New Brunswick targets timelines in new strategy, minister says
New Brunswick plans to release a new minerals strategy on March 2 at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto ahead of…
Specialty Minerals
Nova Minerals rises despite short seller attack
Nova Minerals (ASX, NASDAQ: NVA) rose in U.S. trading even after investment research firm Spruce Point Capital Management disclosed a short position in the Australian…
White Gold to create critical metals explorer in Yukon
White Gold (TSXV: WGO) plans to spin off its critical metals projects located in Yukon in a bid to “unlock” the value of its non-gold…
US Antimony, Americas Gold to jointly build Idaho plant
United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) and Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) are joining forces to build a hydromet processing plant in Idaho…
US mineral supply vulnerable to China chokehold: report
A new report by the United States Geological Survey reveals that the U.S. has grown more reliant on foreign imports of minerals over the past…
Ares restarts US fluorspar output after Pentagon deal
Ares Strategic Mining (CSE: ARS; US-OTC: ARSMF) said it has restarted the Lost Sheep fluorspar mine in Utah after landing a major U.S. government contract…
Utah rare earths developer Ionic eyes 2027 IPO
Rare earths developer Ionic Mineral Technologies is said to be considering an initial public offering as it prepares to release a new study on the…
Canada defers spot in US critical minerals pact: Globe
Canada won’t immediately take part in a United States plan to assemble allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita…
Ivanhoe in talks to send DRC zinc to US stockpile
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) says it’s in advanced talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state miner Gecamines and Swiss commodities trader Mercuria to route…
U of Texas spinout targets gallium, scandium
The University of Texas at Austin has spun out Supra Elemental Recovery, a company focused on recovering high-purity gallium, scandium and other critical minerals from…
Near 400 feared dead in DRC mine collapse
Up to 400 people are feared dead after heavy rains triggered landslides at an informal mining site in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of…
Mining industry rates Chile’s critical mineral plan
Industry responses to Chile’s new National Critical Minerals Strategy ranged from supportive to skeptical as officials shift the country’s traditional reliance on copper towards a broader…