American Rare Earths produces first Wyoming oxides
Ore from American Rare Earths’ (ASX: ARR; US-OTC: ARRNF) Halleck Creek project in southeast Wyoming has for the first time been made into light and heavy rare earth oxide concentrates…
M&A, Financing and Restructuring
Gold Fields’ $2.4B Gold Road takeover vote nears
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is closing in on its A$3.7 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover of Australia’s Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR), with shareholders set to vote on…
JV video: Volta Metals partners with US DOE to unlock Ontario’s rare earth, gallium deposits
Canada is emerging as a key supplier of critical minerals on the geopolitical stage, and Toronto–based explorer Volta Metals (CSE: VLTA) is advancing a significant rare earth and gallium project…
Ganfeng, Lithium Argentina in $1.8B project merger
The partners aim to produce up to 150,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in three phases of 50,000 tonnes each.
Argenta’s El Quevar shines with 18,467 grams silver hit
Argenta Silver (TSXV: AGAG) has delivered one of the year’s most eye‑popping silver assays at El Quevar in Salta, Argentina, cutting 18,467 grams silver per tonne over 1.05 metres. The…
Hudbay soars on 30% Mitsubishi deal for Copper World
Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX, NYSE: HBM) shares skyrocketed to their highest level in more than a decade after it reached a $600-million (C$826.1-million) deal with Mitsubishi that hands the Japanese conglomerate…
Canada, US fund $29M for Canuck tungsten
Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF) received an $8.2 million (US$6 million) investment from the Canadian government this week to help advance its Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick. The sum adds…
Deficit math shows gold’s not done, Rule says
By Henry Lazenby in Boca Raton, Florida Rick Rule has an axiom for mining investors facing turbulent markets: “You are either a contrarian or you’re going to be a victim.” …
Canada’s Voisey’s Bay, Sudbury expansions boost Vale nickel, copper output
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Canada operations led its second-quarter performance with a 44% rise in nickel output at Voisey’s Bay in Labrador and higher output at its Sudbury operations. Nickel sales…
Ivanhoe’s Friedland raises Kamoa-Kakula cost outlook
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has started a second stage of dewatering Kamoa-Kakula, Africa’s largest copper operation, but increased its production cash cost forecast by 12%. Two submersible…
Adriatic lifts output, trims forecast pre-Dundee M&A
Adriatic Metals (ASX, LSE: ADT) reported strong gains in silver and gold production in the second quarter even as it lowered full-year projections ahead of its planned acquisition by Dundee…
Torex Gold buys Prime in $449M Mexico expansion
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG), the largest gold producer in Mexico, is acquiring Prime Mining (TSX: PRYM; US-OTC: PRMNF) and its primary Los Reyes gold-silver project in Sinaloa in an…