Americas extends hot streak with Cosalá hits
Americas Gold and Silver’s (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) latest Cosalá assays extend a run of discoveries, production gains and mine-build work across Mexico and Idaho. New Cosalá infill holes reported…
Copper
How to dodge the Iran war
Soaring fuel and chemicals prices triggered by the war in the Middle East are pushing global miners to dig deep for creative solutions. Take the case of Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI; ASX: MC2), which…
Copper prices must rise as supply crunch looms: Giustra
Copper prices will need to rise sharply as miners struggle to build enough new supply to meet demand from electrification, artificial intelligence and grid expansion, mining financier Frank Giustra says….
Deep Sea Minerals to list on Nasdaq
Deep Sea Minerals (CSE: SEAS; US-OTC: DSEAF) said it intends to list on Nasdaq exchange as part of its long-term growth strategy to secure a more diversified investor base. The…
CHARTS: How the sulphuric acid crunch is driving up critical minerals costs
Conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have sent sulphuric acid prices soaring, sharply increasing production costs for lithium, nickel and other critical minerals…
Andina discovers third Piuquenes porphyry in Argentina
Andina Copper (TSXV: ANDC; US-OTC: ANDC) has discovered a third copper porphyry at Piuquenes North in Argentina’s San Juan province, sending shares higher. Visual logging of the cores from two…
Quad nations unveil $20B critical minerals plan
The Quad partner nations — United States, Japan, Australia and India — have released plans to invest $20 billion to further support the buildout of a reliable critical minerals supply…
Panama to release First Quantum copper mine audit
Panama plans to publish the final audit of First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) shuttered copper mine on Friday as anti-mining protests re-emerge and expectations grow over the government’s next move…
Iran war squeezes acid, aluminium, miners’ margins: WoodMac report
The Iran war around the Strait of Hormuz is starting to hit miners far from the Persian Gulf, Wood Mackenzie warned on Wednesday. The conflict is choking sulphur shipments that…
Discovery Silver-backed Abitibi Metals drills 3.6% copper at B26 in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; US-OTC: AMQFF) has returned one of its strongest copper-gold intercepts yet at the B26 polymetallic project in western Quebec, as drilling continues to define higher-grade zones…
Fortescue Metals head defends zero emissions target
Fortescue (ASX: FMG) defended its plans to reach real zero carbon emissions across its Australian iron ore operations by 2030. “In the mining industry, we have been hammered for deployment of…
Colombia election could reshape copper investment
Colombia’s presidential election this weekend could determine whether one of Latin America’s most underexplored copper frontiers attracts billions in mining investment or sinks deeper into regulatory uncertainty and security turmoil….