Lithium firms’ shares rise after Rio Tinto buyout chatter
Shares in a handful of lithium players gained Friday after speculation in the daily publication The Australian that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) might bid to buy…
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Apache Tribe takes fight against Resolution Copper to US Supreme Court
The San Carlos Apache Tribe is taking its longstanding fight against Resolution Copper to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Arizona state court in June ruled in favour of the…
Global Atomic shares rise on progress update for Dasa uranium mine in Niger
Global Atomic (TSX: GLO; US-OTC: GLATF) shares gained 10.5% Friday after the company said 10,000 tonnes of development ore has been brought to the surface at its Dasa mine in…
Coeur Mining to buy Silvercrest in US$1.7B deal
Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) has reached an agreement to acquire Canadian precious metals producer Silvercrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE: SILV) in an all-share deal valued at US$1.7 billion. The addition…
Gold majors vow not to repeat decadent spending of a decade ago
As gold prices hit record highs, industry executives are hoping they can convince investors – who haven’t yet piled into gold mining stocks – that they’ll put their cash to…
Central banks reined in gold purchases in August as prices climbed — WGC
Central banks are still buying gold, but they’ve pared back their purchases since highs reached last year — possibly because of the recent surge in gold prices, the World Gold…
Baselode Energy logs high-grade uranium hits at Ackio in Saskatchewan
Baselode Energy (TSXV: FIND; US-OTC: BSENF) shares rose 8.3% in morning trading after the company released high-grade uranium results from two new drill holes at its Ackio prospect in northern…
Mining sector needs US$2.1 trillion by 2050 to meet net-zero needs – report
The amount is needed to meet net-zero demand for raw materials.
Video: Liberty Gold expects Black Pine prefeasibility to boost gold ounces
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD) plans to release a prefeasibility study for its Black Pine gold project in southern Idaho in weeks, president and chief operating officer Jon Gilligan said in…
Power Nickel hits ‘biggest intersection yet’ at Quebec project
Explorer Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN) said on Thursday it had hit the main mineralized structure within the Lion zone of its flagship NISK polymetallic project in Quebec, following a retargeting…
Canada Nickel files Crawford project’s federal impact statement
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has taken a key step toward advancing its flagship Crawford nickel sulphide project in northern Ontario, kicking off the process of submitting a federal…
Canada reviews Paladin’s Fission takeover on national security grounds
Paladin Energy’s (ASX: PDN) proposed takeover of Saskatchewan uranium developer Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU) has hit a fresh roadblock after the Canadian government informed the company the deal is now…