South32 backs $35M push at Alaska copper project
The miner has signed off on a $35M work program to advance its Arctic copper project in Alaska through the Ambler JV.
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Los Andes leak nixes CEO’s cabinet post in Chile
The former CEO of Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTC: LSANF) won’t become Chile’s new Minister of Mines following a communications mix-up. CEO Santiago Montt said Tuesday he had submitted his resignation…
Liberty Gold says Idaho project gets FAST-41 nod
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) said its past-producing Black Pine gold project in southeastern Idaho has joined the FAST-41 federal government program to quicken permitting. The stock surged. Black…
US streamlines permitting for deep-sea miners
The Trump administration has adopted new rules slashing the permitting process for deep-sea mining in half. Effective immediately, the two-step process of getting an exploration license and then a commercial…
Thesis Gold’s Steve assays may expand resource in BC
Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; US-OTC: THSGF) shares surged to an almost four-year high after drilling in the Steve zone showed potential resource growth at its Lawyers-Ranch project in British Columbia….
Rio Tinto copper output rises as merger talks loom
Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) copper production rose 5% in the fourth quarter as a surge from Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi underground expansion more than offset weaker output at Chile’s…
Podcast: AME BC’s Todd Stone on mining policy, Roundup preview
This week’s episode features Todd Stone, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on mining policy in Canada. Stone explains why access…
Centerra Gold PEA values Kemess project at $1.1B
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) shares soared to a historic high Tuesday after a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) valued the company’s Kemess copper-gold project in British Columbia at $1.1…
DRC pitches copper, cobalt and more to US
The Democratic Republic of Congo has handed the United States a vetted list of mining and processing projects open to American investment, signalling Washington’s most concrete move yet to chip…
Treasure Hunt Video: Ontario sisters win $37,000 in Argentia hunt
Ontario sisters Stefanie St. Denis and Jennifer Crichton cracked the Argentia clues to claim the $37,000 gold bonus in The Northern Miner’s Great Canadian Treasure Hunt. The long-time subscribers and…
Geopolitics, tight investment to shape mining: WoodMac
Geopolitical shifts, a rewired energy transition and disciplined capital allocation will define the global metals and mining sector in 2026, according to Wood Mackenzie. “2026 will be a year of…
France backs USA Rare Earth plant build with $152M
USA Rare Earth (Nasdaq: USAR), through its Less Common Metals (LCM) subsidiary, plans to build a metal and alloy production facility in France next to an oxide processing facility, supported…