TNM Drill Down: Lion One in Fiji leads gold assays for August-September
Drilling in Fiji, Ecuador and the United States returned the top gold results for the Aug. 17 to Sept. 15 period, with assays from Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO), Auro…
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Brazil court shuts Sigma Lithium mine
Sigma Lithium (TSXV, Nasdaq: SGML; ASX: SAU) has halted all mining and processing at its Grota do Cirilo complex in Brazil, two days after dismissing reports that a court had…
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…
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…
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…
Hancock disputes report of rare-earths paper loss
Australia’s Hancock Prospecting is disputing a report by the Australian Financial Review that falling shares of MP Materials (NYSE: MP) and Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) have cut the value…
Trump’s Venezuela gold push hits refiner snag: NYT
Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan gold doré brought into the United States remains stuck in storage because refiners are unwilling to handle it, the New York Times…
Atlas’ Malacacheta emerges as South America’s largest graphite resource
An initial estimate for Atlas Critical Minerals’ (Nasdaq: ATCX) Malacacheta project in Brazil positions it as South America’s largest compliant, publicly reported graphite resource. Shares rose. The estimate gives Malacacheta…
BHP’s Escondida restart eases tight copper supply woes
The mine halt, low Chinese inventories and an approaching holiday pause had left the copper market with little room for supply disruptions.
Lundin Gold hits record 1035 g in Ecuador
New drilling by Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: LUGDF) at its Fruta del Norte property in Ecuador improves the odds that the mine’s operating life can be lengthened. Hole BLP-2026-483-D2…
Worker death keeps world’s largest copper mine shut
BHP (ASX, NYSE: BHP) kept the globe’s biggest copper mine shut Thursday after an employee was killed during maintenance work at its Escondida operation in northern Chile and regulators investigated…