Arizona Gold finds high-grade zones at main project
New drilling by Arizona Gold & Silver (TSXV: AZS; US-OTC: AZASF) at its Philadelphia project in Arizona has encountered high-grade zones that extend gold mineralization below the Red Hills target….
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Hercules extends Idaho copper discovery
Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG; US-OTC: BADEF) has extended its Southern Flats copper discovery in Idaho, enlarging a target that may connect with the Leviathan system to the north. Hole HER-26-01…
Hancock disputes report of rare-earths paper loss
Australia’s Hancock Prospecting is disputing a report by the Australian Financial Review that falling shares of MP Materials (NYSE: MP) and Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) have cut the value…
Trump’s Venezuela gold push hits refiner snag: NYT
Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan gold doré brought into the United States remains stuck in storage because refiners are unwilling to handle it, the New York Times…
Mining Forum: Friedland wants to kill the SAG mill
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Robert Friedland wants to replace mining’s power-hungry grinding mills with short bursts of electricity that shatter ore from the inside. The Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC:…
Mining Forum: Miners have cash but lack the crews
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Major miners have the money to expand but face shortages of skilled workers and contractors that threaten to delay new production and drive up construction costs,…
Mining Forum: AI begins paying off, McKinsey says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fifteen of 19 major mining companies tracked by McKinsey reported financial gains from artificial intelligence in the third quarter through Sept. 11, up from four in…
US minerals push starts to dent China’s grip: WSJ
The United States’ multibillion-dollar campaign to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals is beginning to reshape supply chains, according to The Wall Street Journal. Washington’s effort to back mines, processing…
Video: Mining’s next generation faces the test
Mining’s younger leaders are setting out to build companies that can survive the next downturn as veteran executives prepare to hand over control. Last week at the Precious Metals Summit…
Mining Forum: US needs Canada to break China’s minerals grip
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Washington’s hostility towards Canada threatens its effort to reduce dependence on Chinese minerals, former U.S. sanctions official Edward Fishman said Monday. The United States has the…
Peninsula’s uranium resource grows as ramp-up lags
An update for Peninsula Energy’s (ASX: PEN; US-OTC: PENMF) producing Lance project in Wyoming lifts its contained uranium to 59 million lb., reinforcing its position as the largest single nuclear…
North America is building rare earth plants faster than it is building rare earth engineers
On Aug. 7, as U.S. President Donald Trump hosted mining executives at a roundtable in Washington, representatives of all 14 accredited U.S. mining schools attended a parallel Department of Energy…