Trump cuts aluminum, steel tariffs back to 25%
Ontario agreed to suspend its 25% surcharge on electricity exports to three U.S. states, then U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro said the proposed tariffs on Canadian steel…
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US-backed TechMet eyes Ukraine lithium asset
Mining investment firm TechMet, which counts the U.S. government as one of its largest investors, is looking to develop a major lithium project in central Ukraine. The company has been…
Podcast: ‘All sorts of weird rumours’ — Jeffrey Christian on Fort Knox, London gold reserves
This week’s episode features CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey Christian in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli, tackling rumors surrounding the gold market. Christian explains why large quantities of gold flowed…
AbraSilver shares rise on high-grade hits at Diablillos
AbraSilver Resource (TSX: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) cut intervals grading higher than 205 grams silver per tonne in the completed stage four drilling at its Diablillos project in northwest Argentina. Shares…
Meridian hikes Cabaçal gold-copper project value by 71% in Brazil after new study
A new report for Meridian Mining’s (TSX: MNO; US-OTC: MRRDF) Cabaçal gold-copper-silver project in west-central Brazil boosts its post-tax net present value (NPV) more than two-thirds over a 2023 study…
Franco-Nevada’s Panama arbitration set for 2026
Arbitration proceedings between royalty and streaming company Franco-Nevada (TSX, NYSE: FNV) and Panama over the reopening of the $10-billion (C$14.5-billion) Cobre Panama copper mine are moving forward after a tribunal…
US open to DRC minerals deal: reports
The United States is open to talks with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a deal that would give it access to the African nation’s critical minerals in exchange for…
AME Roundup Video: Doug Silver shares a benchmark for finding ‘lifestyle companies’
So-called ‘lifestyle companies’ continue to give the junior exploration industry a bad rap, Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Doug Silver warns. These outfits prioritize management’s welfare as marked by…
Palliser pressures Rio Tinto to drop dual listing
Activist investor Palliser Capital is urging the chair of Rio Tinto (NYSE, ASX, LSE: RIO), the world’s second largest miner, to abandon its primary London listing and unify its corporate…
Video: Nations Royalty taps Indigenous streams amid market saturation, exec says
Nations Royalty (TSXV: NRC) empowers Indigenous communities by pooling royalty streams into a single public company, vice-president for corporate development Kody Penner explains. It’s the first time the business model…
Video: Wheaton forecaster challenges consensus view on gold, PGM prices
Wheaton Precious Metals’ (TSX: WPM, NYSE: WPM; LSE: WPM) market researcher Emil Kalinowski challenges the conventional wisdom on gold, platinum and palladium. He blasts analysts as “crazy” for forecasting falling…
PDAC shows urgency of getting shovels in ground
Time is of the essence if miners are to deliver the minerals needed to power the energy transition. That sense of urgency was front and centre this week as Toronto…