Lithium’s $100B question: Who will build 134 new mines?
Global lithium demand is expected to more than triple by 2050, equivalent to the output of 134 new mines and more than $100 billion (C$139.8 billion) in investment before accounting…
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Integra needs production jump to hit gold target
Integra Resources (TSXV: ITR; NYSE-A: ITRG) needs fourth-quarter gold production to rise at least 32% from the previous three months to meet its annual target, even after reporting a second…
Mining Forum video: Garofalo’s Gold Royalty seeks growth without dilution
Gold Royalty (NYSE: GROY) aims to use growing income from its existing portfolio to finance acquisitions without fresh share sales, Chairman and CEO David Garofalo says. Ten assets now generate…
Liberty Gold stretches Black Pine’s reach in Idaho
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) has drilled gold beyond the resource boundary at its Black Pine project in Idaho, outlining an extension that could increase the site’s resources. Drill…
Mining Forum video: Majors are waking up to discoveries, fund manager says
Commodity Discovery Fund founder Willem Middelkoop is targeting new discoveries and mines nearing production to capture gains from a commodities rally he says could last for decades. The Netherlands-based fund,…
Mining Forum video: Bunker Hill seeks cheaper debt to fund growth
Bunker Hill Mining (TSX: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) aims to expand processing capacity at its restarted Idaho mine by nearly 40% in the second half of next year, executive chairman Richard…
Hudbay, Mitsubishi OK $2.1B Copper World project
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) and Japan’s Mitsubishi have approved construction of the $2.1-billion (C$2.9 billion) Copper World project in southern Arizona despite a 59% surge in construction costs. Scope…
Mining Forum video: Stöferle spots gold bargains but keeps cash ready
Liechtenstein-based Incrementum gold fund manager Ronald-Peter Stöferle sees bargains in mining shares after gold’s pullback, even as his active gold strategy holds almost 40% cash. The strategy’s investment signal turned…
Seville panel: Europe must match US mining support
Europe needs to match its critical minerals ambitions with purchase guarantees, public investment and stable policies if it wants companies to build mines and processing plants, speakers told the sixth…
Phoenix Tailings to build $375M rare earth plant in New York
The facility will produce over 4,400 tons of annual rare earths oxides by 2028 and will create at least 90 new jobs in the region.
Copper-hungry US buyers circle Ivanhoe Electric mine
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE-A, TSX: IE) is in advanced negotiations to sell copper from its $1.4-billion Santa Cruz project in Arizona as surging demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure and power grids…
Digital gold could triple by 2031, WGC estimates
Digital gold could bring $95 billion (C$135 billion) in new money into bullion by 2031 if providers can win investors’ trust, the World Gold Council and Boston Consulting Group estimate….