PMET boosts Quebec lithium economics to $5.1B value
A new study has more than tripled the expected value of PMET Resources’ (TSX: PMET; ASX: PMT) Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium project in Quebec, adding tantalum recovery…
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Uzbekistan targets uranium output on Canada’s scale
Uzbekistan aims to double uranium production by 2030 to a level exceeding Canada’s entire 2024 output, as state-owned Navoiyuran develops new deposits and reduces its…
Vale Base Metals to triple earnings up to $5B for 2026, CEO says
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) base metals unit aims to triple pre-tax profit to $4.5 billion to $5 billion (C$7 billion) this year, up from about $1.3…
Agnico spends early to curb cost blowouts, CEO says
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM), Canada’s top gold producer is willing to spend more and wait longer before committing to new mines to avoid…
Fast-41 Projects Interactive Infographic
The graphic tracks what comes next for 10 U.S. mining projects covered by FAST-41, which coordinates federal reviews and sets permitting timetables. Democrats’ midterm victory…
Interview: Ur-Energy eyes Wyoming expansion
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-A: URG) is looking to drilling, acquisitions and potentially processing for other miners to fill unused capacity after restarting its Shirley Basin…
US South builds a rare earth supply chain
Rare earth developers are turning to the U.S. South’s chemical plants, ports and mineral deposits to build a supply chain that can compete with China….
Endurance Gold expands Reliance zones amid PEA work
Endurance Gold (TSXV: EDG; US-OTC: ENDGF) intersected fresh gold-antimony areas at its Reliance brownfield project in British Columbia, as the company works to build on…
Mauritania’s first uranium mine comes into view despite funding, security issues
Aura Energy (ASX: AEE; AIM: AURA) is moving closer to building Mauritania’s first uranium mine after a bankable feasibility study outlined a $500-million (C$701.9 million)…
Study nearly doubles value, lifts resource for Aclara’s Penco rare earths project
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Aclara Resources’ (TSX: ARA) Penco Module rare earths project in Chile almost doubles its post-tax net present value…
From the Archives: The rise and fall of Quebec’s asbestos industry
Few chapters in Quebec’s mining history are as dramatic as that of asbestos, first discovered near Thetford in the province’s southeast in 1876. Three years…
Tectonic drilling points to ‘large-scale gold system’ at Flat project
Drilling at Tectonic Metals’ (TSXV: TECT; US-OTC: TETOF) Flat project in southwest Alaska has identified significant high-grade gold mineralization near surface at the Alpha Bowl…