USA Rare Earth boosts Western supply chain in $2.8B deal for Brazil producer
USA Rare Earth (Nasdaq: USAR) plans to acquire Brazilian rare earths producer Serra Verde Group for a total value of about $2.8 billion, a move that could position the new…
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La Mancha’s $50M Greenheart Gold deal deepens Guiana Shield exposure
La Mancha Resource Capital is building its position in the Guiana Shield after investing C$50 million ($37 million) to become the largest single shareholder in Suriname-focused Greenheart Gold (TSXV: GHRT; US-OTC:…
Wolfden’s zinc-silver resource may revive Bathurst camp
An initial estimate for Wolfden Resources’ (TSXV: WLF) Canoe Landing deposit outlines strong zinc and silver grades, marking the first modern resource at Wolfden’s multi-target Tetagouche property inside New Brunswick’s…
Blackrock Silver lifts Tonopah West value by a third to $437M in Nevada’s top tier
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Blackrock Silver’s (TSXV: BRC; US-OTC: BKRRF) Tonopah West project in Nevada lifts its value by one-third while more than doubling contained silver. Shares…
Fireweed nets $61.5M to advance zinc, tungsten projects
Fireweed Metals’ (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) remote critical metals projects in Canada’s Far North are gaining increasing strategic and industrial backing as it receives a $61.5-million (US$44.1-million) investment to help…
Opinion: Why are commodities rising all at once?
It started with gold. Then silver. Then platinum. Then copper, aluminum, uranium, and zinc have all followed too. And now it’s the laggards. Oil, gas, and coal. Is the global economy playing…
Lynas expands non-China supply chain in Vietnam deal
Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY) is moving deeper into Asia’s non-Chinese production sector as it advances a deal with South Korea’s LS Eco Energy that includes about…
Energy Fuels notches first terbium rare earths output
Energy Fuels (NYSE: UUUU; TSX: EFR) has produced its first kilogram of terbium oxide from the White Mesa mill in Utah, marking another step in its domestic heavy rare earths…
Gold coin giveaway, AI in mining talk for U of T students
It was a golden day for Jiahe Huang, literally. The fourth-year mining engineering student at the University of Toronto walked into a session on mining careers and AI, and walked…
Atco backs Nunavut road project with $10M investment
Utilities and infrastructure company Atco (TSX: ACO.X) is investing $10 million (US$7.2 million) for a 40% stake in Inuit-backed West Kitikmeot Resources (WKR), which is developing a project that would…
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame calls for nominations
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame has opened its call for nominations for the 2027 Induction season. The Hall each year seeks to bring into his ranks remarkable people whose…
Fitzroy finds wide copper in Chile’s Punta del Cobre belt
Fitzroy Minerals (TSXV: FTZ; US-OTC: FTZFF) says drilling at its Buen Retiro project in northern Chile is revealing a major copper system as the company prepares to release an initial resource….