Royal Gold to buy Sandstorm, Horizon for $3.7B
Royal Gold (Nasdaq: RGLD) is acquiring Canadian streaming and royalty firms Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE: SAND) and Horizon Copper (TSXV: HCU) in deals worth a combined $3.7 billion (C$5.04…
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Northern Dynasty in talks to settle EPA litigation
Shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-A: NAK) were still up by about a quarter of their value after announcing a potential settlement on environmental issues to advance its…
China’s mining investment sets new record
China’s overseas mining investment has soared to its highest level in over a decade, driven by Beijing’s push to secure critical raw materials amid rising geopolitical tensions. There were 10…
Kinterra scores win in New World Copper takeover bid
Australia’s Takeovers Panel has blocked New World from issuing shares to CAML, giving Kinterra time to contest the deal.
‘Big beautiful’ U.S. bill would end crit-min tax credit
Legislation moving through the United States Congress could eliminate a key tax credit aimed at supporting domestic production of critical minerals, raising concern among mining companies and investors about the…
US Antimony aims to reboot Montana mine operations
United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) says it has been reacquiring mining claims next to its existing smelting operations in Montana this year and is now ready to reboot mine operations…
Faraday Copper jumps on BLM exploration plan approval
Faraday Copper (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) got the go-ahead from the Bureau of Land Management for the next phase of exploration at its Copper Creek project in Arizona. That pushed…
Energy Fuels’ Pinyon Plain uranium output keeps rising
Production at Energy Fuels’ (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) Pinyon Plain mine in northern Arizona almost doubled in June from April, company totals show. Shares rose. Uranium oxide (U3O8) output at…
American Battery Technology’s lithium project gets federal permitting priority
American Battery Technology (Nasdaq: ABAT) soared on Monday after its Tonopah Flats lithium project (TFLP) in Nevada was given “transparency priority” status by the U.S. Federal Permitting Council, two months…
Kinterra matches Central Asia’s bid for New World
Kinterra Capital has made an improved offer to buy Australia’s New World Resources (ASX: NWC) as it looks to beat London-listed Central Asia Metals (LSE: CAML) in the takeover battle. On…
Arizona Metals plunges as Kay resource disappoints
Arizona Metals (TSX: AMC; OTCQX: AZMCF) shares plunged to their lowest level in more than four years after a long-awaited initial resource estimate for the company’s Kay polymetallic project revealed a…
Central Asia Metals ups offer for New World
The takeover battle for Australian copper developer New World Resources (ASX: NWC) is heating up after Central Asia Metals (LSE: CAML) raised its offer shortly after Canada’s Kinterra Capital made…