NioCorp nears Elk Creek full $1.1B financing
NioCorp Developments (Nasdaq: NB) says it has signed up commodity trader Traxys to buy and market the remaining planned output from Elk Creek, moving closer to full financing for the…
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Video at PDAC: Cornish de-risks South Crofty for 2028 tin restart
UK-based Cornish Metals (AIM: TIN) is shifting work deeper underground at South Crofty and expects to line up senior debt within months as it pushes the Cornwall tin mine toward…
Rock Tech Lithium attracts $200M investment in Ontario processing plant
Canadian property developer BMI Group agreed to invest $200 million (US$144 million) in Rock Tech Lithium’s (TSX-V: RCK) proposed processing facility in northern Ontario – a key step toward building…
Critical One hits visible antimony at Howells Lake in Ontario as defence metal gains momentum
Critical One Energy’s (CSE: CRTL; US-OTC: MMTLF) first modern drill hole at the Howells Lake project in northwestern Ontario cut visible stibnite from near surface across about 100 metres of…
Gold price hits three-week high on US-Iran ceasefire
Gold climbed to its highest in three weeks on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, calming inflation worries that have upended global markets. Spot gold…
Brazil court re-charges former Vale CEO
Brazil’s top court has reinstated criminal charges against former Vale (NYSE: VALE) CEO Fábio Schvartsman over the 2019 Brumadinho dam collapse, reversing a lower court decision that had dismissed the…
AOMC, Odyssey merge to build $1B deep-sea miner
American Ocean Minerals is merging with Odyssey Marine Exploration (Nasdaq: OMEX) in a reverse takeover that will create a roughly $1 billion market cap deep-sea mining company. The all-stock transaction…
Uranium Energy starts Burke Hollow output in Texas
Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-A: UEC) says it has officially turned on the taps at its Burke Hollow project in Texas, marking the start of the first U.S. in-situ recovery (ISR)…
First Quantum taps IFC for Argentina copper push
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has partnered with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to align its Taca Taca copper project in Argentina with global sustainability standards. The agreement…
PDAC Video: Palmer sale sets up American Pacific’s Madison push
American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD; OTCQX: USGDF) is preparing its biggest drill campaign yet at the Madison copper-gold project in Montana as it shifts its focus to the past-producing asset…
BRICS+ nations hold 17% of gold reserves: report
Global central banks have been buying up gold at a record pace, purchasing on average about 1,000 tonnes over the past four years, and the momentum has continued into 2026….
PDAC Video: Meridian funds early Cabaçal works
Meridian Mining (TSX: MNO; US-OTC: MRRDF) has raised $57.5 million (US$41.5 million) to advance its Cabaçal copper-gold project in western Brazil. The February financing is to pay for long-lead equipment,…