Lynas shares sink on A$968M Meteoric deal
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY, LYSCF) has agreed to buy Meteoric Resources (ASX: MEI; US-OTC: METOF) in an all-share deal valued at A$968 million (C$954.3 million), gaining control…
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Mining’s future is up for sale
Streaming has moved far beyond its origins as a niche financing tool for cash-strapped miners, with multibillion-dollar deals and a growing secondary market turning rights to future metal production into…
Elevra fires up NAL lithium mine expansion
Elevra Lithium (ASX: ELV; Nasdaq: ELVR) has started building a $366-million (US$271-million) expansion of its North American Lithium mine in Quebec and is negotiating another price-protected offtake as it moves…
Grid Metals’ atomic-clock cesium resource in Manitoba ranks second globally
Grid Metals (TSX: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has outlined an initial resource that positions the company’s Falcon West property in Manitoba as the world’s second-largest cesium resource actively being developed by Western-based…
Mayfair lines up $310M for Ontario gold project
Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG; NYSE-A: MINE) has reached a preliminary financing agreement with Australia’s Macquarie Bank for up to $310 million (US$218 million) to help develop its Fenn-Gib gold project…
Space miners may face an Earth-sized tax problem
Miners may one day extract fortunes from the Moon and asteroids, but governments will have to figure out how to take their cut without killing the industry before it gets…
Beaver Creek video: Gold gains new role vs bonds
Gold’s growing role as a monetary alternative to government bonds and the U.S. dollar could mark a structural shift rather than another cyclical bull market, Sprott managing partner John Hathaway…
Gold Fields halts Windfall work as Quebec permit lapses
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) has paused underground development at Windfall in Quebec after an exploration-work permit expired, leaving its proposed $1.9 billion (C$2.7…
Beaver Creek: BC chief warns permits aren’t consent
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. – A Kwagu’ł hereditary chief cautioned mining investors not to mistake government permits or mineral claims for his people’s consent, saying capital spent before engagement gives companies…
Podcast: US Asst Sec of Energy Audrey Robertson on reshoring critical minerals supply chain
This week’s episode features Audrey Robertson, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy for Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on recent efforts to reshore America’s critical…
Actor DiCaprio fights Belo Sun’s $300M Brazil mine
Leonardo DiCaprio has thrown his support behind opponents of Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX: BSX) proposed $300-million Volta Grande gold project in Brazil, adding a high-profile voice to a long-running battle…
Miata drills 3.4 g gold at Sela Creek in Suriname
Drilling at Miata Metals’ (TSXV: MMET; US-OTC: MMETF) Sela Creek project in Suriname has returned stacked, high-grade intercepts in the Jons Trend, giving it the potential for open-pit mining, the company…