US-backed Orion eyes stake in Tanzania nickel mine
A deal would help Lifezone finance the $940 million Kabanga project and advance US efforts to secure critical minerals.
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Lion Copper’s Yerington now ranks among Nevada’s largest red metal deposits
An initial resource for Lion Copper & Gold’s (CSE: LEO; US-OTC: LCGMF) Bear deposit in Nevada establishes Bear as one of the state’s largest undeveloped red metal resources while the…
Revival books 11.58g gold at Beartrack-Arnett in Idaho
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTCQX: RVLGF) reported one of the strongest underground drill hits to date from the high-grade Joss zone of its Beartrack-Arnett gold project in Idaho. The stock…
AI boom lifts mining while competing for power
Alberta’s data-centre rush is spilling onto mine development, with E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) saying opposition to nearby proposals is tarnishing the goodwill it built for its Clearwater lithium project. Facebook owner Meta…
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because the world has made it…
Sponsored: Dakota Gold targets 2029 production
Dakota Gold CEO Robert Quartermain in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Dakota Gold and produced in co-operation…
Cameco’s Westinghouse nuclear unit files for IPO
Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Westinghouse Electric joint venture filed for a U.S. initial public offering at a yet-to-be-determined date to tap growing investor interest in nuclear technology and services. Westinghouse…
Hercules hires executive team behind $2B Hudbay deal
Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG; US-OTC: BADEF) has recruited the management team behind Arizona Sonoran Copper’s $2-billion (US$1.4-billion) sale to Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) to push the Leviathan copper discovery…
South32 breaks decade-long US permit curse in Arizona
South32‘s (ASX: S32) Hermosa zinc-silver project in southern Arizona has secured final federal approval in just over two years, becoming the first mining project to complete the US FAST-41 permitting…
US enters China’s Africa turf with new rare earth bet
Harena Rare Earths (LSE: HREE) has secured United States government backing for its Ampasindava rare earths project in Madagascar, underscoring Washington’s strategy to challenge China’s dominance of critical minerals supply…
US struggles to secure lithium for strategic stockpile
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has pushed back for a second time the deadline for suppliers to bid on a contract to provide battery-grade lithium carbonate for the nation’s strategic…
U.S. defence push hits China minerals snag: Reuters
President Donald Trump’s drive to eliminate Chinese critical minerals from U.S. defence supply chains by the start of 2027 is running up against the reality that domestic mining and processing…