Gold tops $4,400 as silver hits $69 record
Safe-haven buying and bets on more United States rate cuts drove precious metals to fresh records Monday, with gold breaking above $4,400 an oz. and silver also touching an all-time…
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Friedland opens $2B Platreef mine in South Africa
Billionaire Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has cut the ribbon on its long-awaited Platreef platinum mine, with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa presiding as Johannesburg hosts G20…
How Lassonde, MAC, Selby assess Canada’s permitting and Carney’s Major Projects Office
If Canadians were unfamiliar with the Ring of Fire before Game One of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, they were well-versed by…
Gold price to test $5,000 in 2026: analysts
Despite the recent slump in prices, analysts remain bullish on gold heading into next year, with many forecasting the yellow metal to reach the pivotal $5,000 per oz. level. Metals…
Platinum price hits five-year high
Platinum prices have surged to their highest level in five years as global supply tightens and investors position ahead of policy changes in China. The spot platinum price was $1,658.68…
South Africa state raises Sibanye stake above 20%
Public Investment Corp. (PIC), South Africa’s state-owned asset management firm, has raised its shareholding in Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) to above 20%, further cementing its states as the miner’s…
Clean Air PEA bets on toll milling for fast Thunder Bay North payback
An updated study for Clean Air Metals’ (TSXV: AIR; US-OTC: CLRMF) Thunder Bay North platinum–palladium project in northern Ontario significantly cuts initial costs by shifting to a toll-mill processing scenario…
NexMetals drills wide copper-nickel zones in Botswana
NexMetals Mining (TSXV, Nasdaq: NEXM) on Tuesday said four new holes in its 12-hole metallurgical program at the past-producing Selkirk copper-nickel–platinum mine in Botswana returned broad, near-surface mineralization, supporting a…
Platinum Group’s matte move could unlock Waterberg
Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM; NYSE-A: PLG) is seeking South African approval to export converter matte from its Waterberg project rather than bagged concentrate, CEO Frank Hallam says. Converter matte…
Video: Azimut preps Wabamisk drilling after VG find
Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM; USOTC: AZMTF) is fast-tracking work at its Wabamisk project in Quebec after fieldwork outlined a new surface target with visible gold, president and CEO Jean-Marc Lulin…
Gold price hits new record high
Gold pushed to a record $3,728 per oz. on Monday before easing about $10 an oz. as investors piled into exchange-traded funds, extending a rally that resumed after last week’s…
Friedland sells 4% of Ivanhoe to Qatar for $500M
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has agreed to a $500-million investment from Qatar that gives its sovereign wealth fund 4% of the Canadian copper miner founded by billionaire Robert Friedland….