Orion’s largest fundraising lifts total past $9B
Orion Resource Partners has completed the final close of its Mine Finance Fund IV at $2.2 billion, representing its biggest fundraising to date. Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and other…
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Chinese firm idles Canada’s only antimony mine
Canada’s only primary antimony mine, the Beaver Brook operation in Newfoundland and Labrador, has remained idle despite rising demand for the strategic metal, highlighting growing concerns over Western dependence on…
Collective shifts HQ to Miami, stays Canadian
Collective Mining (TSX: CNL; NYSE-A: CNL) is shifting its executive headquarters from Toronto to Miami as the Colombia-focused explorer seeks closer access to its operations and deeper United States capital…
Southern Cross drills antimony discovery in Australia
Drilling at Southern Cross Gold’s (TSX: SXGC; ASX: SX2; US-OTC: SXGCF) Sunday Creek project in Australia returned the strongest gold-antimony result yet at the Apollo target. Shares rose. Highlight hole…
Falcon seeks $100M from Guinea in World Bank court
Falcon Energy Materials (TSX-V: FLCN) filed a $100-million (C$136-million) arbitration claim against Guinea, alleging that the West African nation illegally expropriated the company’s Lola graphite project. Abu Dhabi-based Falcon said…
Sponsored Video at PDAC: Tiger Gold pushes Quinchía beyond first mine plan
Tiger Gold (TSXV: TIGR) is drilling to decide whether the newly listed explorer develops the Quinchía project in Colombia as outlined in last year’s economic study or chases a much…
US launches $500M boost to mineral processing
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to provide up to $500 million in funding to expand domestic critical minerals processing and battery materials manufacturing and recycling, as Washington seeks…
Sponsored Video at PDAC: Silver Acadia sees Bathurst upside
Silver Acadia Exploration (CSE: SLA) is recasting New Brunswick’s Bathurst base metals camp as a silver story, betting decades of zinc-led work left high-grade precious-metals zones underexplored at its flagship…
Centaurus inks Glencore deal for Jaguar nickel output
Centaurus Metals (ASX: CTM) has moved closer to a final investment decision on its Jaguar nickel project in Brazil after Glencore (LSE: GLEN) signed a binding five-year offtake agreement that…
Sponsored Q&A: Arbitration finance moves into the mainstream, says Burford Capital
As governments tighten oversight of critical minerals projects and geopolitical tensions reshape resource policy, mining companies are increasingly facing disputes with host states and commercial partners. Investor-state arbitration and cross-border…
Sponsored Q&A: Automation rises as drilling faces safety pressure
Exploration drilling remains the foundation of every new mine development, but the operating environment is becoming more demanding. Programs are moving deeper, labour shortages persist and safety expectations – particularly around live work and manual rod handling – are intensifying…
Gold eyes second weekly loss, silver price drops further
Gold slipped below $5,100 an oz. on Friday, heading towards a second consecutive weekly drop, as high energy prices stemming from the Middle East war continue to drive high-interest expectations….