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…
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…
Big tech’s nuclear option
Silicon Valley CEOs can get obsessed with some pretty weird things — colonizing Mars, ultra-ascetic diets, wearing the same outfit every single day, or living forever. But there’s nothing head-scratching…
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…
Costco adds platinum bars to precious metals offering
Costco is expanding its line of precious metals products with the addition of one-ounce platinum bars on top of its popular gold bars. The platinum bars — made by Swiss…
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…
IsoEnergy acquires Anfield in uranium deal on road to become major US producer
Canadian uranium developer IsoEnergy (TSXV: ISO; US-OTC: ISENF) is buying Anfield Energy (TSXV: AEC; US-OTC: ANLDF) in an all-stock deal valued at $126.8 million to acquire its Shootaring Canyon conventional mill in…
Lack of capital rises to top risk in EY mining survey
Capital is the top risk facing the mining industry this year, up from the number two spot last year, as tough financing and economic conditions make it more difficult to deliver…
Video: Why one contrarian mining investor prefers Australia over North America
Australia offers true discovery potential whereas “every rock seems to be turned three times” in North America, Commodity Discovery Fund founder Willem Middelkoop said in an interview. The Netherlands-based investor…
Video: New commodity supercycle to lift gold, copper and uranium stocks, fund manager says
Global investment in infrastructure and inflationary pressures are driving a new commodity boom, fund manager Wasif Latif said in an interview. Latif, the chief investment officer at Texas-based Sarmaya Partners,…
Major copper discoveries down as industry shuns greenfield exploration — report
Major new copper discoveries are becoming scarcer globally, with most reserve growth over the last decade coming from older deposits as the industry has shifted away from early-stage exploration, according…