US, Australia target $3B for critical minerals plan
The United States and Australia signed a critical-minerals framework on Monday that aims to speed permits, mobilize public and private financing, and pilot market “price-floor”…
Specialty Minerals
U.S. Antimony starts Montana mining operations
United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) says it has begun exploration and bulk sampling operations on the former Stibnite Hill mine in Montana, having secured the…
US builds $1B crit-mins stockpile to defy China: FT
The Pentagon has moved to acquire up to $1 billion worth of critical minerals as part of an accelerated stockpiling drive aimed at reducing U.S….
Nova Minerals soars on Aus-US summit request
Nova Minerals’ (Nasdaq, ASX: NVA) shares skyrocketed on Tuesday after the Australian miner said that the U.S. government wants it to provide a brief on…
Xtra Energy drills ‘world class’ antimony in Nevada
Drilling by American Antimony Corporation, operating as Xtra Energy (US-OTC: XTPT) has returned results as high as 87 metres grading 5.59% stibnite at its Bernice…
Nova wins $43.4M from Pentagon to build antimony hub
Nova Minerals’ (Nasdaq, ASX: NVA) shares soared to a historic high after it was awarded US$43.4 million by the United States’ Department of War (DoW)…
Friedland-backed Sunrise soars on US loan interest
Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX: SRL), which wants to mine Australia scandium in a project backed by billionaire Robert Friedland, is being lined up for a…
US to stockpile minerals at world’s biggest ammo dump
Critical minerals company M2i Global (US-OTC: MTWO) and flight management software provider Volato Group (NYSE-A: SOAR) are spearheading a public-private initiative for America’s first Strategic…
GoldMining finds antimony kicker at Crucero in Peru
GoldMining (TSX: GOLD; NYSE American: GLDG) plans to leverage the antimony price’s strong rally into a new resource estimate after reviewing legacy drill results showing…
US startup makes thorium breakthrough
Clean Core Thorium Energy, a Chicago-based company developing thorium-based nuclear fuel, says new tests hit a milestone in the element’s energy output being more efficient…
Why a bullet metal is behind $2.2B Idaho project
U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Idaho Governor Brad Little visited Perpetua Resources’ (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) Stibnite gold-antimony project this week, underscoring the Trump administration’s…
Infographic: Antimony spheres of control
Antimony is a critical mineral—vital for military applications and ammunition, as well as in batteries and semiconductors —yet its global supply is overwhelmingly controlled by China and Russia. In…