JV article: Libra Energy Materials goes public with $33M KoBold Metals deal
Junior explorer Libra Energy Materials (CSE: LIBR) opened the bell for the first time on Aug. 7, after kicking off its 2025 field season alongside KoBold Metals, a privately held…
Energy Fuels produces US’ first heavy rare earth oxides
Energy Fuels (NYSE: UUUU; TSX: EFR) says it has successfully produced the first kilogram of heavy rare earth oxides at pilot scale from its White Mesa mill in Utah. Shares…
Lithium price surge forecast to be short
Lithium prices surged this week on concerns about supply disruptions in China, but analysts are warning the rally will be short-lived. A halt in production at Chinese lepidolite mines, which…
Copper developer lands LA fund manager’s $140M
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON; US-OTC: BMOOF), a Vancouver-based junior advancing the Nussir copper project in Norway, has secured at least $140 million (C$194 million) in financing from Hartree Partners…
Mars boffins probe mysterious new mineral
Scientists have spotted on Mars what could be a previously unknown mineral linked to the kind of sulphaty gunk that clogs tailings ponds on Earth. The unusual ferric hydroxysulphate, identified…
Coronado find extends First Majestic Silver’s San Dimas
Drilling at First Majestic Silver’s (TSX, NYSE: AG) San Dimas mine in Mexico shows potential for extending high-grade veins and has cut a new structure called Coronado in the West…
Intrepid hits high-grade copper in historic hotspot
Drilling by Intrepid Metals (TSXV: INTR; US-OTC: IMTCF) in the Earp zone at its Corral copper project in southeast Arizona has returned highlights of 16.3 metres grading 1.68% copper and…