Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing system. The overhaul sets national…
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Glencore gets RIGI nod for $4B Argentina copper project
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has secured Argentine government approval for its $4 billion (C$5.7 billion) Agua Rica copper project under the country’s special investment incentive program, clearing a significant hurdle for…
TNM Drill Down: Lion One in Fiji leads gold assays for August-September
Drilling in Fiji, Ecuador and the United States returned the top gold results for the Aug. 17 to Sept. 15 period, with assays from Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO), Auro…
Volta drills 68g gallium, heavy rare earths at Springer in Ontario
Drilling at Volta Metals’ (CSE: VLTA) Springer project in northern Ontario cut through the centre of the deposit, returning heavy rare earth mineralization and strong gallium grades in all samples,…
Osisko plots major resource increase for Gaspé
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) expects its Gaspé copper project in Quebec to get even bigger as new drilling fills gaps in the resource and deeper mineralization is added…
New $850M debt deal moves Troilus copper-gold project closer to full funding
A new debt-financing accord brings Troilus Mining (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) closer to securing the entire capital needed to develop its namesake copper-gold project in Quebec. Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank and France’s…
Beaver Creek: Gold’s bond break puts juniors in play
BEAVER CREEK, COLO. Gold has more than doubled since early 2022 even as U.S. bond yields climbed, a break investors at the Precious Metals Summit say may signal bullion is…
Brazil court shuts Sigma Lithium mine
Sigma Lithium (TSXV, Nasdaq: SGML; ASX: SAU) has halted all mining and processing at its Grota do Cirilo complex in Brazil, two days after dismissing reports that a court had…
Treasure Hunt: Nelligan revives an old Quebec camp
Read the French version: Chasse au trésor : Nelligan insuffle une nouvelle vie à un ancien camp québécois Watch the Video: English | French There are places in Canada where…
Lynas shares sink on A$968M Meteoric deal
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY, LYSCF) has agreed to buy Meteoric Resources (ASX: MEI; US-OTC: METOF) in an all-share deal valued at A$968 million (C$954.3 million), gaining control…
Mining’s future is up for sale
Streaming has moved far beyond its origins as a niche financing tool for cash-strapped miners, with multibillion-dollar deals and a growing secondary market turning rights to future metal production into…
Elevra fires up NAL lithium mine expansion
Elevra Lithium (ASX: ELV; Nasdaq: ELVR) has started building a $366-million (US$271-million) expansion of its North American Lithium mine in Quebec and is negotiating another price-protected offtake as it moves…
Grid Metals’ atomic-clock cesium resource in Manitoba ranks second globally
Grid Metals (TSX: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has outlined an initial resource that positions the company’s Falcon West property in Manitoba as the world’s second-largest cesium resource actively being developed by Western-based…
Mayfair lines up $310M for Ontario gold project
Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG; NYSE-A: MINE) has reached a preliminary financing agreement with Australia’s Macquarie Bank for up to $310 million (US$218 million) to help develop its Fenn-Gib gold project…
Space miners may face an Earth-sized tax problem
Miners may one day extract fortunes from the Moon and asteroids, but governments will have to figure out how to take their cut without killing the industry before it gets…
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: US Asst Sec of Energy Audrey Robertson on reshoring critical minerals supply chain
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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…