Americans fund Fireweed’s NWT tungsten project
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) on Friday secured millions in U.S. and Canadian critical minerals project funding. The U.S. Department of Defense invested about…
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London Symposium Video: Sustainability innovations are reshaping mining, London panel hears
A renewed focus on sustainable industry is driving innovation to achieve it, a panel heard early this month in London. Dundee Sustainable Technologies (CSE: DST)…
London Symposium: ‘Mining must move at the pace of business, not bureaucracy,’ Ontario’s Pirie says
Ontario’s bid to lead in the critical minerals boom in Canada is fuelled with funding increases and deregulation goals in a new mining code. Yet…
Ontario pension backs US$100M funding for tech firm spotting deposits from space
Australia’s Fleet Space Technologies announced Wednesday it raised US$100 million led by the investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to expand its ExoSphere…
Satellite data analysis shows copper smelting activity surged in November
Global copper smelting last month reached its highest level since February, according to a report released Wednesday that tracks smelter inactivity. Average smelter inactivity fell…
London Symposium: Rule, Roosen call for smarter junior mining investment
“No one ever won the Kentucky Derby with the best jockey on a donkey,” Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) founder and CEO Sean Roosen…
Energy Fuels MOU with Madagascar unlocks path for US$2B Toliara project
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) has an initial agreement with Madagascar clearing the way for a final investment decision on its US$2-billion Toliara critical…
London Symposium: How new tech and sustainability can transform mining
Green technologies and sustainability-focused project strategies are helping the industry address risks earlier and build longer-lasting community ties, a London industry event heard this week….
Iamgold cuts Westwood reserves by 17% amid mine plan overhaul
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) shares fell Thursday after it cut 202,300 oz., or 17%, off the December 2023 Westwood Complex reserve estimate in Quebec….
China has ‘weaponized’ global critical mineral supply chain, US miners group says
China’s ban on U.S.-bound critical mineral exports is “mineral extortion,” Washington D.C.-based National Mining Association (NMA) president Rich Nolan said on Wednesday. The export ban…
Dakota Gold almost doubles Maitland deposit strike length as resource update, PEA nears
Dakota Gold’s (NYSE-A: DC) step-out drilling at the Maitland gold project has nearly doubled the strike length of modelled Homestake mine-style gold to 1,646 metres,…
China’s ‘super-giant’ gold discovery claim sounds ‘aspirational,’ WGC expert says
The World Gold Council (WGC) is skeptical about China’s Nov. 21 claim of discovering a US$83 billion gold deposit in the southeastern province of Hunan….