Centaurus inks Glencore deal for Jaguar nickel output
Centaurus Metals (ASX: CTM) has moved closer to a final investment decision on its Jaguar nickel project in Brazil after Glencore (LSE: GLEN) signed a binding five-year offtake agreement that…
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Sponsored Q&A: Arbitration finance moves into the mainstream, says Burford Capital
As governments tighten oversight of critical minerals projects and geopolitical tensions reshape resource policy, mining companies are increasingly facing disputes with host states and commercial partners. Investor-state arbitration and cross-border…
Sponsored Q&A: Automation rises as drilling faces safety pressure
Exploration drilling remains the foundation of every new mine development, but the operating environment is becoming more demanding. Programs are moving deeper, labour shortages persist and safety expectations – particularly around live work and manual rod handling – are intensifying…
Open-pit gold miners most exposed to inflation: Jefferies
Gold miners with large open-pit operations could face the biggest margin pressure from the conflict in the Middle East as higher oil prices threaten to lift fuel and consumable costs…
Investors prefer North America to Africa: Sprott chief
Rising gold and silver prices – and the resource nationalism they have fuelled in some African countries – are making North American mines and projects more attractive to global miners amid a search for stable operating environments, says Sprott Asset Management’s chief investment officer. …
PDAC JV Video: FireFox drills toward first Mustajärvi resource estimate
FireFox Gold (TSX.V: FFOX; US-OTC: FFOXF) expects a maiden resource at the Mustajärvi property within a year after drilling tightened its view of the Finnish discovery and identified a second…
JV article: Deloitte targets mid-tier miners managing project complexity
Deloitte Canada has launched its Mining Evolution Platform aimed at helping mid-tier and junior mining companies improve visibility across operations as complexity grows and investment decisions become more difficult. The…
PDAC JV Video: Bold bets on low-cost Ontario drill trio
Bold Ventures (TSXV: BOL) has kicked off a three-target winter drill campaign about two hours west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, betting a new Burchell discovery and follow-up drilling at Wilcorp…
Tartisan encounters nickel-copper at Ontario project
Tartisan Nickel (CSE: TN; US-OTC: TTSRF) says drilling at its flagship Kenbridge nickel‑copper‑cobalt project in Ontario encountered a broad mineralized zone as crews test the deposit’s depth potential. Hole KB26-210 cut…
PDAC JV Video: Amex targets bulk sample at Perron
Amex Exploration (TSXV: AMX; US-OTC: AMXEF) expects a decision this month undertaking a 40,000-tonne bulk sample at Perron as it works to turn the high-grade Quebec gold project into a…
PDAC JV Video: Crews, not rigs, to pinch drilling upturn, says Major Drilling
North America is emerging as the first stop in an exploration rebound as fresh financing starts reaching the field, but the next bottleneck is crews, not rigs, Major Drilling (TSX:…
Canada’s weakness lies beyond the mine gate, MPs hear
Canada’s critical-minerals fragility lies more with what happens after ore leaves the ground than the ore in the ground, witnesses told a parliamentary panel this week. In the House defence…