US focus on Greenland grab misguided: analysts
United States officials are misguided if they think gaining control of Greenland will give them access to a wealth of resources capable of shrinking overnight the country’s critical minerals reliance…
Articles by FREDERIC TOMESCO
Revival logs shallow gold at Utah’s Mercur project
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) said recent drilling at its past-producing Mercur project in Utah shows the presence of near-surface gold in an area targeted for potential heap leach development….
US awards $2.7B in uranium enrichment orders
The United States Department of Energy awarded contracts worth $2.7 billion (C$3.7 billion) to three companies in a bid to boost domestic uranium enrichment capacity over the next decade and…
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…
Serial wealth creator Lassonde still having fun
Franco-Nevada (TSX, NYSE: FNV) co-founder Pierre Lassonde hasn’t let retirement from the C-suite dim his love for the yellow metal. Think $4,000 gold is high? Lassonde, the former Newmont (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT) president, has news for you. He predicts the yellow metal…
First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) agreed to sell the past-producing Cobre Las Cruces copper mine in Spain to an investment fund for up to $190 million (C$260 million) to free…
Ero Copper sees busy 2026 as Furnas PEA nears
Brazil-focused miner Ero Copper (TSX, NYSE: ERO) is doubling down on drilling at its Furnas gold-copper project as it works on a preliminary economic assessment due to be released in…
Erdene CEO sees Mongolia gold mine anchoring district
Canada’s Erdene Resource Development (TSX: ERD) is working to turn its new Bayan Khundii open-pit gold mine in Mongolia into the anchor of a future minerals district that will one day…
Ontario, Ottawa sign deal to speed up major projects
Ontario and Canada’s federal government signed an agreement that aims to curb duplicate reviews and advance long-planned infrastructure and projects such as those in the province’s metals-rich Ring of Fire…
NGEx hits 4% copper, 11g gold at Lunahuasi in Argentina
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTCQ: NGXXF) said new drilling at the Lunahuasi polymetallic project in Argentina vertically extended an existing high-grade zone by 100 metres. The stock rose. Hole DPDH048 in the deposit’s…
Fortescue agrees to buy Alta for $139M in copper push
Australia’s Fortescue (ASX: FMG) agreed to buy all of Peru-focused explorer Alta Copper (TSX: ATCU; US-OTC: DNCUD) in a C$139 million ($101 million) deal that accelerates a pivot into copper…
American Eagle drilling boosts NAK copper-gold project
Canadian explorer American Eagle Gold (TSX-V: AE; US-OTC: AMEGF) says new drilling at its polymetallic NAK project in British Columbia has markedly expanded a previous discovery zone. The stock rose….