Hecla nearly doubles exploration budget
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL), the largest silver producer in the U.S. and Canada, plans to almost double investments this year on exploration and pre-development activities. The stock surged. Idaho-based Hecla…
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Roundup Video: Brixton drills Langis silver project in Ontario, preps Thorn return
Brixton Metals (TSX-V: BBB; US-OTC: BBBXF) is drilling its Langis silver project in Ontario this winter and plans to restart rigs at its Thorn copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia…
Podcast: ‘Largest show ever’—PDAC president Karen Rees previews 2026 event
This week’s episode features Karen Rees, President of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about this year’s PDAC conference in Toronto. Rees…
Generals join critical-mineral boardroom arms race
Critical-mineral juniors are snapping up retired U.S. military leaders to help win Washington funding, echoing a playbook uranium producers pioneered years ago when they recast domestic nuclear fuel as a…
Battered Vizsla keeps ‘long-term’ commitment to Mexico silver-gold mine
Vizsla Silver (TSX; NYSE: VZLA) said it remains determined to develop the Panuco silver-gold project in Mexico’s strife-torn Sinaloa state even after an armed group kidnapped 10 company workers, killing…
Cuba fuel crunch clouds Sherritt’s operations
Sherritt International (TSX: S; US-OTC: SHERF), a Toronto-based miner whose fortunes are closely tied to Cuba via its Moa nickel-cobalt mine, is facing uncertainty amid a deepening fuel crisis on…
Indaba: New Cold War for minerals tests Africa’s ability to leverage huge resources
Africa’s vast critical-mineral endowment has thrust the continent to the centre of intensifying rivalries between the United States, China and other powers, but its future will depend more on governance…
i-80 Gold secures $500M for Nevada growth
i-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; NYSE-A: IAUX) surged to its highest in nearly three years on Thursday after securing a $500-million financing package to fund its mine development plans and erase…
Fortuna’s Sunbird deposit results lift Séguéla prospects
Drilling at Fortuna Mining’s (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Séguéla mine in Côte d’Ivoire confirms that high-grade mineralization remains open at depth in the Sunbird deposit, one of the richest targets that…
Opinion: Canadians must match American urgency in the race for critical minerals
In the cavernous halls of the U.S. State Department last week, something unusual was on display: earnest cooperation rather than the usual diplomatic theatre. The inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial wasn’t…
VRIC JV Video: Clean Air Metals eyes toll milling for Ontario platinum project
Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR; US-OTC: CLRMF) is pushing a toll-milling route for its Thunder Bay North project, one of North America’s few primary-platinum developments, President and CEO Mike Garbutt…
VRIC JV Video: Libra lines up first drill test at Stimson lithium prospect
Libra Energy Materials (CSE: LIBR; US-OTC: LIBRF) plans to drill its first hole this year at the Stimson lithium prospect in Ontario after building a 37-project portfolio during the sector…