Rare yellow diamond found at Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine
Rio Tinto (NYSE, ASX, LSE: RIO) has unearthed a 158.20-carat gem-quality yellow diamond at its Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories. The precious rock is one of only five yellow…
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Vizsla reports high-grade discovery in Mexico
Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) says a high-grade find bodes well to expand its flagship Panuco silver-gold project in Mexico. Hole AM-25-90 returned 653 grams silver per tonne, 4.26 grams gold, 0.02%…
Sigma Lithium misses earnings but sales surge
Sigma Lithium (TSX-V, NASDAQ: SGML) reported a fourth-quarter 2024 loss of 8¢ per share on Monday, falling short of analysts’ expectations of a 3¢ per share profit. Revenue also missed…
China’s foreign mining investment sets record
China’s overseas mining investment under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) hit another peak last year at $21.4 billion (C$30.6 billion), as the government continues to place heavy emphasis on…
Codelco regains title as world’s top copper producer
Codelco has resumed its position as the world’s largest copper producer after reporting 2024 output slightly more than BHP (NYSE: BHP). Chile’s state-owned miner produced 1.44 million tonnes of copper…
Russia, US in talks over rare earth JVs: report
Washington and Moscow have begun discussions on joint rare earths projects in Russia, the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, told pro-Kremlin Russian newspaper Izvestia on Monday. Dmitriev,…
Gold hits new high as Goldman sees $3,300
Gold soared to a new record on Friday even as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump said they’d had a constructive phone conversation a day after…
Interview: G Mining may issue debt, CEO says
Canadian gold producer G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) will consider tapping the debt markets if it moves ahead with its $936 million (C$1.34 billion) Oko West gold project…
The Metals Co. says it may defy UN
The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) is threatening to bypass United Nations deep-sea mining regulations unless the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) speeds up its rule-modernization process. TMC has invested more…
B2Gold falls on Goose resource count cut
B2Gold (TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) stock fell after the miner provided a new life-of-mine plan for the Goose project in Nunavut that confirms the previous timeline and…
EU selects 47 strategic critical minerals projects
The European Union has published its first list of strategic projects strengthening the local extraction, processing and recycling of 14 of the 17 materials it deems critical for its energy transition and…
Talon rises on Minnesota massive sulphide discovery
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has made a massive sulphide discovery at its Tamarack project in central Minnesota that it says could significantly extend its nickel-copper-cobalt resource. Its shares surged. The company…