Newmont backs junior Headwater on 3rd Nevada project
Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) has agreed to earn control of Headwater Gold’s (CSE: HWG; US-OTC: HWAUF) Jupiter gold project in Nevada by covering exploration costs and completing a…
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Savannah wins support for contentious Barroso
Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV) has secured fresh backing from local landowners in northern Portugal for the controversial Barroso lithium project, Europe’s largest, as the developer seeks to overcome years of…
Rio’s Tomago smelter wins A$1.76B government lifeline
Australia and New South Wales have committed A$2.5 billion (US$1.76 billion) to keep Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) majority-owned Tomago aluminium smelter open beyond 2028 after high electricity costs…
G Mining hikes cost forecast on labour, royalties
Operating expenses at South America-focused gold producer G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) will be about 12% higher this year due in part to labour-cost inflation and increased royalty…
Vale speeds Salobo copper expansion, cuts costs
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Base Metals (VBM) unit is adding about 30,000 tonnes of annual production at its Salobo mine, Brazil’s largest copper operation, after cutting capital costs and accelerating first…
Antofagasta’s posts $2B profit, cuts copper outlook
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has cut its 2026 copper production forecast after extreme weather shut its flagship Los Pelambres mine in Chile, overshadowing a 27% increase in first-half core earnings. The…
Podcast: Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Haytham Hodaly on the evolution of the streaming model
This week’s episode features Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX, NYSE, LSE: WPM) CEO Haytham Hodaly in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on how the streaming model is holding up in today’s…
Sweden OKs Boliden’s Laver copper concession
Sweden rejected appeals against Boliden’s (STO: BOL) mining concession for Laver, clearing a key hurdle for a copper project that could double the country’s output while leaving major environmental and…
Rosebud project, like in ‘Citizen Kane,’ reveals another secret
New drilling by Canadian explorer Blossom Gold (TSX: BGAU) at its Rosebud open-pit, heap-leach project in Nevada points to broad mineralized zones around areas of historical underground mining. Hole BG26-027 in…
NY hedge fund turns up heat on Northern Star
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management is escalating its campaign against Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST), naming six potential directors after talks with Australia’s largest gold miner failed to produce an…
Junior funding model blamed for mine delays
The mining industry’s exploration financing model leaves junior companies ill-equipped to address environmental and social issues that later delay mine approvals, the Washington, D.C.-based Trust, Accountability and Inclusion (TAI) Collaborative…
Apex’s rare earth assays elevate Rift among US projects
Apex Critical Metals (CSE: APXC; US-OTC: APXCF) has expanded high-grade rare earth mineralization at its Rift project in southeastern Nebraska, returning multiple intercepts above 4% total rare earth oxides (REO)….
Tether lifts Metalla stake to 14%
Tether International has raised its stake in Metalla Royalty & Streaming (TSXV, NYSE-A: MTA) to about 14%, deepening the stablecoin group’s push into Canadian gold royalty companies. The El Salvador-based…
NioCorp’s Elk Creek niobium project valued at $3.4B
An updated feasibility study increases the net present value of NioCorp Developments (Nasdaq: NB) Elk Creek project in Nebraska by 46% after the company more than doubled its product range…
Salares Norte lifts Gold Fields as other mines falter
Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) is leaning on its newest operating mine, Salares Norte in northern Chile, to offset weaker expected production at Gruyere in Australia and Tarkwa in Ghana…
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Haytham Hodaly on the evolution of the streaming model
Podcast: Is the West’s mining strategy working? Rebecca Seidl-Inglesby on policy and supply chains
Podcast: Mackey warns of ‘darker future’ unless Canada accelerates minerals processing
Podcast: South32’s Pat Risner on FAST-41, social licence and mining in the USA
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…