Could Barrick’s next CEO break up the company?
Spinning off Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) U.S. assets into a new company or exploring a merger with Newmont (NYSE: NEM) are some of the key options that the…
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Trilogy jumps as US reinstates Alaska road permits
Shares of Trilogy Metals (TSX, NYSE-A: TMQ) surged Friday after United States authorities reinstated critical federal permits for a controversial 340-km (211-mile) access road in Alaska’s Ambler mining district. Trilogy…
Aclara jumps on US REE plant plan
Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) plans to invest $277 million to build a heavy rare earth separation facility in Louisiana, marking what it calls a milestone for U.S. critical minerals independence….
Friedland-backed scandium miner enters supply deal with Lockheed Martin
Robert Friedland-backed Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX: SRL) could become a long-term supplier of scandium for Lockheed Martin under the recently signed Australia-U.S. critical minerals pact, the company announced late on…
US, Orion, Abu Dhabi plan $5B mining fund
The United States government has teamed up with Orion Resource Partners and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ to create a $1.8 billion fund to invest in critical minerals – another step in…
McEwen drills thick oxides at Windfall in Nevada
McEwen Inc. (TSX, NYSE-A: MUX) has cut one of the thickest oxide hits yet at the Windfall area of its Gold Bar Mine Complex in Nevada, a result that may…
Gold price falls on profit-taking
Gold prices fell sharply on Tuesday, recording their biggest one-day drop in more than a decade and halting a powerful rally that had carried the metal to a record high….
Perpetua starts building $1.3B Stibnite gold-antimony mine in Idaho
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq, TSX: PPTA) has begun early works construction at its $1.3 -billion Stibnite gold-antimony project in central Idaho, fast-tracked by the Trump administration as part of efforts to…
Newmont-funded Nevada gold project selected for FAST-41 permitting
Headwater Gold (CSE: HWG) says its exploration permit on the Spring Peak project in Nevada has been selected as part of the FAST-41 program, a U.S. federal initiative designed to…
US, Australia target $3B for critical minerals plan
The United States and Australia signed a critical-minerals framework on Monday that aims to speed permits, mobilize public and private financing, and pilot market “price-floor” mechanisms to blunt non-market undercutting…
US, Canada set for trade deal at APEC: report
A U.S.-Canada trade agreement on steel, aluminum and energy is reportedly ready for Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump to sign at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…
Myriad Uranium drills Wyoming project derailed by Three Mile Island
Vancouver-based Myriad Uranium (CSE: M; US-OTC: MYRUF) has a new permit to expand drilling at a Wyoming project where a past owner spent $25 million ($100 million today) in the…