Collective extends Apollo gold system in Colombia
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) has expanded the footprint of its Apollo system at the Guayabales gold project in Colombia and plans to accelerate exploration with as much…
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Ontario fast-tracks Frontier Lithium’s PAK
Frontier Lithium’s (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) $943-million capex PAK project is Ontario’s first entry in a program to approve mines in two years. Provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
Aclara jumps on US REE plant plan
Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) plans to invest $277 million to build a heavy rare earth separation facility in Louisiana, marking what it calls a milestone for U.S. critical minerals independence….
Platinum price hits five-year high
Platinum prices have surged to their highest level in five years as global supply tightens and investors position ahead of policy changes in China. The spot platinum price was $1,658.68…
Gold price falls on profit-taking
Gold prices fell sharply on Tuesday, recording their biggest one-day drop in more than a decade and halting a powerful rally that had carried the metal to a record high….
Government equity in miners becomes U.S. norm
The Trump administration is ratcheting up government ownership in mining companies that are nominally Canadian, raising questions about whether Ottawa plans similar investments. Trump has ordered his Department of War…
TNM names 2025 award winners: Clive Johnson, Bruno Lemelin and Pierre Lassonde
The Northern Miner has chosen Clive Johnson, CEO of B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG), as its Person of the Year for 2025. Bruno Lemelin, chief operating officer of Iamgold (TSX:…
Opinion: Why regulators need to rethink NI-43-101 ideas
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the coordinating umbrella organization made up of Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial securities regulators, has been trying to review and/or update the country’s rules surrounding…
Quebec simplifies environmental process
Quebec, one of North America’s biggest producers of minerals such as gold, graphite and lithium, recently adopted a new law that amends most of its environmental legislation. Colin McClelland, The…
Osisko’s Gaspé project seeks deep-pockets partner
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) CEO Robert Wares is confident on expanding the largest copper project east of the Mississippi while getting the permits and partner to develop it. The Gaspé…
Troilus CEO nets European funding on Carney trip
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has lined up hundreds of millions in European financing and offtake deals fresh from a Canadian trade mission promoting what CEO Justin Reid calls…
Editorial: Quebec’s mining crossroads
Quebec’s mining sector is at once thriving and uncertain, a duality that reflects the global forces reshaping commodities and the local policies that aim to manage them. The province has…