Newmont prices Red Chris expansion at up to $4.8B
Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM) put a price of up to $4.8 billion (C$6.4 billion) on taking its Red Chris copper-gold mine underground in British Columbia, with commercial production targeted for…
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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…
New Found Gold doubles Queensway valuation to $1.7B
New Found Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: NFGC) has more than doubled the projected value of its Queensway gold project in Newfoundland to C$1.73 billion while expanding measured and indicated resources by…
Southern Copper weighs $680M Cuajone expansion
Southern Copper (NYSE, BVL: SCCO) is evaluating a $680-million (C$950.6 million) expansion of its Cuajone mine in southern Peru to counter declining ore grades and improve efficiency as the copper…
Bannerman pulls trigger on $353M uranium mine
Bannerman Energy (ASX, NSX: BMN; US-OTC: BNNLF) and its Chinese partner CNNC Overseas have approved construction of the Etango uranium project in Namibia, with funding secured without project debt and…
Moon River lifts Davidson value to $1.2B, tungsten output jumps
A new study from Moon River Moly (TSXV: MOO; US-OTC: MRIVF) raises the estimated value of its Davidson molybdenum-copper-tungsten project in British Columbia by 20% and more than quadruples tungsten…
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: B2Gold looks beyond Goose setbacks to cash growth
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) aims to turn its troubled Goose mine in Nunavut into a 300,000-oz.-a-year gold producer once crushing upgrades are complete, President and CEO Mike Cinnamond says….
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…
Boroo signs $140M deal for Yukon Eagle gold mine
Private entity Boroo has agreed to acquire Victoria Gold for up to $140 million (about US$100 million), advancing plans to potentially rehabilitate and restart its Eagle gold mine more than…
Ottawa finally matches $1B Ring of Fire funds
Ottawa has pledged up to $1 billion (US$712 million) to help build roads into Ontario’s Ring of Fire, backing a long-delayed route to undeveloped critical mineral deposits. The three-year commitment,…
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…
Spain: Pan Global eyes copper riches in ancient belt
Pan Global Resources (TSXV: PGZ; US-OTC: PGZFF), led by former Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) exploration director Tim Moody, sees neighbouring plants as a potential route to copper production…
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,…
South African rare earth mine targets China sales
South Africa’s Steenkampskraal mine expects its first rare earth concentrate sales in early 2027 to buyers in China, as commissioning continues at a processing plant opened this month. The Western…
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Northern Miner awards Sean Boyd who built Agnico Eagle on ‘culture of the heart’
Sean Boyd complimented Paul Penna on his briefcase the first time the young auditor met Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) founder in 1983. Penna placed it on the tiny…
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…