Capstone wins key permit to expand Mantoverde
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) has secured environmental approval from authorities in Chile’s Atacama region for its $150-million Mantoverde Optimized (MV-O) project. The green…
Regulatory Issues
Dundee gets OK for Ecuador gold project
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) has the full go-ahead to proceed with its Loma Larga underground gold project after the government of Ecuador granted the…
Kinterra scores win in New World Copper takeover bid
Australia’s Takeovers Panel has blocked New World from issuing shares to CAML, giving Kinterra time to contest the deal.
‘Big beautiful’ U.S. bill would end crit-min tax credit
Legislation moving through the United States Congress could eliminate a key tax credit aimed at supporting domestic production of critical minerals, raising concern among mining…
Canada advances plan to freeze Giant mine’s toxic waste
Canada’s $4.4-billion plan to cope with a poisonous legacy at a former gold mine in the Northwest Territories risks complicating local efforts to find a…
CMOC’s IXM cites force majeure on cobalt deliveries
IXM, a metals trading unit of CMOC Group, a partially Chinese state-owned entity, has declared force majeure on its cobalt supply contracts due to an…
American Battery Technology’s lithium project gets federal permitting priority
American Battery Technology (Nasdaq: ABAT) soared on Monday after its Tonopah Flats lithium project (TFLP) in Nevada was given “transparency priority” status by the U.S….
Australia OKs Energy Fuels’ Donald rare earth project
Energy Fuels (NYSE-A: UUUU; TSX: EFR) has received final regulatory clearance to develop the Donald rare earth elements (REE) and mineral sand project in southeast…
Industry flags BC’s Tŝilhqot’in Nation land use plan
British Columbia has laid out a plan to discuss consent with the Tŝilhqot’in Nation for future mining projects in the Teẑtan area of the province’s…
Citizens rally to reopen Cobre Panama copper mine
Thousands of former workers, members of supplier companies and residents around First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) giant Cobre Panama copper mine rallied for the government…
Trafigura backs Euro Sun’s Rovina Valley with $200M financing deal
Euro Sun Mining (TSXV: ESM; US-OTC: ESMNF) has lined up a $200-million loan package, with backing from global commodities trader Trafigura, to help finance its…
Greenland grants 30-year permit to moly mine
Greenland Resources (Cboe CA: MOLY; FSE: M0LY) has secured a 30-year permit for its Malmbjerg molybdenum project, a major development backed by the European Union….