United Arab Emirates-based federal export credit agency inks $50m facility with metals trader Gerald Group

Gerald Metals Sàrl, the Geneva-based subsidiary of a leading independent commodity trading company, Gerald Group, has successfully closed a three-year $50-million finance facility supported by... 

Ionic commissions Tenova for Belfast magnet facility FEED study

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths has taken another step forward in developing a commercial magnet recycling plant in the UK, commissioning Tenova Advanced Technologies (TAT) to conduct the front-end... 

Aura Minerals posts record H1 production

Nasdaq-listed Aura Minerals has reached 75 437 oz of gold-equivalent production from its six operating mines in the second quarter of the year, marking an 8% quarter-on-quarter increase and a... 

Max Power to start commercial validation drilling at Lawson natural hydrogen complex

Canadian natural hydrogen explorer Max Power Mining Corporation will be mobilising a drill rig early next week at the Lawson natural hydrogen complex, in Saskatchewan. The multi-well commercial... 

Sherritt shares resumes trading on TSX

Toronto-based Sherritt International Corporation reports the Ontario Securities Commission has revoked the "failure to file" cease trade order previously placed on Sherritt's shares on May 21.... 

Hydrogen pioneer Lhyfe inks equity, supply partnership with gas specialist Messer

Green hydrogen pioneer Lhyfe has signed a commercial, industrial and financial partnership with gas specialist Messer, with Messer taking a 30% stake in four of Lhyfe's hydrogen production sites in... 

Rock Tech Lithium receives provincial grant to verify pulp, paper byproduct in lithium processing

Ontario's Critical Minerals Innovation Fund (CMIF) has awarded Rock Tech Lithium with a $262 500 grant to evaluate and validate the use of locally-sourced crude tall oil as a potential flotation... 

Independent firms greenlight Equinox, Orla merger to create Canadian gold mining giant

Independent proxy advisory firms, including Institutional Shareholder Services, have issued positive voting recommendations to shareholders of TSX- and NYSE-listed Equinox Gold Corporation for the... 

Sub-Saharan Africa may well become world’s solution to agriculture land shortages, BMI says

Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the world’s most important future sources of agriculture supply growth, with the region holding about 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. According to... 

Australian miner Cavalier secures necessary funding to bring gold project to production

ASX-listed gold miner Cavalier Resources has secured the necessary funding to advance the Crawford gold project towards production, in Western Australia. The company signed binding term sheets with... 

Blue Gold announces efforts to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing

Mine-to-wallet gold company Blue Gold has undertaken several initiatives to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements and strengthen the company's financial position. The company’s mission... 

Foremost completes Phase 2 earn-in requirements 15 months ahead of deadline

Canadian uranium developer Foremost Clean Energy has completed the Phase 2 earn-in requirements under its option agreement with TSX-listed Denison, with Foremost having issued to Denison $2-million... 

Ionic Rare Earths appoints first regional COO amid global expansion

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths has appointed Sean Sargent COO of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). As the company focuses on delivering a commercial rare earth magnet recycling facility in the... 

Arianne Phosphate sends first samples of purified phosphoric acid to potential customers

TSX-V-listed Arianne Phosphate has shipped samples of purified phosphoric acid (PPA) to potential customers for testing. The samples were produced at pilot scale from the Lac à Paul project, in... 

Canadian operations driving production growth for Equinox Gold

TSX- and NYSE-listed Equinox Gold delivered sequentially higher production at its Canadian operations in the quarter ended June 30, with 97 273 oz of combined gold production from the Greenstone... 

Elevra expects higher realised prices from spodumene concentrate going forward

ASX- and Nasdaq-listed Elevra Lithium has produced 54 479 t of spodumene concentrate from its North American Lithium (NAL) operations, in Québec, in the quarter ended June 30. The company realised... 

Dynacor expects first gold pour in Senegal in August

TSX-listed artisanal gold ore processing company Dynacor has started ore production from its Galam pilot plant, in Senegal, which puts it on track for a first gold pour in August. The company has... 

American Uranium on track to upgrade mineral resource, publish scoping study soon at Lo Herma

ASX-listed American Uranium has successfully completed a drilling programme designed to underpin the next resource update and scoping study at the Lo Herma project, in Wyoming. The project... 

Prairie Lithium takes delivery of four-column DLE unit on site in Saskatchewan

ASX-listed Prairie Lithium has taken delivery of North America's largest commercial direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit comprising four columns at its Prairie project, in Saskatchewan, marking... 

LibertyStream secures definitive offtake for 60% of lithium carbonate capacity

TSX-V-listed LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners has entered into a definitive lithium carbonate offtake agreement with a US industrial customer. The definitive agreement follows a term sheet... 

Triple Flag delivers markable increase in Q2 revenue

TSX- and NYSE-listed Triple Flag Precious Metals Corporation has sold 28 674 gold-equivalent ounces (GEOs) in the second quarter of the year, generating $129-million in revenue. The majority of... 

E3 to collaborate with European lithium hydroxide converter

TSX-V-listed E3 Lithium has entered into a non-binding collaboration agreement with Tees Valley Lithium (TVL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alkemy Capital Investments. The agreement establishes a... 

Broken Hill Mines posts strongest quarterly output yet

ASX-listed Broken Hill Mines (BHM) has delivered record quarterly production from its consolidated Rasp and Pinnacles mines, in New South Wales. The quarter marked record ore throughput and tonnes... 

Australian miners collaborate to identify Chilean copper opportunities

Australian miners Freehill Mining and Austral Gold have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at fast-tracking Freehill's move into copper. Freehill will work with Austral to identify new... 

Sandfire updates feasibility study on Black Butte incorporating another deposit

Vancouver-based Sandfire Resources America finds in an updated preliminary feasibility study on the Black Butte copper project, in Montana, the potential to generate $3.3-billion in gross revenue... 

Eagle Nuclear tasks key firms for drilling preparation at Aurora uranium project

Nasdaq-listed Eagle Nuclear Energy Corporation has engaged several key service providers as part of the company's planned prefeasibility study- (PFS-) related drill programme at the Aurora uranium... 

Lithium Ionic issues RFQs for underground mine portals at Bandeira

TSX-V-listed Lithium Ionic has issued requests for quotation (RFQ) for the construction of two underground mine portals at the Bandeira lithium project, in Brazil. The RFQs were issued to seven... 

Lundin posts lower Q2 gold output in line with maintenance, higher-grade access works

TSX-listed Lundin Gold has produced 118 994 oz of gold in the second quarter, of which 79 208 oz were produced as concentrate and 39 786 oz were produced as doré. Lundin owns and operates the... 

Global Battery Materials confirms promising economics for Kearney graphite mine restart

Vertically integrated critical minerals company Global Battery Materials has announced a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Kearney graphite project, in Ontario, finding an... 

Greenland-focused Critical Minerals tasks adviser to evaluate non-core asset portfolio

Nasdaq-listed Critical Minerals Corporation has announced a strategic process to unlock the inherent value of its non-core assets, retaining Clear Street as financial adviser to evaluate a range of... 

Meteoric Resources expands measured resources of Caldeira rare earths project by 246%

ASX-listed Meteoric Resources has increased the measured resources of its Caldeira project by 246% to 128-million tonnes grading 2 815 parts per million (ppm) of total rare earth oxide (TREO),... 

Renascor confirms cost parity for hydrofluoric acid-free process to produce high-purity graphite

ASX-listed graphite developer Renascor Resources confirms in a cost study the viable economic potential to use its hydrofluoric acid-free method for purifying graphite for use in lithium-ion... 

Half of Ukraine's steel output at risk over new EU trade regulations

Geospatial intelligence company Earth-i says Ukraine's steel production activity has receded from its January highs and is now tracking 18% lower in the year to June 30, compared with the same... 

Victory Metals ships heavy rare earth concentrate samples to potential offtake partners

ASX-listed Victory Metals has successfully dispatched heavy rare earth concentrate to potential offtake partners in Australia, Japan and the US for independent product examination. The company... 

Peruvian miner American Lithium welcomes 'mining positive' Presidential election outcome

TSX-V-listed American Lithium has welcomed the official confirmation of Keiko Fujimori's Presidential election victory in Peru earlier this week, which marks a positive outlook for the country's... 

Australia's Minerals 260 expands Bullabulling gold resource by 38%, publishes PFS

ASX-listed Minerals 260 has published an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the Bullabulling gold project, in Western Australia, to 190-million tonnes grading 1 g/t gold for 6.2-million... 

Viridis announces industry-leading MRE on Colossus rare earths project

ASX-listed Viridis Mining & Minerals has upgraded the mineral resource estimate (MRE) of its Colossus rare earths project, in Brazil, following targeted infill drilling. The measured and indicated... 

Western Uranium reports higher-than-expected uranium grades after customer testing

Canadian miner Western Uranium & Vanadium Corporation has concluded a uranium ore delivery programme at the Sunday Mine Complex to Energy Fuels' White Mesa mill, in Utah. Western Uranium says it... 

Hammer confirms early takeover offer from Austral amid existing Larvotto offer

ASX-listed Hammer Metals has received a takeover offer from Austral Resources amid an existing offer having been made by Larvotto Resources. Larvotto intends to acquire all of the shares of Hammer... 

Titan Mining confirms germanium potential at Empire State Mines

TSX- and NYSE-listed Titan Mining has confirmed elevated germanium mineralisation across the Balmat-Edwards mineral system, in both primary zinc ore and historic tailings, establishing...