PDAC: Canada must build processing now, panelists say
Canada has a historic opportunity to build new processing facilities in the country as modern mines get developed amid a global resource boom, attendees were told at the Prospectors and…
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Spotlight: Global Battery Metals 1
With structural market deficits projected to grow for most battery metals over the next decade, companies are scrambling to find and build more supply. Here are four companies with significant…
Spotlight: Global Exploration 1
Exploration is the lifeblood of the world’s metal supply but economic deposits are becoming harder to find and sometimes even harder to exploit. Here’s a look at four companies determined to find the mines we need…
JV article: Great Pacific Gold sharpens focus in Papua New Guinea
Great Pacific Gold (TSXV: GPAC; US-OTC: GPGCF) is tightening its focus on Papua New Guinea and advancing drilling at its Wild Dog gold-copper project after completing a year of portfolio…
PDAC: Vale eyes doubling of copper output, CEO says
Brazilian iron ore giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) is targeting a doubling of copper output over the next decade as part of a plan to expand its footprint in three main…
Osisko’s Gaspé revamp ties history to copper’s surge
For Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) chief operating officer Jeff Hussey, life has a way of repeating itself. Three decades ago, Hussey was hired by Toronto-based mining giant Noranda to work as a…
Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
Ontario vows more cash to boost mining
Ontario Mines and Energy Minister Stephen Lecce is promising to announce more support for the industry at its biggest convention this month after recent permit acceleration and infrastructure spending. The…
Argentina’s Milei wins first vote to ease glacier rules
Argentina’s Senate has approved a reform to the country’s glacier protection law, advancing President Javier Milei’s push to unlock billions in mining investment. Lawmakers voted 40–31 in favour of the…
Gunnison Copper lifts project value near $2B
Gunnison Copper (TSX: GCU; US-OTC: GCUMF) updated a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its namesake project in Arizona, increasing the value by half and advancing towards prefeasibility, permitting and financing….
Nevada tops Fraser survey as Ontario, Saskatchewan rise
Nevada has dislodged Finland as the best jurisdiction for mining investment globally while two Canadian provinces – Ontario and Saskatchewan – have climbed into the top three, a new survey…
Aussie Alkane adds $2.2B listing to TSX
Confetti, cheers and an electronic bell welcomed Alkane Resources (ASX, TSX: ALK) to the Toronto Stock Exchange Wednesday as its latest listed company. The A$2.3-billion (C$2.2 billion) market cap Alkane…