Solaris values Ecuador copper mine at $4.6B
Swiss mine developer Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE: SLSR) says a prefeasibility study shows its Warintza copper-gold project in southeastern Ecuador would generate an after-tax…
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US plan to boost Africa mining ties needs work: analyst
Recent United States initiatives aimed at developing closer ties with resource-rich African countries to break China’s stranglehold on critical minerals processing are still a long…
Montage boosts resource at Côte d’Ivoire’s Koné project
Canadian mine developer Montage Gold (TSX: MAU, OTCQX: MAUTF) says an exploration update for its Koné project in Côte d’Ivoire shows increases in both indicated…
Electra restarts construction at Ont. cobalt refinery
Electra Battery Materials (TSX-V, Nasdaq: ELBM) said it’s resumed construction at its Ontario cobalt sulfate refinery after securing about $82 million (C$115 million) in project…
Aya values Boumadine in Morocco at $3B with spot gold
Canada’s Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; US-OTC: AYASF) said a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Boumadine polymetallic project in Morocco shows the company…
Gold Fields pays $50M for 12% of Founders Metals
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) agreed to pay about $50 million (US$36 million) to become the biggest shareholder in Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF),…
Canada backs critical minerals projects worth $6.4B
Canada’s federal government unveiled plans to support 25 new investments it says will help to unlock some $6.4 billion (US$4.6 billion) of critical minerals projects…
Fortuna boosts underground potential in Côte d’Ivoire
Exploration drilling at Fortuna Mining’s (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Séguéla open-pit mine in Côte d’Ivoire improves the odds of an underground operation at the Sunbird deposit,…
China to suspend new REE export controls for 1 year
China agreed to suspend a planned expansion of export controls on rare earth elements (REE) for a year after U.S. President Donald Trump struck a…
Osisko says Gaspé assays expand copper deposit
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) said new drilling at its flagship Gaspé project in eastern Quebec yielded multiple occurrences of copper in the deposit’s…
AbraSilver logs new high-grade gold hits at Diablillos
AbraSilver Resource (TSX: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) said new drill results at its flagship Diablillos project in northwestern Argentina have expanded the high-grade gold zone east…
Ramaco eyes REE stockpile at Wyoming mine
Coal producer Ramaco Resources (Nasdaq: METC, METCB) said it plans to set up a strategic stockpile of rare earth elements (REE) and critical minerals at…