Fitzroy finds wide copper in Chile’s Punta del Cobre belt
Fitzroy Minerals (TSXV: FTZ; US-OTC: FTZFF) says drilling at its Buen Retiro project in northern Chile is revealing a major copper system as the company prepares…
Articles by Blair McBride
Opinion: Copper rally masks smelting power shift
Copper has rarely looked stronger. Prices are hovering near record levels, buoyed by electrification, artificial intelligence-driven demand expectations and a constrained pipeline of new mine…
Aclara nears new rare earth supply chain outside China
Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has inaugurated its rare earths separation pilot plant in Virginia, marking the start of one of the few integrated supply chains…
Gold Terra grades help enlarge resource at 1938 Yellowknife gold rush site
Drilling by Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT)-backed Gold Terra (TSXV: YGT; US-OTC: YGTFF) has booked high-grade hits in the Yellorex zone as it works to…
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…
Cabral Gold surges on best results as output nears
Cabral Gold (TSXV: CBR; US-OTC: CGBZF) shares shot to a new high after results from its Jerimum Cima target in northern Brazil returned the company’s…
AI’s application still clouded by hype
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being promoted across the mining sector as a way to sharpen exploration and improve targeting, but industry executives say most tools…
How Canadian mining can be great again
The mining and metallurgy industry has undergone a profound transformation since 1905, when Canada was producing six key metals – iron, copper, nickel, lead, aluminum and zinc…
Lynas-Japan deal ‘insulates’ from China rare earth prices
A revised deal between Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY) and Japanese customer JARE firms up supplies of heavy rare earths and creates…
Canamera logs positive rare earth results in ionic clays
Auger drilling with dozens of holes at Canamera Energy Metals’ (CSE: EMET; US-OTC: EMETF) Turvolândia project in southeast Brazil has confirmed near-surface rare earths mineralization…
Aussie gold output rises 2% to top 300 tonnes again
Australian gold production rose 2% last year to reach 303 tonnes in 2025, the second time it has hit that milestone since 2023, Melbourne-based Surbiton…
La Mancha builds $313M interest in G Mining
La Mancha Resource Capital has become the largest shareholder in South America-focused G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) after a $313-million (C$425.1-million) share purchase deal….