Infographic: Who controls rare earth processing?
MINING.COM and The Northern Miner chart refined rare earth magnet output through a geopolitical lens, segmenting the world into four “Spheres of Control”: the Chinese Sphere, the American Sphere, the…
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Marimaca surges to 13-year high on copper hits in Chile
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2) shares soared to a new 13-year high Thursday on the release of copper sulphide drill results as high as 6 metres grading 12% copper…
Energy Fuels’ Pinyon Plain uranium output keeps rising
Production at Energy Fuels’ (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) Pinyon Plain mine in northern Arizona almost doubled in June from April, company totals show. Shares rose. Uranium oxide (U3O8) output at…
Group Eleven cuts best zinc-silver result yet at Ballywire
Group Eleven Resources’ (TSXV: ZNG; US-OTC: GRLVF) says it has cut the strongest intercept yet at its Ballywire target in southwest Ireland, with a highlight result of 39.7 metres grading…
Site visit: FireFly Metals seeks high-grade copper crown
BAIE VERTE, N.L. – Hundreds of metres underground inside a tunnel in northwest Newfoundland, and illuminated only by head lamps, is the precise area where FireFly Metals’ (ASX, TSX: FFM)…
NexMetals rises on strong copper-nickel hits
NexMetals Mining (TSXV: NEXM; US-OTC: PRMLD), fresh off its name change from Premium Resources, reported drill results as high as 13.5 metres grading 1.13% copper and 1.25% nickel at its…
Season’s first hole hits high grades for Sitka Gold
Sitka Gold’s (TSXV: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) first completed hole of its summer drilling program cut highlight results as high as 73.2 metres grading 2.05 grams gold per tonne in the…
PDAC JV Video: Namib Minerals preps to reopen gold mines in Zimbabwe
Namib Minerals is working to expand and restart three gold mines in Zimbabwe to help fund its critical mineral ambitions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), CEO Ibrahima Tall…
Receiver to sell disaster-hit Eagle mine
One year after the Eagle mine in Yukon suffered a catastrophic landslide, the company overseeing Victoria Gold’s former site is looking to sell the mine as the cleanup effort proceeds. …
New study gives Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project $1.4B value
A new preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for Ivanhoe Electric’s (TSX, NYSE: IE) Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona gives the proposed mine an after-tax net present value (NPV) of $1.4…
Two Ring of Fire First Nations oppose Ontario law
Two northern Ontario First Nations who have infrastructure agreements with the province related to the Ring of Fire have come out against the government’s new law that seeks to ease…
Alberta coal mines gravely threaten fish, study shows
Leachings from historic coal mines in southwest Alberta could poison and even kill off downstream fish populations, according to a new scientific study released as a Calgary-based explorer seeks to…