RANKED: World’s top 10 rare earth projects
Rare earths, 17 minerals critical to the energy transition for their use in electric car batteries and wind turbines, are also crucial to national security for use in aerospace and…
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Stelar Metals secures 90% stake in Trident lithium project
Critical minerals explorer Stelar Metals (ASX: SLB) has completed the acquisition of mining tenements in New South Wales, Australia, which include the Trident Lithium project. The deal with the state…
French-British venture to develop UK’s largest lithium deposit
French mining group Imerys and British Lithium are joining forces to speed up the development of the U.K.’s largest lithium deposit, said to have enough of the battery metal to…
Swiss seek halt on deep sea mining
Switzerland’s Federal Council has called for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in the international seabed area due to concerns about its harmful effects. The Swiss government stated that commercial exploitation…
Integra rises on promising PEA for Wildcat, Mountain View in Nevada
Integra Resources (TSXV: ITR) has published an initial preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Wildcat and Mountain View projects located in western Nevada, demonstrating the potential for a low-cost, high-margin…
Mining the moon to lift off within 10 years, says NASA
The United States’ space agency (NASA) is looking to operate a pilot processing plant for lunar resources by 2032, as part of its planned Artemis missions that will also take…
Wallbridge PEA pegs Fenelon annual gold output at 212,000 oz over 12 years
Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM; OTC: WLBMF) released a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Fenelon gold project in the Abitibi greenstone belt, along the Detour-Fenelon gold trend in…
Rainbow Rare Earths reaches deal for 100% of Phalaborwa in South Africa
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE:RBW) has inked an agreement with Bosveld Phosphates that would give it full ownership of the Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa. The deal will see the…
Podcast: ‘Generational opportunity’ in shift to green energy, U.S. Critical Metals CEO Darren Collins says
This week’s episode features Darren Collins, founder, president, and CEO of US Critical Metals, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Collins shares insights into the process of exploring for critical…
Appian Capital grabs majority stake in Namibian zinc mine
Appian Capital Advisory said on Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of an almost 90% stake in the Rosh Pinah underground zinc mine in southern Namibia from Trevali Mining. As…
UK’s Cornish Lithium seeks $17M in last-ditch effort to avoid collapse
Cornish Lithium, a start-up that attracted the interest of the battery metals sector with its plans to open a lithium mine in the UK, has warned it could go bust…
GMS Video: Data shows ‘hydrocarbons’ have been the culprit in rising mining costs
Capital and operating costs have risen rapidly for miners in the past couple of years as inflation has set in, but where exactly have costs risen the most? Costmine vice-president…