McFarlane Lake drills long gold intercepts as MRE nears
New drilling by McFarlane Lake Mining (CSE: MLM; US-OTC: MLMLF) at its main Juby gold project in northeastern Ontario has continued to expand the scale of the property’s gold system…
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Equinox-Orla get OK to create No. 2 Canada gold miner
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) (NYSE: EQX) and Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) (NYSE: ORLA) have secured shareholder approval for their $18.5 billion merger, creating Canada’s second-largest gold producer with expected annual…
Coeur doubles Mexico exploration budget to $158M
Coeur Mining (TSX, NYSE: CDE) plans to spend twice as much this year drilling in Mexico after reporting high-grade assays from its Palmarejo operation in Chihuahua state. The stock rose….
Gladiator’s Cub assays highlight historical copper belt
Recent assays from step out drilling at Gladiator Metals’ (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) Whitehorse project in Yukon show the Cub East discovery is a developing high-grade copper-gold-silver centre inside the…
Getchell Gold sees $905M value for Fondaway Canyon
Getchell Gold (CSE: GTCH; US-OTC: GGLDF) says a revised preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its proposed Fondaway Canyon open-pit gold mine in Nevada has boosted the project’s value by 67%…
Barrick bets on BC with 9.9% Kingfisher stake
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) is acquiring an almost 10% stake in Canadian explorer Kingfisher Metals (TSX-V: KFR) through a $20.9-million private placement, backing the junior’s exploration efforts in…
London Gold offers $25M for Bolivia-focused Bocana
Privately held London Gold LLC is moving towards a $25 million (C$35 million) cash and stock deal for Americas-focused explorer Bocana Resources (TSXV: BOCA), which holds the Escala project in…
Thunder Gold assays suggest Tower Mountain expansion in Ontario
New drilling by Thunder Gold (TSXV: TGOL; US-OTC: TGOLF) at its Tower Mountain project in Ontario has confirmed the deposit’s main trend continues at depth and remains open for further…
ETM battles Greenland over rare earth ‘expropriation’
Energy Transition Minerals (ASX: ETM) says Greenland has effectively seized one of the world’s largest rare earth deposits outside China by blocking development of the Kvanefjeld project and refusing to…
AI emerges as new driver of rare earth demand: Sprott
Artificial intelligence is emerging as an unexpected new source of demand for rare earth elements, adding to military and clean-energy consumption just as Western governments pour billions of dollars into…
New Pacific boosts Bolivia project value to $2.65B
New Pacific Metals (TSX: NUAG; NYSE-A: NEWP) has strengthened the economics of its Carangas silver-gold project in Bolivia with an updated preliminary economic assessment that lifts the after-tax net present…
U.S. widens critical minerals lead over Europe: WSJ
The United States is outspending Europe in the race to secure critical minerals outside China, raising concerns that European manufacturers could remain dependent on Chinese supplies, The Wall Street Journal…