Agnico takes 22% of Vizsla in $32M Alaska deal
Vizsla Copper (TSXV: VCU; US-OTC: VCUFF) agreed to buy Agnico Eagle Mines’ (TSX, NYSE: AEM) Delta and Helm Bay projects in Alaska for shares valued at $32 million (US$23.3 million),…
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Collective slides on Apollo’s 4.1M-oz gold resource
Collective Mining (TSX, Nasdaq: CNL) shares fell 9% Wednesday after the company outlined a first resource containing 4.1 million oz. of gold at its Apollo deposit in Colombia, even as…
Brazil needs price floors to back processing, miners say
Brazil is on the cusp of a new policy to fund domestic refining for lithium and the world’s second-largest rare earth reserves, but miners say it lacks U.S.-style metal price…
Troilus triples value to $3.2B, closes in on funding
A new study for Troilus Mining’s (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) namesake copper-gold project in Quebec has more than tripled the mine’s estimated value thanks to detailed engineering, an expanded reserve and…
Podcast: ‘You have to be in West Africa’—Fortuna CEO Ganoza on Senegal M&A
This week’s episode features Fortuna Mining president and CEO Jorge Ganoza in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the company’s recent acquisition of the Bambadji gold exploration project in Senegal….
Chile mines 1/4 of world’s copper, but smelts just 4%
Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, is mining nearly a quarter of global concentrate while smelting just 4.2% of the world’s copper, exposing a widening gap in a supply chain…
Eldorado’s Skouries turns years of setbacks into copper
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has produced the first copper-gold concentrate at its Skouries project in Greece as the miner targets commercial production in the fourth quarter. The Canadian…
SW US Spotlight 2: Rio, Teck, Newmont back juniors
Three major miners are backing junior explorers advancing copper projects in the U.S. Southwest, while a fourth company is pushing to become a domestic antimony and gold producer. Teck Resources…
Power Metallic CEO sees low costs despite lower first tonnage at Lion in Quebec
Power Metallic Mines (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF) CEO Terry Lynch says the first resource at its Lion polymetallic deposit in Quebec came in lighter than expected, but development costs should…
Marimaca hits thick copper-silver zone at Pampa Medina in Chile
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2) has cut 216 metres grading nearly 1% copper at Pampa Medina in Chile’s Antofagasta Region while step-out drilling pushed the copper-silver system 300 metres…
US bank eyes $750M for Aclara rare earth plant
The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. might provide up to $750 million towards Aclara Resources’ (TSX: ARA) Project Dynamo rare earths processing plant in Louisiana in another push from Washington…
Ivanhoe’s giant Makoko copper find gets 30% bigger
The DRC discovery is moving towards mine planning as Ivanhoe expands drilling and prepares a 2027 scoping study.
Deals sharpen South America’s critical minerals edge
South America is moving to turn its vast mineral wealth into a coordinated production and investment hub as governments race to secure critical minerals for energy, technology and defence. Chile,…
Rio Tinto buys Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore, Mitsubishi
The deal comes as Rio Tinto looks to end operations at its Gove bauxite mine in Australia’s Northern Territory by 2030.
SW US Spotlight: Four juniors drill gold, tungsten
Four juniors are advancing gold, silver and tungsten projects across Nevada and Arizona, ranging from early-stage drilling to a prefeasibility-stage development backed by the U.S. government. A2 Gold (TSXV: AUAU;…
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: ‘You have to be in West Africa’—Fortuna CEO Ganoza on Senegal M&A
Podcast: Gold dealers face ‘credit crunch’, ft CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian
Podcast: Reuters’ Andy Home on declining copper and aluminum inventories on the LME
Podcast: Mineral War — China’s grand plan to dominate metals markets, ft Tomasz Nadrowski
Opinion/Commentary
Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…