Victory Metals secures traditional owner consent on land use for rare earths mine in WA

ASX-listed heavy rare earths explorer Victory Metals has signed an agreement with the Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation that helps facilitate the granting of a mining licence for the North... 

Cornish Tin & Lithium discovers more larger-than-expected lithium resources in Cornwall

Cornish Tin & Lithium (CTL), formerly Cornish Tin Limited, a company focused on the discovery and development of high-grade tin and hard-rock lithium resources in Cornwall, has announced... 

Troilus granted 70 MW power allocation in Québec to develop copper, gold mine

TSX-listed Troilus Mining Corporation (TMC) has secured approval from Québec authorities, Hydro-Québec and its Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation, for its planned 70 MW power allocation to... 

Colorado School of Mines, ElementUSA awarded US gov funding to recover rare earths from alumina tailings

Research university Colorado School of Mines and mid-stream minerals processing company ElementUSA have been awarded $67-million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build a plant... 

EV Resources secures three more sources of antimony feedstock to optimise, ramp up plant

ASX-listed emerging antimony supplier EV Resources has now signed four non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) that have secured between 2 330 t and 2430 t a month of feedstock for its... 

Canadian natural hydrogen developer inks MoU to integrate energy, cooling for AI data centres

Canadian energy and resource exploration company Max Power Mining has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an advanced AI infrastructure and distributed energy systems company called... 

Osisko set for accelerated momentum at Cariboo after raising $300m

NYSE and TSX-listed Osisko Development expects net proceeds from its recently offerings to be $290-million, which it will use to cover capped call transactions ($40.2-million) and development of... 

TDG expects PEA on Shasta gold, silver project in third quarter

TSX-V-listed TDG Gold Corporation has initiated a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Shasta gold/silver project in the Greater Shasta-Newberry area of the Toodoggone district... 

Canadian gold explorer Blue Jay raises $14m for exploration

Canadian gold exploration company Blue Jay Gold Corporation has successfully raised gross proceeds of $14.7-million following a “best efforts” brokered private placement led by Beacon Securities.... 

Rockhaven initiates direct shipping oxide material works ahead of a PFS in Yukon

TSX-listed gold and silver miner Rockhaven has garnered approval from the Energy, Mines and Resources Branch of the Yukon government to extract high-grade direct shipping oxide material from its... 

Central Asia proposes ‘win-win’ takeover of Cygnus and its Québec flagship

Aim-listed base metals miner Central Asia Metals has proposed to acquire ASX- and TSX-V-listed Cygnus Metals at an implied equity value of A$232-million. The companies have entered into a... 

Pan American Silver incorporates new mineral resources into Timmins expansion drive

NYSE- and TSX-listed Pan American Silver Corporation has decided to advance a conceptual plan for a phased development of new mineral resources to support potential production growth and extension... 

Challenger pours first gold from Hualilán development in Argentina

Having confirmed a low-cost and low-risk development opportunity to produce 1.8-million ounces of gold over a 14-year mine life at the Hualilán project in Argentina, ASX-listed Challenger has... 

Aura Energy confirms 'clear run' to FID by year-end for Tiris uranium mine

ASX- and Aim-listed uranium developer Aura Energy is nearing a final investment decision (FID) on the Tiris project, in Mauritania, underpinned by a robust processing flowsheet, positive indicative... 

Aclara reaches enviro milestone ahead of final authorisation for Penco Module project in Chile

TSX-listed Aclara Resources has received a consolidated evaluation report from Chile's Environmental Assessment Service, recommending approval of the company's environmental-impact assessment (EIA)... 

Cameco increases ownership of prominent Canadian uranium mine Cigar Lake

TSX- and NYSE-listed Cameco and Orano Canada has reached an agreement with Tepco Resources to acquire its 5% participating interest in the Ciger Lake joint venture, in Canada. Upon closing,... 

TG Metals requests mining lease for 'quick start' direct shipping ore operation in WA

ASX-listed TG Metals has applied for a mining lease over the Burmeister lithium deposit, as part of the Lake Johnston lithium project, in Western Australia. Metallurgical testwork and the shallow... 

Cerrado subsidiary expands gold concessions next to existing processing plant

Toronto-based gold production, development, and exploration company Cerrado Gold's wholly owned subsidiary Minera Don Nicolas (MDN) has acquired additional concessions, known as Las Calandrias II,... 

European Resources identifies new rare earth anomalies at Korsnäs in Finland

ASX-listed European Resources has identified new, untested anomalies beyond historical gravity coverage at the Korsnäs rare earths project in Finland. Having undertaken Phase 2 of a passive... 

Coda Minerals raises $6.7m for copper, cobalt PFS work in Australia

ASX-listed Coda Minerals has successfully completed a $6.7-million placement to institutional and sophisticated investors, which strengthens the company's balance sheet as it accelerates a number... 

Critical One brings civil works partner on board for logistics around Howell Lake antimony project

Toronto-based antimony and gold explorer Critical One Energy has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with one of Canada's largest civil infrastructure companies, Green Infrastructure... 

American Pacific Mining starts large-scale gold, copper drilling in Montana

Vancouver-based precious metals exploration company American Pacific Mining Corporation has launched a 15 000 m reverse circulation (RC) and diamond core drill programme at its Madison copper/gold... 

Irish energy transition company Forgent permitted to start gold, copper drilling in Australia

Aim-listed energy transition company Forgent has garnered approval from the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration on a Programmes of Work (PoW) for the company’s maiden drilling campaign... 

Viridis secures preliminary offtake agreement with multinational chemicals company

Having announced its intention to only supply offtakers in the Europe and the US with rare earth materials earlier last month, ASX-listed Viridis Mining and Metals has secured a letter of intent... 

USA Rare Earth commits to more investment in France

Nasdaq-listed USA Rare Earth has announced it will expand its metal, alloy and magnet making investment in France. This will build upon the company’s previously announced French initiatives, which... 

Rio Tinto commissions low-carbon aluminium smelter expansion in Québec

Global metals miner Rio Tinto has successfully commissioned its $1.5-billion AP60 smelter expansion at the Complexe Arvida operation, in Québec, marking a major milestone for the deployment of... 

Australia’s Jade Gas secures country-first approval of gassy coal seam reserves in Mongolia

ASX-listed Jade Gas Holdings has announced approval of its maiden reserves by the Mongolian Minerals Reserves Council (MRC) for its Tavan Tolgoi Coal Bed Methane (TTCBM) project, representing the... 

Allied, Zijin gets greenlight for C$5.5bn merger from Canadian, African authorities

TSX- and NYSE-listed Allied Gold Corporation has received approval under the Investment Canada Act to have Hong Kong-listed Zijin Gold International acquire all of Allied’s issued and outstanding... 

R3.8bn loan from Germany provides large chunk of electrical infrastructure backlog requirement – CoJ

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has secured a R3.8-billion loan from German State-owned development bank KfW, which it will use to finance critical electrical infrastructure investments in the... 

Galantas successfully raises $100m for Chile gold, copper exploration

TSX-V-listed Galantas Gold Corporation has completed its previously announced private placement of 181-million units at a price of $0.55 apiece for aggregate gross proceeds of $100-million. Each... 

Canadian explorer Vizsla Copper turns drill focus to Woodjam, Palmer while it awaits Poplar results

With copper recently reaching all-time high prices of $6.60/lb, Vancouver-based Vizsla Copper Corporation says the market is recognising the growing importance of new copper discoveries and... 

Canadian uranium explorer Americas Uranium lists in Frankfurt

British Columbia-based Americas Uranium Corporation has received approval for listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in Germany, with its shares now officially trading under the ticker symbol... 

Ucore estimates higher cost Louisiana rare earths plant, but markedly improved long-term configuration

Nova Scotia-based Ucore Rare Metals has determined optimised configurations for its planned rare earth production lines at the Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex (SMC).   This follows the company... 

Homerun starts last testwork before estimating capital required for Brazilian silica operation

TSX-V-listed silica developer Homerun Resources has commissioned one of Europe’s most respected independent silica processing laboratories, Dorfner Anzaplan, to perform additional chemical leaching... 

Honey Badger initiates updated PEA, MRE studies on world-class Prairie Creek silver deposit

TSX-V-listed Honey Badger Silver has tasked consultancy JDS Energy & Mining to conduct an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) and mineral resource estimate (MRE) on the Praire Creek... 

Metso expands service centre in Arizona, adds training centre

Finnish industrial machinery company Metso has inaugurated its expanded service centre and new training centre in Mesa, Arizona, which strengthens support for customers based in southwest US. The... 

REalloys partners with met coal miner Ramaco in rare earths, scandium drive

Vertically integrated US rare earth processing and magnet supply chain company REalloys has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based metallurgical coal miner Ramaco Resources to... 

Eagle Nuclear progresses key enviro steps for Aurura uranium project

Nasdaq-listed Eagle Nuclear Energy Corporation, which owns the largest conventional, measured and indicated uranium deposit in the US, has completed several key environmental and site-readiness... 

US Department of Labour partners with met coal body to improve safety culture

The US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced on May 29 that it has established an alliance with the Metallurgical Coal Producers Association (MCPA) that will... 

International Graphite permitted to start building Australia's first graphite micronising facility

Earthworks and civil construction will soon start at Australia's first commercial graphite micronising operation, confirms ASX-listed International Graphite. The company received a building permit...