Panama growth hinges on Cobre Panama restart: report
Panama’s economy grew 4% in 2025, and business leaders say reopening First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) Cobre Panama copper mine is critical to lifting growth to as much as 6%…
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Sitka Gold update puts RC among biggest deposits in Yukon’s Tombstone belt
Updated resources for Sitka Gold’s (TSX-V: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) RC project in the Yukon have more than doubled inferred ounces, putting the property on course to become the Tombstone gold belt’s…
Podcast: ‘It’s going to take time’—Mackey on hiking West’s metals processing capacity
This week’s episode features Phillip Mackey, a renowned metallurgist and member of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the West’s efforts to build…
Mexican security risks highlighted in new reports
Escalating security risks and a legacy of lengthy project approvals are increasing investor scrutiny of mining exposure to Mexico, TD Cowen says. Recent incidents linked to cartel activity — such…
Denison builds Canada’s first in-situ uranium mine
Denison Mines (TSX: DML) plans to start constructing its Phoenix uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan in March, the country’s initial in-situ recovery (ISR) operation for the nuclear fuel. The $419-million…
Chile’s right-wing pivot puts mining policy under microscope
Chile is entering a new political phase as a right-wing government prepares to take office, putting mining policy under renewed scrutiny in the world’s largest copper-producing country. In recent years,…
Omai Gold weighs Wenot ‘superpit’ potential as drills hunt for growth
Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) on Wednesday reported deep, higher-grade assays from its Wenot deposit at the namesake Guyana project. Shares rose. Hole 25ODD-119W returned 14.6 metres grading…
Hycroft Mining extends climb on Sprott share buy
Hycroft Mining Holding (Nasdaq: HYMC) soared for a second straight day Wednesday after a securities filing revealed that Canadian billionaire Eric Sprott has continued to buy the stock despite its…
Emirates Global, Century Aluminum to build first US smelter in 50 years
The project, named Oklahoma Primary Aluminum, is expected to double US primary production.
Roundup Video: Relevant Gold drills Wyoming’s long-ignored gold belt
Relevant Gold (TSXV: RGC; US-OTC: RGCCF) plans a 20,000-metre drill campaign this year as it tries to prove up what CEO Rob Bergmann calls an “American Abitibi” – a largely…
Barrick names new legal, global affairs chiefs
Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of two new members to its executive committee. James J. McGuire has been hired as Barrick’s…
Botswana Diamonds rebrands, targeting copper
Botswana Diamonds (LON: BOD) will rebrand as Botswana Minerals and trade under the new ticker BMIN starting Friday as it expands into copper exploration to cut exposure to a prolonged downturn…