Copper M&A: SolGold weighs higher $1.1B Jiangxi bid
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (LSE: SOLG) has opened the door to a takeover from China’s Jiangxi Copper (JCC), which returned with a higher all-cash proposal valuing the company at about £842…
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McEwen expands high-grade gold zone at Froome mine
McEwen (TSX, NYSE: MUX) said new drilling at its Froome mine in northern Ontario boosted the property’s higher-grade gold mineralization by about 45%. Drillhole 25PR-G467 cut 31 metres grading 7.7 grams gold…
Canada, India eye nuclear export deal: report
Canada and India are close to announcing a new $2.8 billion (C$3.9 billion) uranium export deal that would see Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) supply the energy metal as part…
Prairie Lithium starts building Saskatchewan DLE facility
Australia’s Prairie Lithium (ASX: PL9) has kicked off construction in Saskatchewan of what it says would be the largest direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in North America. Prairie’s facility would…
Washington seeks Thacker Pass stake
The Trump administration now wants an initial 5-10% equity stake in Lithium Americas’ (TSX, NYSE: LAC) Thacker Pass project in Nevada as it seeks to renegotiate the terms of a…
Codelco regains title as world’s top copper producer
Codelco has resumed its position as the world’s largest copper producer after reporting 2024 output slightly more than BHP (NYSE: BHP). Chile’s state-owned miner produced 1.44 million tonnes of copper…
PDAC JV video: Royalty ownership exposes EMX to new discoveries, CEO says
EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-AM: EMX) has mixed prospecting with royalty writing to build a portfolio of 140 royalties delivering eight consecutive quarters of free cash flow, CEO David Cole…
Canada scraps federal review of large projects
Canada’s federal government will permit major infrastructure and mining projects with provincial and territorial approvals alone, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday evening after meeting with the country’s 13 premiers….
Trump cuts aluminum, steel tariffs back to 25%
Ontario agreed to suspend its 25% surcharge on electricity exports to three U.S. states, then U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro said the proposed tariffs on Canadian steel…
Trump, Zelenskyy nix minerals deal
United States President Donald Trump and his Ukraine counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy cancelled a mineral rights and security agreement at the White House on Friday after a news conference degenerated into…
Exploding fire extinguisher kills Fortuna miner
Canadian precious metals miner Fortuna Mining (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) reported Tuesday the death of a contracted employee at its Séguéla gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire, following an incident involving…
Savannah gains on larger lithium zone in Portugal
Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV), the British company behind the Barroso lithium project — Europe’s largest in spodumene — said new exploration results point to a larger deposit than previously estimated…