Glencore holds merger talks with Rio
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) and commodities trading giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) are holding preliminary talks about combining some or all of their businesses in a deal that could…
copper exploration
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…
London Symposium JV Video: Element 29 targets higher resources in Peru
Element 29 Resources (TSX-V: ECU) is hoping that ongoing drilling at its Elida copper project in Peru will lead to an increase the size of the deposit, CEO Richard Osmond said….
Chile loads copper cannon with 13 projects for 2026
Thirteen Chilean copper projects worth $14.8 billion (C$20 billion) are expected to hit key milestones in 2026 as prices rise on fears of a global supply squeeze. Seven domestic projects…
London Symposium JV Video: Midnight Sun marches forward in Zambia
Midnight Sun Mining (TSX-V: MMA; US-OTC: MDNGF) is poised to deploy a sixth drill rig early next year at its Dumbwa copper target in Zambia as the company advances exploration…
Ero Copper sees busy 2026 as Furnas PEA nears
Brazil-focused miner Ero Copper (TSX, NYSE: ERO) is doubling down on drilling at its Furnas gold-copper project as it works on a preliminary economic assessment due to be released in…
London Symposium JV Video: XXIX Metal plans new drilling at Thierry
Canadian mine developer XXIX Metal (TSXV: XXIX, OTCQB: QCCUF) is planning to drill about 15,000 metres at its past-producing Thierry copper-nickel property in Ontario during the first quarter of 2026…
Erdene CEO sees Mongolia gold mine anchoring district
Canada’s Erdene Resource Development (TSX: ERD) is working to turn its new Bayan Khundii open-pit gold mine in Mongolia into the anchor of a future minerals district that will one day…
NGEx hits 4% copper, 11g gold at Lunahuasi in Argentina
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTCQ: NGXXF) said new drilling at the Lunahuasi polymetallic project in Argentina vertically extended an existing high-grade zone by 100 metres. The stock rose. Hole DPDH048 in the deposit’s…
Fortescue agrees to buy Alta for $139M in copper push
Australia’s Fortescue (ASX: FMG) agreed to buy all of Peru-focused explorer Alta Copper (TSX: ATCU; US-OTC: DNCUD) in a C$139 million ($101 million) deal that accelerates a pivot into copper…
American Eagle drilling boosts NAK copper-gold project
Canadian explorer American Eagle Gold (TSX-V: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) says new drilling at its polymetallic NAK project in British Columbia has markedly expanded a previous discovery zone. The stock rose….
DRC rail line may get $1B from U.S. finance agency
The United States may offer as much as $1 billion to revamp a rail line in central Africa that could help facilitate critical minerals shipments from the Democratic Republic of…