Blast from the Past: US proposes huge mining program
In early 1942, with America newly at war and global supply lines shattered, the U.S. Bureau of Mines unveiled an ambitious plan to secure the raw materials needed to arm…
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US Spotlight: A Wild West rush for minerals – Part 2
Historic mining regions, including the American West and Alaska, are seeing another gold rush amid the Trump administration’s executive orders to “Make America Great Again” by scaling up domestic critical…
I-80 Gold resource positions Nevada’s FAD for sale
I-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; NYSE-A: IAUX) has released a new high-grade polymetallic resource at its FAD project in Nevada to help sell the non-core asset. The resource totals 594,000 indicated…
Deep Sea Rare Minerals seeks US seabed licences
Deep Sea Rare Minerals (DSRM), the parent company of autonomous underwater vehicle operator Deep Sea Vision, has applied for subsea mineral exploration licences with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
US plan to boost Africa mining ties needs work: analyst
Recent United States initiatives aimed at developing closer ties with resource-rich African countries to break China’s stranglehold on critical minerals processing are still a long way from paying off, according…
US Spotlight: A Wild West rush for minerals
Historic mining regions, including the American West and Alaska, are seeing another gold rush amid the Trump administration’s executive orders to “Make America Great Again” by scaling up domestic critical…
Kazakhstan, US sign critical minerals pact
Kazakhstan, the world’s biggest uranium producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States government in the field of critical minerals. The document was signed by Yersayin Nagaspayev,…
Texas Smackover sets grade high for lithium brine
Smackover Lithium, a joint venture between Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI; NYSE-A: SLI) and Norway state oil company Equinor (NYSE: EQNR), says it has North America’s highest lithium-in-brine grades in the…
Opinion: The US reclaims its exploration roots
No doubt we are sitting within a phase of geopolitical spotlighting on minerals that involves Donald Trump, China, tariffs, ending the war in Ukraine, Greenland and Russia. This is the…
Freegold drills strong wide intercepts in Alaska
Freegold Ventures (TSX: FVL; US-OTC: FGOVF) has reported further drilling success from its Golden Summit project in Alaska where it’s defining a starter pit in the lead up to a…
Bottlenecks slow US copper supply ambitions
The United States’ effort to build a secure domestic supply of copper is running headlong into environmental review and legal disputes – illustrating the tension between energy transition goals and…
US backs RE magnets with $1.3B for Vulcan, ReElement
Rare earth magnet producer Vulcan Elements has struck a partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand United States rare earth magnet production. Vulcan is to receive a…