Sprott to buy $200M of uranium for special fund
Asset manager Sprott (TSX, NYSE: SII) said it plans to buy about US$200.1 million ($270 million) worth of physical uranium for its dedicated fund after raising twice as much money…
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Critical Metals in line for $120M US loan for Greenland rare earth project
Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) says it’s been tapped for a U.S. government loan worth up to $120 million to fund the company’s Tanbreez rare earth project in southern Greenland, The…
Sea floor developer TMC lands $85M from Korea Zinc
Canada’s The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) said on Monday that South Korean refiner Korea Zinc will invest $85.2 million (C$116 million) in the company, a major boost for its plans…
Novagold sees Donlin feasibility study by end ’27: CEO
Novagold Resources (TSX: NG) is pressing ahead with an updated feasibility study for its Donlin Gold project in Alaska now that Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) is no longer…
Infographic: Rare earth extraction spheres of control
The second edition of our Rare Earths series breaks down global extraction at the mine level, country by country. It then regroups those nations into five geopolitical spheres of control: the American Sphere, Chinese Sphere, Russian…
Perpetua secures $400M financing for Stibnite Gold
The Stibnite project holds an estimated 148-million-pound antimony reserve — the only identified in the US.
Trump confirms rare earth deal with China
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that trade negotiators have reached a deal under which Beijing will supply magnets and rare-earth minerals, while American colleges and universities will once…
Cyclic to open $25M rare earths plant in Canada
Cyclic Materials, a Canadian startup backed by Amazon and Microsoft, is investing $25 million (C$34.2 million) to build a rare-earths recycling plant and research centre in Kingston, Ont., adding to…
Gold passes euro as second-largest reserve asset: ECB
Gold, driven by record purchases and surging prices, has overtaken the euro as the second most important reserve asset behind the dollar, the European Central Bank (ECB) says. According to…
Aussie Resolution enters US critical minerals race
Australia’s Resolution Minerals (ASX: RML) is entering the critical minerals market in the United States with the acquisition of the Horse Heaven antimony-gold-tungsten project in central Idaho. While Resolution is…
Northern Dynasty CEO sees Trump as pro-Pebble
Could this be the year that Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM, NYSE: NAK) controversial Pebble polymetallic project in southwest Alaska finally makes strides? Northern Dynasty – together with the state…
U.S. lawmakers seek new Fort Knox gold audit
A group of Republican lawmakers has introduced a bill to initiate the first comprehensive audit of U.S. gold reserves since the 1950s, citing the need for greater transparency over the…